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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, [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

By now, employers are very familiar with the W-2 phishing scheme, where scammers spoof a company executive’s email and request all W-2 information for a company. Companies large and small have fallen for this crooked [...]

Now more than ever, human resources is widely viewed as a critical business function. In response to that, the Human Capital Institute (HCI) modernized their signature certification program to help HR professionals build credibility within their [...]

The IRS launched more than 200 investigations involving employment tax fraud in fiscal 2018 - a 28% rise from fiscal 2017. Of those cases, 48 people received prison sentences. Employment tax fraud or tax evasion [...]

Several bills and congressional plans affecting human resources and payroll departments successfully made their way through the House of Representatives in April 2019. Here's what employers need to know to get ahead of the game [...]

Earlier this year, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced only individuals with tax identification numbers may request an Employer Identification Number as “the responsible party.” Those individuals must have either a Social Security number or [...]