The IRS’s FIRE system will take its last information return at 3 p.m. ET on Nov. 19. Starting with the 2027 filing season, the Information Returns Intake System (IRIS) will replace FIRE for e-filing returns, including 1099s, 1098s and W-2Gs…
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Pennsylvania employers face a three-year window for employees to sue over unpaid minimum wages or overtime under state law, rather than the six years a trial court previously allowed. The ruling came in a case involving 20 pharmacy employees seeking…
Required preshift tasks – and whether employees are paid for them – are at the center of a former hospital nurse’s wage dispute. Chestnut Hill Hospital required nurses to change into surgical scrubs by 7 a.m. for a morning huddle.…
Employers have an extra day to furnish W-2s to employees and file them with the Social Security Administration. The usual Jan. 31 deadline falls on a Sunday in 2027, so the due date for 2026 Forms W-2 moves to Monday,…
Payroll usually pays the hours recorded on time clocks – but requiring employees to arrive early can create a pay obligation before they even punch in. That’s the issue in a recent wage dispute, alleging violations of the Fair Labor…
When daylight saving time ends, employees on the clock when the time changes at 2 a.m. pick up an additional hour. Payroll teams need to make sure that hour is credited and paid this run. This year, the clocks fall…
A California company closed without warning or final paychecks just over a decade ago. Now, its owner has paid nearly $2 million after years of state wage enforcement efforts. The state's Labor Commissioner’s Office recovered the money for 136 former…
Companies that owe taxes in New Hampshire will see the same interest rates next year. For all of 2027, the Department of Revenue Administration (DRA) will charge 9% annual interest on tax underpayments and pay 6% annual interest on qualifying…
Effective Jan. 1, 2027, Montana’s minimum wage rises 35 cents to $11.20 an hour under the state’s annual cost-of-living adjustment. The state Department of Labor & Industry has updated its minimum wage and overtime poster, available in English and Spanish,…
On Oct. 13, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to review Merritt v. Texas Farm Bureau. The denial leaves in place a Fifth Circuit ruling that a company owed no overtime pay to a misclassified worker because it didn’t know he…
Starting Jan. 1, 2027, New Jersey’s minimum wage for most workers rises 56 cents to $16.48 an hour. The state Department of Labor and Workforce Development sets the rate each year based on Consumer Price Index increases, as required by…
Massachusetts recently updated its paid family and medical leave contribution guidance after passing Chapter 101 of the Acts of 2026. The changes take effect Jan. 1, 2027. The law shifts employer contributions from medical leave to family leave to mitigate…
