Mileage Reimbursement

Businesses are well-advised to be aware of the risks associated with mileage fraud. Unfortunately, many companies are unaware of how commonly mileage fraud occurs in businesses with mobile workers. Outdated mileage reporting methods — like relying on spreadsheets to track mileage without GPS verification — prevent companies from reviewing reports and detecting errors. Finance and…

In the first installment of the HR Hangout, we introduced the fact of HR leaders developing more influence and expertise among other executive leaders of their business. According to a study carried out by Harvard Business Review, Why Chief Human Resources Officers Make Great CEOs, this increased influence has led to a more collaborative environment…

Expense management is one of the top line items costing companies and impacting their bottom line. The cost of one-size-fits-all approaches to expense management are significant to the extent that they’re no longer proving ROI to businesses. In fact, they’re pushing business leaders to find new solutions that lower costs and create efficiencies in the…

Today’s workforce is growing at a rapid pace, as more and more employees are driving for work. According to a forecast from IDC, mobile workers will account for 72.3% of the entire U.S. workforce by 2020. The majority of these workers will use their own personal vehicles for business purposes and will need to be…

Reimbursing your mobile workforce correctly is of utmost importance. If done incorrectly, your company can expose itself to risk of a potential class-action lawsuit (which in some cases has cost businesses upwards of seven figures). Reimbursing mobile employees who drive 5,000 or more miles per year can be a complex and often stressful process. When…

Exaggerating the number of miles someone has driven for work is a form of employee theft. Although sometimes disregarded, employee mileage fraud poses a serious threat to businesses operating with mobile workforces. In cases of mileage fraud, employers reimburse their employees for more mileage than required for them to perform their job. Without proper processes…

The IRS recently announced the standard mileage rate for 2017, advising taxpayers of the optional cents per mile reimbursement rate for the year. It’s important for businesses with mobile employees to be aware of this announcement. The 2017 standard mileage rate provides a benchmark for mobile workers to calculate their reimbursement for their business mileage….

Reimbursement for mobile employees can be tricky and ambiguous for companies across the country. Employee desire reimbursement for his or her actual expenses. Employers desire increased transparency into the reimbursements it is distributing. California Labor Code Section 2802 California has seen the cycle of this disconnect for decades. This cycle gave rise to the state’s…

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Automation is dramatically impacting businesses of all types – from cybersecurity, to healthcare, to agriculture. As technology shifts many of the tasks workers perform daily from manual processes to automated processes, businesses are able to become more efficient and better at helping employees to reach their full potential.