Massachusetts has enacted legislation (House Bill 4890), which will require employers with 25 or more employees in the Commonwealth to disclose the pay range for a position in any job posting or advertisement. This change will take effect July 31, 2025. The legislation also requires that employers with 100 or more employees in the Commonwealth to report certain data to the state beginning Feb. 1, 2025.
Please complete your HIRD form filing online via MassTaxConnect before December 15. Massachusetts law requires certain employers to file an annual Health Insurance Responsibility Disclosure (HIRD) form containing information about employer-sponsored health benefits offerings.
Employees receiving Paid Family and Medical Leave (PFML) benefits in Massachusetts are entitled to supplement their PFML benefits with available accrued paid leave. The change is effective for PFML applications filed on or after Nov. 1, 2023. The state also announced that the contribution rate for 2024 will increase.
Recent legislation has amended Mass. Gen. Laws Ch. 62 § 1(c) to conform to Internal Revenue Code (IRC) Section 132(f) for taxable years beginning on or after Jan. 1, 2022. Consequently, Massachusetts has adopted the federal monthly exclusion amounts for employer-provided parking, transit pass and commuter highway vehicle transportation benefits for the 2022 tax year and beyond.
This notice Is to remind you to please complete your Health Insurance Responsibility Disclosure (HIRD) form filing online via MassTaxConnect before Dec. 15, 2022. Massachusetts law requires certain employers to file an annual HIRD form, which contains information about employer-sponsored health benefits offerings.
It is almost time for the Massachusetts HIRD filing. Massachusetts law requires employers to file a HIRD form on an annual basis containing information about employer sponsored insurance.
The Massachusetts Department of Family and Medical Leave (DFML) has announced the 2023 contribution rates for the state’s Paid Family and Medical Leave program.
Massachusetts has enacted House Bill 4554 that expressly prohibits discrimination against individuals based on traits associated with race, such as hair texture, hair type, hair length and protective hairstyles. House Bill 4554 takes effect Oct. 24, 2022.
On April 4, 2022, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled in Reuter v. The City of Methuen that discharged employees must be paid all wages due to the employee including accrued unused vacation time or the employer is liable for treble damages.
The Massachusetts Executive Office for Administration and Finance has announced that employers require to provide COVID-19 emergency paid sick leave will end March 15, 2022. The leave requirement is expiring on that date because the COVID-19 Emergency Paid Sick Leave Fund, which reimburses employers for providing the leave, is nearing its limit for disbursements. Otherwise, the requirement would have remained in effect until April 1, 2022.
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New York City has enacted an Order that establishes worker COVID-19 vaccination requirements, creates recordkeeping obligations, and includes a posting requirement. The Order took effect on December 27, 2021.
The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) is requiring the use of face masks indoors for the next four weeks, regardless of the individual’s COVID-19 vaccination status.
Tucson, Arizona voters have approved a ballot measure (Proposition 206) that will increase the city’s minimum wage. Employers must pay employees at least the city's minimum wage rate for work done within Tucson.
North Dakota has enacted legislation (HB 1511) that requires private employers to allow certain employee exemptions from the COVID-19 vaccine. The law is effective from Nov.15, 2021 to Aug.1, 2023, unless extended.
The minimum wage in California and in many local jurisdictions in the state will increase on January 1, 2022.