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Massachusetts has updated its paid family and medical leave contribution rules under Chapter 101 of the Acts of 2026, taking effect January 1, 2027. The change reallocates employer contributions between family and medical leave buckets — partly in response to IRS guidance on PFML benefit taxation — requiring payroll teams at employers with 25 or more covered individuals to apply revised withholding rates to wages earned from that date.
PEO provider Stratus HR has partnered with wireless retail operating platform iQmetrix to deliver an outsourced HR department for telecom retailers, covering payroll, benefits, compliance, and on-demand HR advisory — allowing store teams to focus on sales operations.
California's SB 1237, signed by Gov. Newsom, raises the maximum penalty for repeat failures to file mandatory pay data reports from $200 to $1,000 per employee — meaning a 1,000-employee employer could face up to $1 million for a second missed filing, according to HR Morning. The higher cap takes effect January 1, 2027, with the May 2027 filing deadline as the first at-risk submission for private employers with 100 or more payroll or labor-contractor workers.
SAP has completed Phase 1 of its HCM module updates for Brazil's eSocial Technical Note S-1.3 Nº 07/2026, releasing five SAP Notes that cover new XML fields for work-location data, social names, job titles, CPF-change scenarios, and disability/quota rules across key payroll events. Two further compliance phases are scheduled for November and December 2026, according to SAP Community.
SAP has launched Effective-Dated Time Valuation for its HCM time management module, allowing HR admins to version time calculation rules — such as overtime thresholds, shift premiums, and break deduction logic — with future or retroactive effective dates, eliminating the need to clone and mass-reassign Time Recording Profiles when collective bargaining agreements or legislation change. According to the SAP Community HCM blog, the feature also triggers automatic retroactive recalculations when historical errors are corrected, addressing a long-standing pain point for large, multi-country employ
Florida's minimum wage reached $15 an hour on Sept. 30, 2026 — the final step in a series of $1 annual increases mandated by a 2020 constitutional amendment — with the tipped cash wage rising to $11.98, according to HR Morning. Future adjustments will be inflation-indexed starting in 2028, meaning payroll teams will need to monitor annual recalculations rather than a fixed schedule.
Neeyamo has launched the third generation of its global payroll compliance AI, now powered by a multi-agent architecture called Compass, according to PA Media. The upgrade is notable for HR and payroll leaders managing cross-border workforce compliance, as agentic AI increasingly automates complex regulatory interpretation tasks in payroll platforms.
Oracle has issued a legislative update to PeopleSoft HCM Global Payroll for India, addressing a revised EPF (Employees' Provident Fund) wage ceiling set to take effect September 17, 2026 — a compliance change that HR and payroll teams running PeopleSoft in India will need to action before the deadline.
Maryland has opened employer registration for its FAMLI paid leave program, with payroll contributions of 0.9% of wages starting January 1, 2027 — a compliance deadline HR and payroll teams in the state need to track, particularly as employers weighing private plan equivalents must file a Declaration of Intent by November 15, 2026.
SAP Community has published early guidance to help HR and payroll teams prepare for the UK's mandatory payrolling of benefits-in-kind within SAP's platform, ahead of the April 2027 compliance deadline — noting that HMRC's official framework is still in draft form.
Oregon's Senate Bill 1518, effective January 1, 2027, freezes the state's companionship services exemption to the federal definition as of 2016 and bars third-party home care agencies from claiming the exemption for workers they employ, according to the bill's text. HR and payroll teams managing agency-employed home care workers in Oregon will need to audit exempt classifications before the law takes effect.
Connecticut's Public Act 26-12, taking effect October 1, 2026, will require employers with 100 or more workers to publish a multilingual guide explaining overtime and pay-differential codes — such as shift, hazard, and holiday pay — and to surface the guide's web address on employee hour records. The mandate carries payroll compliance implications for HR and payroll platform vendors serving Connecticut-based clients.
The IRS and Treasury have issued proposed regulations governing employer "Trump Account" contribution programs — a new savings vehicle for dependents under 18 — requiring written plan documents, nondiscrimination testing, employee notification, and verified account contributions, with a public comment deadline of September 25, 2026. The rules carry direct payroll and benefits-administration implications for HR and payroll teams managing employer contribution workflows.
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