Minimum wage. Increases the minimum wage from its current federally mandated level of $7.25 per hour to (i) $8.00 per hour effective July 1, 2019; (ii) $9.00 per hour effective July 1, 2020; (iii) $10.10 per hour effective July 1, 2021; and (iv) $11.25 per hour effective July 1, 2022, unless a higher minimum wage is [...]

  The Social Security Administration (SSA) recently issued a second round of Employer Correction Requests, commonly known as social security number “no-match” letters. These notices alert employers of mismatches between submitted W-2 form information and SSA records. Employers should NOT ignore the Employer Correction Requests. Failure to take action on the Requests could serve as [...]

From the IRS Newswire:   The Internal Revenue Service today reminds employers and other businesses of the Jan. 31 filing deadline that applies to filing wage statements and independent contractor forms with the government. The Protecting Americans from Tax Hikes (PATH) Act requires employers to file their copies of Form W-2, Wage and Tax Statement, [...]

On Monday, the Virginia Senate defeated SB1200 which would have raised the Minimum Wage from the current $7.25 an hour to $15.00 an hour by July 1, 2021. Afterwards, Virginia FREE conducted a conference call with one region's business leaders and they asked about SB1200. Discussion was had about the future of this issue.

On January 14, 2019 Virginia Senator David W. Marsden (D) proposed Senate Bill 1017 that if enacted would increase the minimum wage paid to employees to $8.00/hr. effective July 1, 2019. This proposed bill doesn’t end there but would again increase minimum wage to $9.00/hr. on July 1, 2020. Once again the minimum wage would [...]

IRS Newswire January 7, 2019 WASHINGTON ― Despite the government shutdown, the Internal Revenue Service today confirmed that it will process tax returns beginning January 28, 2019 and provide refunds to taxpayers as scheduled. “We are committed to ensuring that taxpayers receive their refunds notwithstanding the government shutdown. I appreciate the hard work of the [...]

When snow arrives and covers the streets 3"-10" or a Hurricane warning of possible evacuations scan the Televisions, do you still pay your employees that cannot work? When this question comes up in conversation just know that there are two different types of employees, non-exempt and exempt: Non-exempt employees (subject to overtime pay) it is [...]

Webinar Invitation IRS Form 940, FUTA and SUTA Compliance 2019 Live Webinar on January 16,2019 | 01:00 PM ET | 12:00 PM CT | 10:00 AM PT | Duration: 60 Min | By: Dayna J Reum This program has been approved for 1.0 PDCs toward SHRM certification hours and also pre-approved for 1.0 credit hour [...]

The Social Security Administration has been making changes for Employer’s to hire Foreign Workers. It begins with the application process by the foreign workers and asking the question have you applied for a social security card. Below are 4 questions asked by employers the Social Security Administration has answered to hire foreign workers? What causes [...]

Applicable Large Employers (ALE) should be making year-end preparations to produce Forms 1095-C for their Full-time employees that qualified for employer paid health insurances in 2018. Deadlines for submitting Forms 1095-C vary depending on whether or not the paper forms are submitted or if they are submitted electronically. Employers that file 250 or more 1095-C [...]