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Payroll taxes are taxes that are often calculated and remitted based on a percentage of an employee's wages, but they can also include fixed charges. Payroll taxes consist of two types of taxes: 1) taxes that... more +

Payroll taxes are taxes that are often calculated and remitted based on a percentage of an employee's wages, but they can also include fixed charges. Payroll taxes consist of two types of taxes: 1) taxes that are withheld by an employer from an employee's wages and 2) taxes paid by an employer based on the amount of an employee's wages. These taxes may be advanced income tax payments on behalf of an employee. They are also employer and employee payments to a variety of government programs, such as social security, and unemployment/disability insurance. less -

Maine Poised to Enact Sweeping Paid Family and Medical Leave Law

Littler on 7/5/2023

After clearing necessary procedural and financial hurdles this week, Maine is set to enact one of the broadest and most generous paid family and medical leave programs in the country....more

Employer FAQs as Maryland Becomes 10th State to Provide Paid Family Leave

Fisher Phillips on 4/14/2022

Maryland will soon be the tenth state to offer paid family leave to employees, continuing a trend that is expected to roll across the country in the next few years. This comes after the Maryland legislature’s April 9 vote to...more

Availability of Health Insurance Subsidy Requires Employers to Act

Brooks Pierce on 4/19/2021

On March 11, 2021, President Biden signed the American Rescue Plan Act (“ARPA” or the “Act”), another piece of the federal government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Among other things, the Act provides premium...more

American Rescue Plan Act -- COBRA Strikes

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP on 3/30/2021

Now you know. The American Rescue Plan Act has made some important changes to the obligations of employer-sponsored health plans under the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act, better known as COBRA...more

US Stimulus Creates Temporary COBRA Premium Subsidy and Payroll Tax Credit

Latham & Watkins LLP on 3/19/2021

Under the new stimulus law, employers must make available temporary COBRA premium subsidies and special COBRA enrollment rights to eligible individuals. Employers are entitled to a refundable payroll tax credit for the amount...more

Massachusetts Paid Family And Medical Leave Update: Notice And Contribution Requirements Go Into Effect Next Week

Hogan Lovells on 9/28/2019

Employers with employees—and, in some cases, 1099-MISC contractors —in Massachusetts have obligations starting next week under Massachusetts’ new Paid Family and Medical Leave Law (“MPFML”), which will entitle most...more

New Payroll Tax Under the Massachusetts Paid Family and Medical Leave

Burns & Levinson LLP on 5/6/2019

New Massachusetts Paid Family and Medical Leave - Beginning in 2021, all Massachusetts employers must provide their employees (and, in some cases, contractors) paid leave for family and medically related absences. Under the...more

Paid Family and Medical Leave Comes to Massachusetts

Bowditch & Dewey on 11/26/2018

Massachusetts enacted legislation this past summer (Acts 2018, c. 121, the “Act”) creating its first state-administered Paid Family and Medical Leave Program (the “Program”). Employers of all sizes are required to participate...more

Paid Family and Medical Leave Comes to Massachusetts

Bowditch & Dewey on 11/6/2018

Adding the Commonwealth to the small-but-expanding list of states providing employees with paid leave benefits, Massachusetts enacted legislation this past summer (Acts 2018, ch. 121, the “Act”) to create a new...more

Lessons Learned from Katrina and Hurricane Harvey Relief Guidance to Date for those Affected by Hurricane Harvey

Winstead PC on 8/31/2017

Following Hurricane Katrina (“HK”), excellent minds in the government worked to provide helpful guidance on relief that employers could elect to utilize to assist employees impacted by that hurricane or other disasters either...more

D.C. Council Advances Expansive Family and Medical Leave Bill

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 12/23/2016

On December 20, 2016, in a 9-4 vote, the Washington, D.C. Council passed bill B21-0415, The Universal Paid Leave Act of 2015. The bill will establish a universal paid leave system for individuals who work in the District of...more

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