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 ...

Mississippi’s expanded law provides that military service members and veterans will have reemployment protections when performing duties or receiving training with armed forces of other states. Effective Date: July 1, 2018 Details: Mississippi law provides employment protections ...

On March 1, 2018, the Massachusetts Office of the Attorney General issued its much-anticipated guidance on the state’s new pay equity law, set to take effect on July 1, 2018. The Massachusetts pay equity legislation amended the state’s Massachusetts Equal Pay Act (MEPA). Among other ...

On February 11, 2018, the Maryland Healthy Working Families Act went into effect. Since then, the Maryland Office of Small Business Regulatory Assistance has received more than 2,000 emails from employers and employees with specific questions about complying with the law. The most common of ...

Overview: A provision of Maine’s recreational marijuana law prohibits employers from taking adverse employment actions for off-premises marijuana use, as of February 1, 2018. This law effectively prevents Maine employers from testing for marijuana for pre-employment purposes. The law also ...

Iowa has amended its paystub law to allow employers to provide electronic wage statements. Previously, the law required employers to mail or provide wage statements at the place of employment, or provide employees with the means to view and print an electronic wage statement at the workplace. ...

The California Supreme Court recently issued a decision, Alvarado v. Dart Container Corp. of California, significantly impacting how employers must calculate overtime pay when non-exempt employees receive a flat-sum bonus. The Court ruled that when calculating overtime during pay periods ...

Employers must follow a number of increasingly complex federal, state, and local laws. Certain myths surrounding these laws can make it even harder to comply. Below, we debunk 10 myths that employers may encounter. Myth: When federal, state, and local laws conflict, the employer gets to ...