January 2025: Detailed Look at State, Local, and Federal Updates
Timely, topical insights on a variety of payroll and reporting issues.
Check out our monthly Eye on Washington series that focuses on timely, topical insights on various payroll and reporting issues at the state, local, and federal levels. This edition covers regulatory and legislative updates in benefits, leave, payroll, and time and labor.
The highlighted states and areas include Alaska, California, the District of Columbia, New York and Ohio.
It also provides minimum wage announcements and information on an automatic extension of employment authorization, expanded relief for furnishing Forms 1095-B or 1095-C, taxation guidance on state-paid family and medical leave programs, and IRS 2025 milage rates and 2025 Publication 15.
The topics covered in this issue are:
State/Territory/District
- Alaska Minimum Salary for Overtime Exemption to Increase Twice in 2025
- California Wildfires: Tax Relief
- New York Adds Mental Health Protections to State Workers' Compensation Law
- New York State Employers Must Provide Anti-Bias Notice in Employee Handbooks
- Ohio Enacts Pay Statement Law
Minimum Wage
- Minimum Wage Announcements 12/21/24 – 1/20/25
Federal
- Automatic Extension of Employment Authorization Permanently Expanded
- Employers Receive Expanded Relief for Furnishing Forms 1095-B or 1095-C to Employees
- IRS Releases Taxation Guidance on State Paid Family and Medical Leave Programs
- IRS Announces 2025 Automobile Business Use Mileage Rates
- IRS Announces 2025 Medical Mileage Rate
- IRS Releases 2025 Publication 15
- IRS Releases 2025 Version of Publication 15-A
- IRS Releases 2025 Publication 15-B
