Alerts

Stay on top of new and changing laws and regulations impacting your business with updates from our team of regulatory experts. Our alerts help you stay aware and make sense of federal, state, and regional compliance, from employer taxes and social security to Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and paid leave.

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Maryland Paid Sick Leave

Effective Feb. 11, 2018, Maryland passed the Healthy Working Families Act. The Office of Small Business Regulatory Assistance has released FAQs.

February 21, 2018

Louisiana Released Revised Withholding Tables Under an Emergency Rule

Louisiana Department of Revenue has adopted updated Income Tax Withholding Tables through an Emergency Rule effective Feb. 16, 2018.

February 15, 2018

Puerto Rico Releases 2018 Unemployment Tax Rates and Wage Base

Puerto Rico’s unemployment-taxable wage base is $7,000, unchanged from 2017. The 2018 basic tax rate for new employers is 3.1 percent, down from 2017.

February 08, 2018

Michigan Clarifies Recent Notice Issued to Delinquent Employers

On Feb. 1, 2018, Michigan Unemployment Insurance Agency issued a statement to clarify their recently issued Notice of Continuation of $9,500 Taxable wage base.

February 08, 2018

FBI and IRS Warn of Potential Direct Deposit Phishing Scheme

FBI and IRS have recently issued releases warning Employers about a potential security threat targeting Direct Deposits received by employees.

February 07, 2018

IRS Provides Guidance on Form W-4

In Notice 2018-14, the IRS publishes further guidance on the 2018 Form W-4, Employee’s Withholding Allowance Certificate and income tax withholding.

February 01, 2018

Federal Tax Levy Exempt Amounts to be Updated to Reflect New tax law

The federal tax levy exempt amounts reflected in Publication 1494 updated to reflect changes under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act that are effective Jan 1, 2018.

February 01, 2018

The 2017 EEO-1 Report Filing Period is Now Open

EEO-1 Report filing period is open. All employers in the private sector with 100 or more employees must file the EEO-1 report before March 2018.

January 25, 2018

Final EMAC Supplemental Contribution Regulations

Massachusetts Department of Unemployment Assistance (DUA) released the final regulations for the new Employer Medical Assistance Contribution (EMAC).

January 25, 2018

Compliance Trends for 2018

New technologies, a deeper focus on employees, and increasing regulations have changed the HR industry. Here is a list of compliance trends for 2018.

January 24, 2018

Government Shutdown Ends After Congress Adopts Spending Bill

On Jan. 22, Congress agreed to a short-term spending bill through Feb. 8. The ability to verify new hires through the federal E-Verify system will resume.

January 23, 2018

Federal Government Shutdown Following Lapse in Funding

The government shut down on Jan. 20, after unsuccessfully trying to negotiate the federal budget. Paylocity will make deposits as the EFTPS system is open.

January 22, 2018

Federal Government Shutdown: E-Verify Outage

The federal government has shut down after unsuccessfully trying to negotiate the federal budget. E-Verify services are unavailable due to the lapse in funding.

January 22, 2018

Tax Agencies Warn of W-2 Phishing Schemes

The IRS is issuing warnings about a phishing email scheme, which requests employees’ personal information and may appear to be from company executives.

January 19, 2018

Maryland Paid Sick Leave

Update to original Maryland Paid Sick Leave Alert. The Office of Small Business Regulatory Assistance has released preliminary FAQs.

January 18, 2018

Nevada SUI Quarterly Bond Assessment Eliminated

The Nevada Dept. of Employment, Training & Rehabilitation announced that it has repaid the bond balance. Q3 2017 is the last period that employers will pay.

January 16, 2018

IRS 2018 Income Tax Withholding Tables Published

IRS released Notice 1036, this updated the 2018 income tax withholding tables. Employers must begin using the new tables no later than February 15, 2018.

January 12, 2018

Austin, TX Paid Sick Leave

Austin, TX passed a new ordinance of paid sick time, effective October 1, 2018 but due to the recent passage, final regulations have not yet been released.

January 09, 2018

State Conformity Under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act

Half the states requiring income tax withholding on wages automatically update their tax laws with changes to the federal IRC.

January 09, 2018

IRS Issues 2019 Publication 15 with New Withholding Tables

IRS Publication 15 provides guidance on the requirements for withholding, depositing, reporting, paying, and correcting employment taxes.

January 09, 2018