Essex Payroll Services

09/17/2012

http://www.littler.com/publication-press/publication/wage-deductions-almost-legal-ny-legislation-allowing-employers-make-wa

UPDATE: Governor Cuomo signed this legislation into law on September 7, 2012.

09/10/2012

The FLSA specifies which types of computer-based professions are exempt or nonexempt from overtime eligibility.

09/06/2012

http://www.essexpayrollservices.com/index.php/ny-supreme-court-judge-rules-12-region-mta-payroll-tax-unconstitutional/2012288/

Employers operating in 12 regions served by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) may no longer have to pay a payroll tax that was enacted to help fund the transportation authority.

08/09/2012

Partisan politics abound as payroll tax cuts near the end and Bush-era tax rates await their fate.

08/02/2012

http://www.lohud.com/viewart/20120802/BUSINESS/308020040/N.Y.-stops-jobless-checks-from-going-abroad?source=nletter-business

A new computer sleuth has stopped $90,000 in unemployment checks that were to be sent in June and July to New Yorkers apparently vacationing abroad and to foreign-based scammers, state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli said Thursday.

07/31/2012

Many employers and employees are unaware of the ways in which it is both acceptable and unacceptable to offer cash payments or benefits to employees.

07/31/2012

New York has billed businesses in its state to cover the $102 million it owes the federal government for interest on loans taken to cover unemployment benefits during the recession.

07/02/2012

http://www.essexpayrollservices.com/index.php/living-and-prevailing-wage-rates-for-nyc/2012267/

For temporary workers doing contract or subcontract work in NYC, the living wage rates go into effect for the year on July 1, and unemployment insurance prevailing and cutoff wages are listed for professional services.

06/26/2012

http://www.essexpayrollservices.com/index.php/new-york-payroll

Businesses operating in the state of New York must adhere to regulations overseen by the Department of Labor.

06/19/2012

http://www.essexpayrollservices.com/index.php/companies-outsourcing-payroll-management-enjoy-benefits-of-247-access/2012259/

The online web portals that employers and employees can access via outsourced payroll management provide time-saving conveniences.

06/18/2012

http://www.essexjobs.com/newsletter2/index.php/the-end-of-extended-jobless-benefits-for-many-americans-will-bump-down-the-national-unemployment-rate-experts-say/20121577/

As multitudes of Americans lose their extended unemployment benefits the national unemployment rate is expected to decrease by 0.1 – 0.2 percentage po

06/01/2012

New York City got its due when the Science Applications International Corporation made a penalty/restitution payment of hundreds of millions relating to the CityTime scandal.