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2020’s HR Landscape for New Jersey Employers

September 19, 2019 | posted by Abacus Payroll

The coming year is set to usher in quite a few large-scale changes for businesses of all sizes in New Jersey, so starting your preparations now will help keep your workplace compliant and employee-friendly. Here is a round-up of the main things for which you’ll want to update your HR section come 2020. New […]

New Jersey Retirement Plan: State-Mandated or In-House?

August 1, 2019 | posted by Abacus Payroll

The state of New Jersey recently implemented a mandatory retirement fund for small business employees, becoming the ninth state to do so. While the plan is employer-friendly insofar as employers don’t have to contribute to it out-of-pocket, there are still some considerations and incentives for using your own in-house 401(k) plan to help your employees […]

Family Leave Expansion for New Jersey Employees

July 1, 2019 | posted by Abacus Payroll

The FMLA is always a hot area to debate, and it’s normal to see legislature slightly expanding—or restricting—this vital component of workers’ rights. However, the Family Leave Act (FLA) and Family Leave Insurance (FLI) bills signed in New Jersey will drastically expand the parameters of past FMLA regulations, meaning you’ll have to be ready to […]

Updating Your Employer Handbook for 2019

May 31, 2019 | posted by Abacus Payroll

Your employee handbook should be a go-to compendium of resources to help both you and your employees keep your workplace compliant and employee-friendly. Unfortunately, it can be all too easy for you to let your employee handbook’s contents go without an update for long enough that it no longer mentions relevant criteria, thus landing you […]

New Jersey’s Minimum Wage Set to Increase to $15 an Hour

February 1, 2019 | posted by Abacus Payroll

On January 31, 2019, New Jersey State Legislature approved legislature proposed by Governor Phil Murphy and state leaders earlier in the month to raise New Jersey’s minimum wage to $15 per hour. While the Governor is expected to sign the bill into law on Monday, February 4, employers will have some time to prepare and adjust […]

2019 New Jersey Payroll Tax Rates

December 21, 2018 | posted by Abacus Payroll

See 2020 Wage Tax Rates→ Abacus Payroll and Alloy Silverstein present a a summary of all the payroll tax changes that New Jersey employers or business owners need to know for the 2019 calendar year. We keep this page updated, but if you’d like to be alerted to more changes to New Jersey Payroll Tax […]

7 Questions for Your 2018 Mid-Year Payroll & HR Checkup

June 28, 2018 | posted by Abacus Payroll

Now that June is coming to an end, the first half of 2018 is in the rear view mirror. However, the remaining months will be a busy, bumpy ride if you don’t get your payroll and HR in-order for the rest of the year. New Jersey employers especially have several new labor law requirements that […]

Equal Pay for Equal Work: New Jersey’s Gender Pay Gap Solution

June 25, 2018 | posted by Abacus Payroll

New Jersey Equal Pay Act Signed Into Law. In addition to the state’s new Paid Sick Leave law, there’s another significant change coming to New Jersey’s employment law landscape: As of July 1, 2018, New Jersey businesses will be required to provide proof that women receive the same pay for work equal to that performed by […]

How New Jersey’s Paid Sick Leave Law Affects You

May 8, 2018 | posted by Abacus Payroll

In May 2018, New Jersey became the tenth state to mandate paid sick leave, expanding earned paid time off to cover nearly 1.2 million employees within the private sector. As an employer in New Jersey, you’re probably aware of the major components of the bill signed by Governor Murphy, the short version being that paid […]

2018 New Jersey Payroll Tax Rates

December 18, 2017 | posted by Abacus Payroll

Abacus Payroll and Alloy Silverstein present a a summary of all the payroll tax changes that New Jersey employers or business owners need to know for the 2018 calendar year. We keep this page updated, but if you’d like to be alerted to more changes to New Jersey Payroll Tax rates in future, you can […]