If an employee qualifies, Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Form W-4, Employee’s Withholding Allowance Certificate, is used by the employee to tell their employer not to deduct any federal income tax from his or her wages. To qualify for this exempt status, the employee must have had no tax ...

Overview. On September 8, 2017, Delaware Governor John Carney signed into law House Bill 64 which amends the state’s family leave provisions for state employees. Details.  Under House Bill 64, in the event a mother who is a full time employee has a pregnancy complication that ...

As expected, on June 27, 2017, the DOL has sent the Office of Management and Budget a request for information (RFI) on the DOL’s final overtime rule updating the FLSA’s white collar exemptions, issued May 23, 2016 (which would have nearly doubled the salary threshold that a worker ...

In our last Issue of the Compliance Newsletter, we told you that Arizona’s Fair Wages and Healthy Families Act (the “Act”), which established a new minimum wage (effective January 1, 2017) and a new paid sick leave requirement (effective July 1, 2017), was being contested in ...

Overview.  Wyoming has amended the law permitting the time period for the payment of wages upon termination of employment to be at a different time, if specified in a collective bargaining agreement between the employer and the employee. Details.  Federal law does not require ...

The Internal Revenue Service would like to remind individuals about the Additional Medicare Tax.  Some taxpayers may be required to pay an Additional Medicare Tax if their income is over a certain limit. Information explaining the Additional Medicate Tax is provided below. Tax ...

Overview.  U.S. law requires companies to employ only individuals who may legally work in the United States – either U.S. citizens, or foreign citizens who have the necessary authorization.  E-Verify is an internet-based system that allows businesses to determine the eligibility ...

Overview. On December 19, 2016, Ohio Gov. John Kasich signed a bill (SB 331) (a copy of which is attached to this Alert) blocking local governments from raising the minimum wage above the level set by the state, and from passing ordinances in relation to employee “fringe benefits.” ...

Overview  A lawsuit has been filed in Arizona state court seeking to stop the newly approved minimum wage hike and paid sick leave ballot initiative from taking effect.  According to the Arizona Chamber of Commerce, the proposal's lack of a state revenue generator and its inclusion of ...

Overview.  Two new Ohio laws take effect March 21, 2017.  The first pre-empts municipalities from enacting their own employee scheduling and fringe benefit laws, as well setting minimum wage rates.  The second permits a concealed handgun license holder to transport and store a ...