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JANUARY 30, 2023

States eye workforce as a legislative priority for payroll The majority of state legislatures began their legislative sessions this January. A flurry of bills is being proposed in the payroll space — many having to do labor and employment. Paid leave Paid Family and Medical Leave remains a hot topic in the 2023 legislative session.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Part 2 of this blogpost explains how prevalent payroll is in our daily lives with a focus on key issues in 2022, including unemployment, disaster relief, paid sick leave, and international. Employees still need to get paid. Paid sick and medical leave. Virgin Islands. But disasters do happen.

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JULY 7, 2021

In general, the federal income tax, Social Security tax, FUTA tax, Medicare tax, and Additional Medicare tax are considered employment or payroll taxes. These two federal laws contained payroll-related provisions aimed at helping employers and employees during the pandemic. IRS extends guidance on leave-sharing programs.

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JANUARY 2, 2024

Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and Bill Cassidy (R-LA) and Representatives Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA) and Stephanie Bice (R-OK) are leading bipartisan bicameral working groups to explore a federal paid leave program. Bipartisan efforts towards national PFML program Currently, under federal provisions, FMLA leave is unpaid.

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JUNE 14, 2021

The guidance is aimed at helping multi-state employers determine to which state wages should be reported and unemployment taxes paid. Being familiar with the DOL’s “localization of work” provisions may be helpful to employers that want to make sure wages are reported and unemployment taxes are paid to the correct state.

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JUNE 21, 2021

IRS issued American Rescue Plan Act sick and family leave credit FAQs. . The IRS has released a series of frequently asked questions (FAQs) about the sick and family leave credits in the American Rescue Plan Act that include examples of how to calculate the amount of the credits. Agricultural worker wage protection. .

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AUGUST 2, 2021

Now let’s go over some of the more important payroll stories from the past week. . IRS FAQs clarify paid sick and family leave credits related to vaccines. The Colorado Department of Labor and Employment is sending pandemic-related unemployment claim decisions through early August 2021. Federal News .

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