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Coming in October: Removing the CHANGE Paycard Option

This is found in Employee > Payroll > Direct Deposit. CHANGE card will not be an option in the Account Type after this release.

As of the end of July, clients were no longer able to register new CHANGE cards.
As of mid-September, clients will be no longer able to deposit money on legacy CHANGE cards.
Until the launch of the new CHANGE card, clients are being instructed to use rapid! Paycard.

Image: Bank Information screen with CHANGE card option (being removed)

New Formula For Meal and Rest Break Premium Payments - California

On July 15, 2021, the California Supreme Court issued a decision that will increase California employers’ potential liability for missed meals, rest, and recovery breaks. In Ferra v. Loews Hollywood Hotel, LLC, the court unanimously held that employers must pay premium payments to employees for missed meals, rest, and recovery breaks at the employee’s “regular rate of pay” instead of their base hourly rate, as many employers were doing.

The regular rate of pay may be higher than the base hourly rate because the regular rate of pay must include all non-discretionary incentive payments such as bonuses and commissions. Moreover, because the court’s decision applies retroactively, the court created exposure for California employers that acted in good faith trying to comply with the law by paying premium pay at the base hourly rate.

Employers must include all non-discretionary payments such as bonuses, piece rate, commissions, shift differentials, or other non-discretionary incentive pay in calculating the additional hour of pay for meal and rest period premium payments.

[COMPLIANCE] Supplier Copy action will no longer include Greenshades Properties

When creating a new supplier in Back Office/Classic, users have the option to Copy Information From and select an existing supplier.  This is the recommended process and copies all the supplier properties from one supplier to the new one.

Release date: September 17, 2021

[COMPLIANCE] OH Sales Tax

Staffing is no longer subject to OH sales tax as of 10/1.

Release date: September 17, 2021

[COMPLIANCE] Update San Bernalillo Sick Leave

Beginning July 1, 2020, employers must allow employees to begin accruing paid time off at a rate of one hour for every 32 hours worked. The maximum number of hours employees may accrue is incrementally increased over a three-year period:

• Effective July 1, 2020, employees must be allowed to accrue at least 28 hours of paid time off
• Effective July 1, 2021, employees must be allowed to accrue at least 40 hours of paid time off
• Effective July 1, 2022, employees must be allowed to accrue at least 56 hours of paid time off

We ensured the below item remains within accrual logic:

Earned paid time off must begin to accrue on the employee’s 90th day of employment, the employee’s date of employment, or on the effective date of this ordinance if the employee is already employed 90 days on that date, or whichever is later.

Release date: September 17, 2021

[COMPLIANCE] PA COVID-19 Leave

On July 29, 2021, Mayor Bill Peduto signed a new Temporary COVID-19 Paid Sick Leave Ordinance, which will become Section 626B of the City of Pittsburgh Code.  It requires employers with 50 or more employees to provide up to 80 hours of emergency paid sick leave to full-time employees (and a proportional amount for part-time/variable employees) for certain COVID-19-related reasons.

This ordinance shall apply to Employees who are (a) working for that Employer within Pittsburgh after the effective date (7/29/2021) of this Ordinance, (b) normally work for that Employer within the City of Pittsburgh but are currently teleworking from any other location as a result of COVID-19, or (c) work for that Employer from multiple locations or from mobile locations, provided that 51% or more of such employee’s time is spent within the City of Pittsburgh.

We released enhancements to support this new sick leave.

Release date: September 16, 2021