Who else can’t believe that it’s almost Thanksgiving? 2021 has been a major improvement over 2020, but we still have a long way to go. 2022 will be even better. We would like to thank our clients, our broker partners, our co-workers and our families. We wish you all a...
U.S. Federal Updates National Paid Leave This has become quite the rollercoaster. Apparently, federal Paid Leave is back in President Biden’s Build Back Better spending bill. So there’s still hope…we’ll see what tomorrow brings. Occupational Safety and Health...
U.S. Federal Updates National Paid Leave Well, it appears our dreams of a nationwide paid leave program have been dashed…for now. We’ll see what happens in the future. There are plenty of other updates to go over this time around: Equal Employment Opportunity...
The California Employment Development Department (EDD) has announced that the 2022 employee contribution rate for State Disability Insurance (SDI) will decrease to 1.1%. The taxable wage base from which the contributions will be taken will increase dramatically from...
U.S. Federal Update National Paid Family Leave? Could it be? National Paid Family Leave…finally? The Build Back Better Act (part of the $3.5 trillion budget reconciliation packet) is working its way through the legislature and would include, among other things,...
U.S. Federal Update Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) The Treasury Department and the IRS worked together to issue Notice 2021-53 which provides guidance for employers about reporting qualified sick and family leave wages for 2021 under the...