Below is a summary of compliance requirements that took effect recently or will take effect over the next few months. For more information on these topics, please see this month’s edition of the ADP Comprehensive Services Newsletter or the Comprehensive Services Newsletter Archive located ...

Today, there are over 10 million women-owned businesses in the United States, and this powerful number continues to rise each year. According to Entrepreneur, this growing population faces a unique set of social challenges that can make it more difficult to hire, rent office space and establish ...

Overview: On June 6, 2018, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released a draft Form W-4, Employee’s Withholding Allowance Certificate, for 2019. Several changes are fundamental in nature, potentially requiring significant reprogramming of payroll systems. State and local tax authorities ...

Overview: As the 2017-2018 legislative session came to a close, Vermont lawmakers enacted new laws that address gender-free restrooms, crime victim protections and anti-sexual harassment measures. All three laws go into effect on July 1, 2018. Specifically, Vermont enacted a law requiring ...

Overview: The South Carolina Pregnancy Accommodations Act requires employers with at least 15 employees to provide reasonable accommodations to employees for medical needs arising from pregnancy, childbirth, or other related medical conditions (including lactation), unless the accommodation ...

Each year, about 500 workers are killed as a result of work-related homicides and about 15,000 are subjected to work-related assaults, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Workplace violence can occur anywhere and at any time. That's why it's important to implement workplace violence ...

The New York State Legislature has proposed, passed and implemented significant laws combating sexual harassment in the workplace. Provisions on the prevention of sexual harassment in New York workplaces affect state contracts, mandatory arbitration clauses, mandatory nondisclosure agreements ...

Overview: Beginning July 1, 2018, employers in Vermont will be prohibited from requiring a prospective employee to disclose salary and benefit history. Employers will also be prohibited from seeking an applicant’s salary history without the applicant’s authorization. Effective ...

Overview: Effective January 1, 2019, many Washington employers will have to remit child support orders electronically.  Effective Date: January 1, 2019  Details: Governor Jay Inslee of Washington state has signed into law S6334, which will require employers to remit child ...

Overview: Responding to the national “#MeToo” movement, Washington has enacted several new workplace laws primarily intended to protect victims of sexual harassment. The first new law bars employers from requiring employees— as a condition of ...