November 2025

 

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Year End - December activities

For detailed information about these Year-End tasks, visit and bookmark the ADP TotalSource® Year-End & Quarter Close Guide.

Our Year End Webinars have completed, but if you missed them, you can refer to the session recording here.

Minimum Salary Requirements for Overtime Exemption in 2026

The federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) requires that employers pay non-exempt employees overtime for all hours worked in excess of 40 hours in a wrkweek. Some states require overtime in additional circumstances. However, there are federal and state exemptions from these requirements for employees who meet certain salary and duties tests. Here are some key points to know for both federal and state exemptions from overtime for 2026.

Get Ready for OSHA Recordkeeping Season

Helping your company comply with Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) regulations is one of the key benefits of ADP TotalSource®. If your company is not partially exempt (either by industry, size, or both) from OSHA Log Recordkeeping requirements, ADP can assist you fulfill this responsibility by providing your company with its preliminary 300 Log of Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses and 300A Summary of Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses at the end of January each year. 

Let’s take a look at your November activities to ensure a smooth Year End!

For detailed information about these Year-End tasks, visit and bookmark the ADP TotalSource® Year-End & Quarter Close Guide.

Back by popular demand: ADP TotalSource is hosting Year End Webinars to help you prepare for Year End! Please take advantage of this training opportunity at this link to register for any of our Webinar Training Sessions on Tuesdays or Thursdays

Explore the Newly Updated 2025 Summary Plan Description: Your Central Guide to Benefits

We’re excited to announce that the updated ADP TotalSource, Inc. Health and Welfare Summary Plan Description (SPD) for 2025 is now available online! This guide is packed with all the essential information Benefits Practitioners need to navigate benefits plans effectively, like information on eligibility, what is covered, how the plan operates, and more! Take a moment to check out what’s new for the 2025 SPD and stay in the know with all the latest updates to the ADP TotalSource benefits Plan.

Massachusetts Health Insurance Responsibility Disclosure

It is almost time for the Massachusetts Health Insurance Responsibility Disclosure (HIRD) filing. Massachusetts law requires employers to file a HIRD form on an annual basis containing information about employer sponsored insurance.

HIRD filing requirements apply to all employers with 6 or more Massachusetts employees in any month during the past 12 months.  The filing is done through MassTaxConnect which will be available for MA HIRD filing beginning on Nov. 15, 2025 through Dec.  15, 2025. 

Massachusetts Health Insurance Responsibility Disclosure

It is almost time for the Massachusetts Health Insurance Responsibility Disclosure (HIRD) filing. Massachusetts law requires employers to file a HIRD form on an annual basis containing information about employer sponsored insurance.

HIRD filing requirements apply to all employers with 6 or more Massachusetts employees in any month during the past 12 months.  The filing is done through MassTaxConnect which will be available for MA HIRD filing beginning on Nov. 15, 2025 through Dec.  15, 2025. 

8 Social Media Practices for Employers_HR tip.docx

The popularity of social media continues to bring potential compliance issues for employers trying to navigate the hiring process or trying to manage employee conduct. Here are eight social media practices that may be cause for concern.

Late payroll processing fees are avoidable. Here’s how.

ADP TotalSource® looks forward to efficiently serving you with variable tasks – including payroll. While processing your payroll on the designated input date, we can assist in any billing updates that may occur when adding employees to a new state, monitor new hires, managing funding timelines and more. This becomes increasingly difficult when processing payroll on the day before or day of pay date.

Coming soon: Purge Forms I-9 in ADP TotalSource

We are happy to share that the ADP TotalSource® EI-9 Management feature will soon include a “purge” setting.

The new purge setting will allow Forms I-9 and corresponding documents to be automatically purged for terminated employees 180 days after meeting the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) retention rules.

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