Every worker is unique. That’s why we’re excited to announce that you can assign deal points such as COVID stipends, kit/box rentals, per diems, mileage, and more to workers during onboarding. These deal points appear when workers accept project invites, in startwork with a new ‘Worker Allowances’ smartfield, and on timecards for easy visibility.

Assign deal points to:

• Capture each worker's unique compensation effortlessly
• Streamline onboarding by having workers agree to their full compensation upfront
• Track deal points throughout the production lifecycle 

Click the Add allowance button on the worker invite page to start assigning deal points.

Questions? We're here to help. Reach out to us at support@wrapbook.com.

Now, each time you run payroll, Wrapbook makes it easy to ensure your employees and loan-outs are being paid at or above the minimum wage for their selected location.

You can:

• Identify timecards below minimum wage when running payroll—receive warnings if a timecard with multiple locations is set to pay an employee or loan-out below any relevant minimum wage.
  
  
• Take action— identify timecards assigned a rate below the minimum wage for their respective locations by using the Issue filter or by clicking View Timecards.

Questions? Reach out to us anytime at support@wrapbook.com.

Here are three things you can do to make the rest of 2023 as smooth as possible: 

-> Plan for Holiday Bank Closures.

Banks will be closed on Monday, December 25th (Christmas Day) and Monday, January 1st (New Year's Day). If your planned payroll date falls on either of these dates, please be sure to process it on the preceding business day.

-> Request reversals for any Q4 payrolls

If you need to request a reversal for any payroll run in Q4 (for payroll dates between 10/1/23 - 12/31/23), you must do so before 5pm ET on Thursday, January 4th, 2024.

-> Double-check your worker classifications

Make sure your workers are classified correctly as employees, loan-outs, or contractors. The deadline to update classifications is 5pm ET on Thursday, January 4th, 2024. If you find a worker that is misclassified, please reach out to Wrapbook Support as soon as possible. 

Find more year-end resources at help.wrapbook.com ↗

Please note: If we receive reversal requests or requests to update worker classifications after January 4th, 2024, we will work with you to resolve it in February 2024. 

Using the worker timecard view, you can quickly review and approve each worker's hours and expenses, all conveniently grouped by timecard week.

• View weekly totals for both timecards and expenses
• Bulk-approve a worker’s time and expenses for a given timecard week
• Add expenses on behalf of the worker

To learn more visit, Navigating the worker timecard view.

Questions? Reach out to us any time at support@wrapbook.com 

Production companies can now ensure employees and loan-outs are being paid at or above the minimum wage for their selected location. 

Minimum wage compliance alerts give you immediate visibility into minimum wage obligations, helping you avoid downstream compliance issues.

You can:

• Identify timecards below minimum wage—if you have an unpaid timecard for an employee or loan-out below the minimum wage requirements, a warning will appear on the Timecards & Expenses page.
  
  
• Apply the timecard filter and take action—click View timecards to apply the Timecard filter allowing you to quickly navigate to the timecard showing the minimum wage warning.
  
  
• Learn more about state minimum wages—visit the US Department of Labor using the quick link in the alert.
  
  

Questions? Reach out to us anytime at support@wrapbook.com.

Ready for a new way to manage production costs? Our new production accounting solution brings payroll and production costs together in real time so you have up-to-the-minute information about your cash flow. Built for film and TV productions, production accounting in Wrapbook puts everything accountants need, all in one place.

Check out our on-demand virtual event, Wrapbook NEXT, where we debut production accounting to learn more!

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Wrapbook is now using the new I-9 form in support of updated USCIS regulations. 

The updated form must be used for all workers hired on or after November 1, 2023, and can be downloaded as a PDF when both the worker and company have signed an I-9. 

Learn More

Questions? We're here to help. Reach out to us at support@wrapbook.com. 

Do you work with talent (or crew) that have agents? 

You can now designate an agent or representative when hiring workers to your Wrapbook projects. 

1. Complete worker hiring as normal, by going to View Project > People > Invite Worker. 
2. Under Agent Information, add the Agent email.
3. Confirm that this agent is authorized to use Wrapbook on behalf of the worker. 
4. Confirm that you have received the Check Authorization Form from this agent. 
5. Enter the Agent fee (%). (Note: The agent fee is taxed as worker wages. This fee is a talent fee and should not be used for agent-production fees.)
6. Select the relevant Startwork for this worker, then hit Save.

Once you add the agent’s information to the worker profile, the agent will: 

1. Receive an invitation to create a Wrapbook account and onboard their client to your project
2. Enter the Check Authorization information where worker payments will be routed 
3. Receive and track payments on behalf of their clients in their Wrapbook profile

Questions? We're here to help. Reach out to us at support@wrapbook.com. 

You can now track off-platform payments—that is, payments made outside of Wrapbook. Include off-platform advances and SAG escrows when running payroll, and get immediate—and accurate— tax and fringe calculations.

You can:

• Designate any project worker who is both a SAG-AFTRA member and a loan-out to be paid via Schedule F from an escrow account.
  
  
• Create an Advance payable for non-union workers by enabling Advance as an expense type in Company Settings>Payables & Timecards.

Learn more by visiting Adding Wages, Reimbursements and Expenses and Managing SAG Escrows.

Questions? Reach out to us any time at support@wrapbook.com.