Recent Updates

If you are an Applicable Large Employer (ALE)*, your business could be in jeopardy of facing significant financial IRS assessments if you have not reviewed and approved your Affordable Care Act (ACA) forms in ADP Health Compliance for the 2021 reporting year. If you do not take action to review and approve your filing in ADP Health Compliance, your Forms 1095-C may not be distributed to your full-time employees prior to the IRS deadline. As a result, your business may be subject to financial IRS assessments. Your ACA filing must be approved by January 20, 2022 or your company may face IRS assessments for failure to furnish the filing on time.

Over the past several years, we have enjoyed being able to support your EEO-1 Component 1 report filing. As of 2022, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has requested that PEOs have clients submit individual 2021 EEO-1 Component 1 reports themselves and each year after.  Thus, as a PEO, we will no longer be filing an aggregate EEO-1 Component 1 Report on your behalf to the EEOC.  ADP TotalSource will provide support, tools and assist with regulatory standards to ensure you can successfully generate, upload, and certify the EEO-1 report moving forward.

If not properly drafted, certain policies in your handbook could violate federal, state, and local laws or run counter to best practices. Here are six policies that are potentially problematic along with guidelines to consider instead.

Some employers reward and recognize high performers with a bonus, especially during the holiday season. If you award bonuses, here are some overtime and tax rules to consider:

CDC continues to recommend avoiding large events and gatherings. Here is an infographic with helpful tips for enjoying holiday traditions while protecting your loved ones.

More than 20 states and 30 local minimum wage rates are scheduled to increase on January 1, 2022. Below is a summary of these changes and guidelines to help you comply with your minimum wage requirements.

President Biden has announced that federal contractors and subcontractors will have until January 18, 2022 to ensure that all covered employees are fully vaccinated for COVID-19.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued an emergency rule that requires COVID-19 vaccination for workers at healthcare facilities that participate in Medicare and Medicaid programs.

The Biden administration has announced its Final Rule directing federal contractors to pay their workers a $15 minimum wage starting next year.

The Final Rule, effective January 30, 2022, establishes standards and procedures for implementing and enforcing the minimum wage protections of Executive Order 14026 (Order). Additionally, it sets forth an anti-retaliation provision, a prohibition against waiver of rights, and a severability clause. Finally, the Final Rule specifies procedures related to complaint intake, investigations, remedies, and administrative enforcement proceedings.