Unless you intend to pay the employee’s premium yourself, employers must deduct premiums from employees beginning January 1, 2023. Remittance of the first quarter premiums is due April 30, 2023. Even employers that will apply for an exemption from paying premiums based on an approved private plan must begin premium collection and remittance. Many employers are already working with their payroll provider to begin collecting the premiums.
Under FAMLI regulations, employers that miss the coming deadline, even inadvertently, face difficult consequences. Employers may not make a catch-up deduction in future pay periods. When an employer fails to make wage deductions for FAMLI premiums starting January 1st, the employer will be required to cover the employee’s share of the premium going forward.
The state’s FAMLI website provides useful tools and important information that we recommend you access soon.
- By April 30, 2023, employers must enroll with, and submit premiums and wage reports to, the My FAMLI+ Employer portal that is, as of December 1, 2022, accessible to all employers for enrollment.
- The FAMLI Division has published a sample Paycheck Stuffer that employers can provide employees when deductions begin.
- By January 1, 2023, employers are also required to post the 2023 FAMLI Program Notice poster in a prominent, visible workplace location accessed by all employees.
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