2019 ACA Reporting Deadlines
The Affordable Care Act's (ACA) individual mandate for employees was officially repealed on January 1, 2019. However, Congress did not repeal the ACA requirements for employers. Applicable large employers (ALE) with 50 or more employees [...]
New Overtime Threshold Is Effective January 1
The Department of Labor (DOL) issued a final rule on September 24, 2019, updating the salary threshold for exempt employees. Now, employees making less than $35,568 a year cannot be considered exempt and must earn [...]
2020 Banking Holidays and Your Payroll
The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System maintains a list of federal banking holidays for the current year and the following four years. As 2020 approaches, you should take note of upcoming federal [...]
These States Are Banning Salary History Questions in 2019
Asking about an interviewee’s salary history, once a standard practice for many employers to eliminate certain people from their hiring pool, will no longer be allowed in various cities and states soon. In the past, [...]
Texas Employers Can Now Use Payroll Cards without Employee Initial Consent
With the passage of HB 2240, as of September 1, 2019, Texas employers can pay their employees with payroll debit cards without receiving the consent of their employees first. Before the passing of HB 2240, [...]
Deadline for EEO-1 Report Extended to September 30, 2019
In April, a federal judge accepted a proposal from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to extend the EEO-1 Component 2 reporting deadline to September 30, 2019. The EEO-1, also known as The Employer Information [...]
Department of Labor Revises Overtime Rule Proposal
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has released an updated proposal regarding overtime rules set under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Under the FLSA, all employees - unless they’re exempt - must receive [...]
Latest Draft of 2020 Form W-4
The W-4, or Employee’s Withholding Allowance Certificate, has gone through several revisions since the Tax Cut and Jobs Act was mandated into law in December 2017. The 2020 W-4 drafts, however, are significantly different from [...]
Truncated Social Security Numbers Allowed on W-2s to Fight Identity Theft
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) finalized regulations allowing employers to voluntarily truncate, or partially mask, Social Security numbers (SSNs) or taxpayer-identification numbers (TINs) on W-2s and other tax statements distributed to their employees. The new [...]
Connecticut Passes Generous Paid Family Leave Act
On June 10, 2019, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont signed the nation’s most generous paid family and medical leave bill into law. The new law amends the state’s previous leave law to give employees and self-employed [...]
