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Connecting the Payroll Industry with Government
Service providers occasionally ask whether they can use the Multistate Employer Option for New Hire Reporting. From the service provider’s perspective, this would simplify their reporting obligations; in some cases making it unnecessary to collect additional data required by certain […]
The New York Senate approved payroll industry legislation on January 28th. The National Payroll Reporting Consortium greatly appreciates the willingness of the Senate Democratic Majority and relevant bill sponsors to engage our industry following the recent incidents involving MyPayrollHR and […]
One of the issues NPRC has been following and commenting on is the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). AB25 recently provided a one-year reprieve of the CCPA for employers/employment context, with the exception of the disclosure requirement, which still applies. Generally, as […]
A small group of NPRC members worked with Minnesota to clarify a few concerns regarding their new wage theft prevention act. FAQs to address concerns around the “basis of pay” and the “deductions and amount” requirements on the employee notice. FAQs 2 and […]
In response to an act of fraud on the part of one payroll service provider, SB 320 would prohibit the Department of Revenue from accepting payment of employer withholding taxes from all payroll service providers. This would be a dramatic […]
Based on feedback from the NPRC (letter attached), the Maryland Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation (“DLLR“) re-proposed the regulation (attached) requiring wage statements for tipped employees to show “the employee’s effective hourly rate of pay, including employer paid cash […]
Legislative bills were introduced in September 2019 in response to the MYPayrollHR incident. S. 6727, for example, would create a private right of action, including class actions and triple damages, for any delay in payroll payments caused by a payroll […]
H.B. 166/S.B. 280 (2019) require restaurants to provide wage statements that show the effective hourly tip rate as derived from employer -paid cash wages plus all reported tips for tip credit hours worked each workweek of the pay period. NPRC […]
The IRS issued the second draft of Form W-4 for 2020 on August 9. NPRC noted that up to ten states still have withholding allowances, but no state equivalent Form W-4; i.e., they rely on the IRS W-4, which will […]
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 […]