Overview: Virginia repeals the requirement that an employer request that each new employee disclose whether the employee has an income withholding order. Effective Date: 07/01/2018 Details: Virginia recently repealed the requirement, enacted in 1993, that an employer request that each ...

Overview: Utah amends its civil rights law to prohibit discrimination based on pregnancy in places of public accommodation. The amendment also creates the Utah Breastfeeding Protecting Act, which provides that a woman may breastfeed in any place of public accommodation. Effective Date: ...

Overview: The United States Supreme Court has ruled that “service advisors” are exempt from overtime under the FLSA’s “automobile dealer” exemption applicable to salesmen, partsmen, and mechanics. Effective Date: April 2, 2018 Details: After years of ...

Overview: New Jersey has enacted legislation that significantly expands the state’s equal pay law. Specifically, the legislation amends the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (LAD) to prohibit employers from paying an employee who is a “member of a protected class” less ...

Summary: The Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination (MCAD) on February 28, 2018, issued questions and answers (Q&A) to provide additional interpretive information about the Massachusetts Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA or the “Act”). PWFA became effective on April 1, ...

Monday, May 28 is a bank holiday. Be sure to check your payroll schedule!

  Overview: On April 9, 2018, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) posted “Frequently Asked Questions” (FAQs) related to the new employer credit for paid family and medical leave, which was established by the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. The tax credit applies to wages paid ...

Summary: The IRS recommends that taxpayers use the Withholding Calculator on IRS.gov to do a “paycheck checkup” to confirm that their employers withhold the correct amount of income tax from their paychecks. Details: The IRS Withholding Calculator can help prevent ...

Overview: Governor Jim Justice of West Virginia has signed into law House Bill 2546 (H2546). House Bill 2546 amends the Wage Payment and Collections Act to provide that if an employee fails to return an employer's property, the employer may withhold or deduct from the employee's final wages an ...