Payroll legislation can get complicated
With payroll legislation in the news recently because of a proposed tax break bill in Nevada and controversy over a law banning the deduction of union dues from payroll in several southern states, the American Payroll Association has identified payroll laws from 10 different states that are particularly baffling.
For example, Rhode Island is the only state that requires weekly wage payments for all nonexempt private sector employees - however, it pays state employees on a biweekly basis. Meanwhile, Maryland employers are only legally permitted to pay employees using pay cards if fees are disclosed in writing that is in at least 12-point type.
Overtime is a complicated requirement in California, with the rate being 1.5 times the rate of regular pay after an eight-hour day or 40-hour week, and double time for more than 12 hours worked in a day. Additionally, the first eight hours worked on the seventh consecutive day in a work week are eligible for 1.5 times the rate of regular pay, and after eight hours, the rate doubles.
Also in California, a much less complicated proposal to raise payroll taxes for upper-income workers has been in the news recently. A bipartisan group of three Republican and three Democratic senators has been working on bringing the proposal into law, according to the San Francisco Chronicle.
For example, Rhode Island is the only state that requires weekly wage payments for all nonexempt private sector employees - however, it pays state employees on a biweekly basis. Meanwhile, Maryland employers are only legally permitted to pay employees using pay cards if fees are disclosed in writing that is in at least 12-point type.
Overtime is a complicated requirement in California, with the rate being 1.5 times the rate of regular pay after an eight-hour day or 40-hour week, and double time for more than 12 hours worked in a day. Additionally, the first eight hours worked on the seventh consecutive day in a work week are eligible for 1.5 times the rate of regular pay, and after eight hours, the rate doubles.
Also in California, a much less complicated proposal to raise payroll taxes for upper-income workers has been in the news recently. A bipartisan group of three Republican and three Democratic senators has been working on bringing the proposal into law, according to the San Francisco Chronicle.
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