South Carolina restricts COVID-19 vaccine mandates Tuesday, May 31, 2022 | South Carolina South Carolina has enacted legislation (House Bill 3126) that requires private employers to provide exemptions for COVID-19 vaccination mandates, among other things. House Bill 3126 is effective immediately.
Information for North Dakota employee marital status Tuesday, May 31, 2022 | North Dakota This notice is to inform you that under the North Dakota (ND) law, all withholding elections must be consistent for both federal and state income tax withholding.
Minnesota requires employers to provide notice of frontline worker pay Tuesday, May 31, 2022 | Minnesota Minnesota has enacted legislation (Senate File 2677) that requires employers of frontline workers to notify them that they may be eligible for a one-time payment from the state. The payments are meant to compensate these workers for responding to the extraordinary circumstances of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Georgia restricts local labor law mandates Tuesday, May 31, 2022 | Georgia On May 5, 2022, Georgia enacted into law Senate Bill 331 (SB 331), the "Protecting Georgia Businesses and Workers Act."
Colorado employee withholding certificate update Tuesday, May 31, 2022 | Colorado Back in November 2021, the Colorado Department of Revenue issued a new employee withholding certificate, Colorado Form DR 0004. ADP® is in the process of updating its payroll systems to accept employee elections submitted on Form DR 0004. This update will take effect July 22, 2022. As part of the system update to enable use of Form DR 0004, ADP will use employees’ federal marital status for Colorado income tax withholding and will not allow employees to elect a different marital status for Colorado.
California Supreme Court rules missed break payments are wages Tuesday, May 31, 2022 | California In a recent case (Naranjo v. Spectrum Security Services Inc.), the California Supreme Court has ruled that the extra pay an employer must pay an employee if the employee works during their meal break constitutes wages for purposes of California’s final pay and itemized wage statement requirements. This means that employers must report these payments on wage statements and must ensure that these payments are timely paid to employees. The failure to do so can lead to significant penalties.
California amends COVID-19 prevention rules for third time Tuesday, May 31, 2022 | California The California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) has revised emergency rules for protecting workers from COVID-19. The emergency rules became effective on May 6, 2022 and will remain in effect through December 31, 2022.
California - San Francisco announces increase to minimum wage Tuesday, May 31, 2022 | California San Francisco, California has announced that its minimum wage will increase.
California - Milpitas minimum wage to increase on July 1, 2022 Tuesday, May 31, 2022 | California The City of Milpitas, California has announced that the minimum wage for the city will increase.
Colorado provides new employee withholding certificate Wednesday, May 4, 2022 | Colorado The Colorado Department of Revenue (DOR) has released a new employee withholding certificate known as DR 0004. Prior to the DR 0004 release, Colorado did not provide a state form and the federal Form W-4 was used to calculate state tax withholding. ADP is actively working to complete development necessary to help support clients when an employee submits a DR004. We will keep you informed of these efforts.