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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 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 -

Alabama Amends State Income Tax Exemption for Overtime Payments

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 8/12/2024

In November 2023, Alabama enacted a law exempting, from Alabama state income tax, amounts received by full-time hourly wage-paid employees as compensation for overtime worked. On May 17, 2024, Alabama amended the Overtime...more

Workplace Law Forecast 2024 - Your workplace law recap for 2023 and predictions for 2024 to help you prepare for the coming year.

Fisher Phillips on 12/4/2023

When I reflect on the relationship that our firm has with our clients, I’m most proud of the fact that you can always count on us. That often means defending complex litigation, steering you through regulatory threats,...more

Delaware Joins Trend to Provide Paid Family Leave: What Employers Need to Know

Fisher Phillips on 5/16/2022

Governor John Carney recently signed a bill making Delaware the 11th state to create a paid family leave program for eligible employees. Covered businesses will need to make payroll contributions beginning January 1, 2025,...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

Colorado Passes Paid Family And Medical Leave Insurance Program: What Do Employers Need To Do Now?

Fisher Phillips on 11/4/2020

Colorado voters passed Proposition 118 yesterday, creating Paid Family and Medical Leave obligations for all employers in the state. This initiative mandates that employers provide 12 weeks of leave for Colorado employees,...more

Payroll Protection Program Update: President Signs PPP Flexibility Bill into Law

FordHarrison on 6/5/2020

The CARES Act created the Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”), which amended the Small Business Act (“SBA”) to provide short term loans to companies with fewer than 500 employees and other companies (such as those in the...more

What do Employer’s Need to Know Following the Passage of California’s New Law on Independent Contractor Misclassification?

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on 10/9/2019

On September 18, 2019, Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law Assembly Bill 5, which clarifies when workers should be considered “employees” under the California Labor Code and the California Unemployment Insurance Code,...more

Oregon Passes Nation’s Most Generous Paid Family Leave Law

Fisher Phillips on 7/11/2019

While many Oregonians were enjoying a leisurely holiday break last week, Oregon lawmakers were busy enacting the nation’s most generous paid leave program. Governor Kate Brown signed a law into effect on July 1 that will...more

Family Ties: Connecticut Passes Paid Family and Medical Leave

McDermott Will & Emery on 6/27/2019

Connecticut adopted a new paid family and medical leave law. The law requires all private sector employers with employees who work in Connecticut to provide paid leave to eligible employees, and it expands the allowable...more

DC Employers – On Your Marks, Get Set, Go!: Universal Paid Leave Tax Starts Soon

Mintz - Employment Viewpoints on 5/7/2019

District employers, get on your marks! We told you way back in 2017 that Universal Paid Leave (UPL) would be coming to the District, and here it is. Under the DC Universal Paid Leave Act (the Act) and its implementing...more

Client Alert - State Department Website Sheds Light on New Massachusetts Paid FMLA

Bowditch & Dewey on 1/16/2019

During the first weeks of 2019, the state Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development (“EOLWD”) has been busy carrying out its legislative mandate to set up a new state department (the “Department”) to administer the...more

Client Alert - Tip for Massachusetts Employers of Tipped Workers: Complying with New Minimum Wage Law Means "Per Shift" Payroll...

Bowditch & Dewey on 1/4/2019

As of January 1, 2019, the new minimum wage in Massachusetts is $12 per hour, and $4.35 for tipped employees, but with an important caveat: under the new minimum wage regime, employers must ensure that each tipped employee...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

MASSACHUSETTS IS ON THE RISE! Increases In The Minimum Wage And Establishment Of A Paid Family And Medical Leave Program...

Troutman Pepper on 8/3/2018

Q. Are there any new laws in Massachusetts that my company should be aware of? A. Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker recently signed a bill that will serve as a turning point for working families....more

Employment Flash - April 2018

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 5/2/2018

This edition of Employment Flash looks at recent court decisions, including the U.S. Supreme Court's rulings on cases relating to the definition of a whistleblower and exemptions from the overtime pay provisions. This edition...more

New Rules for Tipped Employees in Brazil and How They Affect the Hospitality Industry

Littler on 3/24/2017

On March 13, 2017, Brazil's President Michel Temer signed into law new regulations concerning the payment, distribution, tax withholdings, and reporting of tips, whether voluntarily given by customers or charged by employers...more

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