The current Form I-9 Employment Eligibility Verification expired on March 31, 2016. The USCIS has announced that employers must continue to use the current version until a proposed I-9 is in effect. 

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) released its final rule on respirable crystalline silica. The rule, which is titled Occupational Exposure to Respirable Crystalline Silica, establishes a permissible exposure limit (PEL) and also includes provisions regarding exposure assessments, respiratory protection, medical surveillance, hazard communication, and recordkeeping.

This spring, employers may start receiving Marketplace notices in the mail from the Federally-Facilitated Marketplace or a State Health Exchange.  These are courtesy notifications for employers advising that one of their employees was eligible for an advanced premium tax credit or cost-sharing reduction, while purchasing a plan on the Federal Marketplace or State Exchange.  Not all employers will receive one.

We regularly conduct surveys because it’s important that we hear your voice! Not only does it allow us to know how well we’re working with you, but it also helps us identify areas where we can improve our products and services for you.

Our new annual client survey will begin rolling out in May 2016.  

Next week your employees will get their Aspire with ADP TotalSource® Scholarship Program email from ADP TotalSource with program details and a link to apply.

ADP TotalSource has launched a new web experience, with fresh new look, enhanced functionality, and enriched resources and materials.

Governor Brown signed SB 3 into law raising the state minimum wage to $15.00 per hour by 2022.  California’s minimum wage currently is $10.00 per hour.  The new law also amends the existing paid sick leave law to provide paid sick leave to in-home supportive services employees beginning July 1, 2018.  The sick leave entitlement will provide up to one day of leave per year and increase over time to three days per year.

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors has approved an ordinance requiring employers to provide employees with up to 6 weeks of fully paid parental leave for the birth or adoption of a child. 

The United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit recently ruled, in Olson v. Push, Inc., that multistate employers with operations in Minnesota must comply with the Minnesota Drug and Alcohol Testing in the Workplace Act (“DATWA”), even at their non-Minnesota locations. 

The Missouri Department of Revenue has issued a new "Employee's Withholding Allowance Certificate" Form MO W-4 and is requiring that all Missouri employees complete a new form for the 2016 tax year.

An email will be sent to active worksite employees who are living or working in Missouri on April 22, 2016.