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In the Payroll Mailbag …

10/18/2016
Two employees, same name … Withholding for employees who have met their tax liability

New salary level regs: T minus 30 days and counting

10/18/2016
In one scant month, exempt employees who don’t earn at least $913 a week must be reclassified as overtime-eligible nonexempt employees. This is your final check to ensure that your systems and processes are functioning correctly.

EEOC tries once more to collect payroll data on EEO-1 form

10/18/2016
The EEOC’s second attempt to collect W-2 data on the EEO-1 form seems more payroll-friendly, as it relies on W-2, Box 1 data exclusively.

Tax-protesting employee gets 16 months in prison

10/18/2016
Sixteen months in the federal slammer and a lifelong tag as a convicted felon are a high price to pay for filing W-4s on which exempt status was falsely claimed and 10 1040s on which $0 income was reported.

St. Paul paid sick leave law takes effect next July

10/17/2016
St. Paul’s city council has unanimously approved the Earned Safe and Sick Time ordinance granting more than a week of paid sick leave to all employees in the city. The ordinance takes effect on July 1, 2017.

Custodial aide cleans up after equal pay complaint

10/17/2016
The Montevideo, Minn. School District has settled an equal pay discrimination suit with the EEOC for $50,000.

Push for paid parental leave takes off

10/14/2016
Prepare for the likelihood that soon, you may have to begin providing some form of paid leave.

Employment law in the news for New York employers

10/12/2016
A recent ruling from the National Labor Relations Board will affect New York colleges and universities. New state regulations will affect all employers that use paycards to pay their employees.

Senior HR executives earn less than other top brass

10/12/2016
Corporate America’s highest-ranking HR executives earn significantly less than their C-Suite peers.

Snapshot: Moms rate employers low on ability to work from home

10/12/2016
Less than half of working mothers say their employers make it easy enough to work from home when necessary.