State Alerts

A three-judge panel of the Michigan Court of Appeals has ruled that the legislature was within its authority when it adopted and then amended ballot initiatives to increase the minimum wage and require paid sick leave. If left standing, the ruling means the minimum wage will stay at $10.10 per hour throughout 2023 and paid sick leave requirements would remain the same as they were in previous years. The plaintiffs are expected to appeal the decision.

Colorado’s Department of Labor and Employment (CDLE) has issued updated rules on how employers must calculate the rate of pay when employees use paid sick leave and public health emergency leave under the Healthy Families and Workplaces Act (HFWA).

Mountain View, California has adopted a Wage Theft Ordinance.  

This past November, Arizona voters approved a ballot question (Proposition 209) which decreases the portion of a debtor’s disposable earnings that are subject to debt collection except for child support payments.  

Transportation expenses, such as automobile mileage, that qualify as tax deductible medical expenses under Internal Revenue Code Section 213 generally can be paid or reimbursed on a tax-free basis by a health flexible spending arrangement, health reimbursement arrangement, or health savings account if the expense is “primarily for, and essential to, medical care.”

On Dec. 29, 2022, the Internal Revenue Service issued via Notice 2023-03 the 2023 optional standard mileage rates used to calculate the deductible costs of operating an automobile for business, moving, and charitable purposes.

The California Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) has updated its frequently asked questions (FAQs) to address expanded requirements for employers to disclose the pay scale for open positions.

Oregon is implementing a Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance program (Paid Leave Oregon) funded by a new payroll tax. As this new tax takes effect on Jan. 1, 2023, we wanted to provide more information about this change.

This notice is to inform you that the Indiana Department of Revenue (DOR) has issued a revised version of Departmental Notice #1, which includes a change to their state withholding calculation effective Oct. 1, 2022.  To accommodate the change to the withholding calculation, the DOR has revised the Indiana “Employee’s Withholding Exemption and County Status Certificate” commonly known as Form WH-4.