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Journey Payroll & HR - CO

Name: Journey Payroll & HR - CO
Address: 3351 Eastbrook Drive Suite 300, Fort Collins, CO, 80525, US
Telephone: +19705688613
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We love supporting small and medium sized businesses with our Payroll and HR offerings! Journey Payroll is privately owned and operated in Fort Collins, CO.

Journey provides Payroll, Time Clock, HR and Employee Loyalty service in all 50 states and adheres rigorously to all federal, state, and local payroll requirements. When a business is looking for the best service AND the best technology, Journey Payroll & HR is the perfect solution for that “best of both worlds” scenario.

09/07/2026

Happy Labor Day! Today, we celebrate the hardworking people who keep businesses running every day. Our offices are closed in observance of the holiday. We will see you, Tuesday!💙

08/31/2026

Your payroll records are not just paperwork. They are your defense.

Under the FLSA, recordkeeping is the employer's responsibility. No records means an employee can estimate their hours, and now you are arguing against a number you cannot rebut.

Daily hours. Weekly hours. Rate of pay. Deductions. Total wages. Keep them accurate, keep payroll records for three years, and time cards for two.

Because in a wage dispute, the employer with records wins. The one without them pays.

08/24/2026

A wage garnishment order does not mean you can let the employee go. Under federal law, firing someone over a single garnished debt is a violation.

When a valid garnishment order arrives, the employer withholds part of the employee's pay, stays inside the federal limits, and sends the money to the right place. For an ordinary debt, the cap is the lesser of 25% of disposable earnings or the amount above $217.50 a week. Child support and alimony can go higher. And the withholding is based on disposable earnings, meaning pay after legally required deductions, not gross wages.

Two points employers should look out for:

1. State law can cap garnishment lower than federal law, and when it does, the lower limit applies. And the protection against firing covers one debt, not a second separate one.

2. Garnishments are one of those quiet moments where good payroll protects both the business and the employee; everyone wins.

Read the full breakdown on our blog! https://journeypayrollhr.com/resources/blog/

08/18/2026

We are beyond proud to share that Journey Payroll & HR has been named a 2026 Best Place to Work in Colorado by ColoradoBiz!

This recognition was not decided by us. It was decided by our team. The people who show up every day, pour their hearts into their work, and make Journey what it is. This one belongs to them!

Here's to the team that made this happen and the work that continues tomorrow🥳👏

08/17/2026

Quick payroll truth: outsourcing your payroll does not outsource your legal risk.

The IRS is direct about this. Even when a business forwards funds to a payroll provider, the employer stays responsible for depositing and paying federal payroll taxes. If a provider misses a deposit, the bill goes to the business.

That means a few habits are worth building no matter who runs your payroll: keeping your own login to the federal deposit system so you can check payments yourself, holding onto employment tax records for at least four years, and knowing who inside your company would carry personal liability if taxes ever went unpaid.

Great payroll support does not erase that responsibility. It helps you carry it, with confirmed deposits, organized records, and answers you can actually trust.

We broke down exactly what federal law expects from payroll support, and what a good partner should be doing about it, on the blog today. Check it out! https://journeypayrollhr.com/resources/blog/

08/10/2026

Quick question: can a business legally deduct the cost of a uniform from an employee's paycheck?

The answer comes down to one number: $7.25 an hour, the federal minimum wage. Under the Fair Labor Standards Act, deductions for items that mainly benefit the employer, think uniforms, tools, register shortages, or vehicle damage, can never bring an employee's pay below that floor or cut into overtime. It does not matter if the employee agreed to it.

Legally required deductions like taxes work differently. So do wage garnishments, which follow their own federal limits under the Consumer Credit Protection Act rather than one flat percentage.

Getting the category wrong is one of the easiest ways a routine payroll decision turns into a wage claim.

We broke down exactly which deductions are allowed, which are restricted, and where employers get it wrong. Read the full breakdown on our blog https://journeypayrollhr.com/resources/blogs-from-journey-payroll/

08/03/2026

Quick question: does Medicare tax ever stop coming out of your paycheck? No. Social Security tax does, once you hit a wage limit that changes every year. Medicare tax does not, ever.

Most employees have never looked closely at the two federal taxes on every pay stub: Social Security and Medicare, together called F**A. The rates are simple: 6.2% and 1.45%, matched by the employer. What is not simple is what happens once wages climb past certain thresholds.

For 2026, the Social Security wage base is $184,500. Once an employee crosses it, Social Security withholding stops for the rest of the year. Wages above $200,000 from one employer also trigger an extra 0.9% Medicare withholding that has no employer match.

We broke down how payroll actually calculates all of it, including what happens if you work two jobs in the same year, on the blog this week. Check it out https://journeypayrollhr.com/resources/blog/

07/27/2026

Payroll data can become evidence in a wage investigation.

When the Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division reviews an employer’s records, payroll data can show whether employees were paid correctly, whether overtime was calculated properly, whether deductions were handled lawfully, and whether time records were accurate.

That means payroll is not just an administrative task. It is a compliance record.

Time punches, pay rates, overtime calculations, employee classifications, deductions, and payroll corrections can all be reviewed during a wage and hour investigation.

Our latest Journey Payroll & HR blog explains how payroll data is used against employers in wage investigations, what records matter most, and what employers should review before there is a problem.

Read the full article on our website: https://journeypayrollhr.com/resources/blog/

07/20/2026

Federal timekeeping rules do not require a specific time clock, but they do require accurate records.

Under the FLSA, covered employers must keep required time and payroll records for non-exempt employees, including hours worked each workday, total hours worked each workweek, the workweek used for overtime, pay basis, deductions, wages paid, and pay period details.

That means timekeeping is not just a scheduling task. It is the record payroll depends on to prove employees were paid correctly.

Journey Payroll & HR’s latest blog breaks down what federal timekeeping rules payroll must follow, what the Department of Labor requires under Fact Sheet #21 and 29 CFR Part 516, and where common payroll risks show up.

Read the full article here: https://journeypayrollhr.com/resources/blog/

07/13/2026

Payroll is not just a button you press. It is one of the clearest places where employer liability shows up.

Under federal law, employers are responsible for more than issuing paychecks. Payroll connects wage law, tax withholding, employee classification, overtime, deductions, garnishments, and required recordkeeping.

That means a payroll mistake is not always just an administrative error. It can become a wage violation, tax issue, recordkeeping failure, or employee claim.

The latest Journey Payroll & HR blog breaks down what employers are actually liable for, why payroll is a legal compliance function under federal law, and how payroll and HR partners should help employers build systems that are accurate, documented, and explainable.

Read the full blog here: https://journeypayrollhr.com/resources/blog/

Address

3351 Eastbrook Drive Suite 300
Fort Collins, CO
80525

Opening Hours

Monday	8am - 5pm
Tuesday	8am - 5pm
Wednesday	8am - 5pm
Thursday	8am - 5pm
Friday	8am - 5pm

Telephone

+19705688613

Website

http://www.JourneyPayrollHR.com/

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