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Changes to the FLSA white collar exemptions take effect December 1, 2016.  This week’s Tip reminds you of the changes, and provides a list of useful resources to help you ensure your organization’s compliance by the December 1, 2016 deadline.

Arizona voters will decide on November 8, 2016, whether to approve the “Fair Wages and Healthy Families Act” (Prop 206) which would provide earned paid sick time to employees. Under Prop 206, Employees would accrue a minimum of one hour of earned paid sick time for every 30 hours worked. Employers with 15 or more employees would be allowed to cap earned paid sick time at 40 hours per year. Employers with fewer than 15 employees would be allowed to cap earned paid sick time at 24 hours per year.

On August 19, 2016, Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner signed into law The Employee Sick Leave Act (the Act) which goes into effect on January 1, 2017.  Under the Act an employee may use “personal sick leave benefits” provided by the employer for absences due to an illness, injury, or medical appointment of the employee’s child, spouse, sibling, parent, mother-in-law, father-in-law, grandchild, grandparent, or stepparent for reasonable periods of time as the employee’s attendance may be necessary, on the same terms upon which the employee is able to use sick leave benefits for the employee’s own illness or injury. 

It’s that time of year again – when employers with 100 or more employees, or Federal Contractors with 50 or more employees and a contract valued at $50,000 or more, are getting ready to file their annual EEO-1 Report. This week’s Tip provides the Who, What, Where, Why and How of annual report filing.  Set forth below are the most frequently asked questions around the EEO-1, as provided by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, as well as some additional resources to help you understand your compliance obligations.   

On August 2, 2016, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued proposed regulations entitled “Information Reporting of Catastrophic Health Coverage and Other Issues Under Section 6055.” These proposed regulations contain important clarifications relating to, among other things, the responsibilities of Applicable Large Employers (ALEs) and/or insurance providers in soliciting Taxpayer Identification Numbers (TINs).

The American Payroll Association (APA) founded National Payroll Week (NPW) in 1996 to increase awareness of the payroll and payroll accounting processes.  NPW is a national campaign to help America’s workers understand more about their paychecks, the payroll withholding system and other payroll-driven benefits. NPW is celebrating the 21^st consecutive year and ADP is once again the sole Diamond Sponsor of NPW.

Immigrants all over the country are being targeted in scams. Don’t be one of the victims! Scammers may call or email you, pretending to be a government official. They will say that there is a problem with an application or additional information is required to continue the immigration process. They will then ask for personal and sensitive details, and demand payment to fix any problems.