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On June 14, MA Department of Family and Medical Leave announced a three month delay of the Paid Family and Medical Leave Program to allow employers more time to prepare their organizations and workforces. As a result, withholding is to commence on Oct. 1, 2019. The withholding rate for employee contributions to the program has […]

As of July 9, 2019 the bill has seen some movement and has been re-referred to the Committee on Judiciary. Here’s a link to the California Legislation Information web page where you can access the latest status, bill content and history.  http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billAnalysisClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB472 Earlier last month, the NPRC wrote a letter (see attachment) to CA Senator Anna […]

The NPRC met with the Deputy Director of Legislation and Policyof the Department of Industrial Relations, the Director of Legislation of the California Labor and Workforce Development Agency and the California Labor Commissioner of the California Labor and Workforce Development Agency on August 13th where the opportunity to introduce the concept of emerging technologies which […]

Last week, on behalf of the NPRC membership, Tom Crowley provided feedback to the Director, Division of Tax Services for the ME Bureau of Unemployment Compensation regarding their new tax system known as ReEmployME. The issue causing most concern is the method by which Maine proposes to administer the seasonal employment provisions of the unemployment insurance […]

States have begun to add data elements to the traditional core wage reporting elements (name, SSN, wages). States are adding hours worked, hourly wage rate, Standard Occupation Classification (SOC) code, location code, and date of hire. Why? – Each state seems to have their own reasons.  Most enhance the state’s ability to measure education and […]