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New DOL bulletin — Compensable break time for remote employees

BMT Office Administration

Back in 2020, the Department of Labor released a Field Assistance Bulletin to its investigators, which concluded that an employee who worked in the office, ran errands during the afternoon, and continued working at home didn’t need to be paid for the time she was running errands because it was personal time.

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Does local income tax withholding follow the wages or the person?

BMT Office Administration

What was once a more straightforward question, has caused some confusion since 2020. For state tax purposes, withholding mostly follows the person, except in 2020, when employers sent employees home to work. Before 2020, she received tax refunds for the days she worked outside Cleveland. Cleveland commuter is due a tax refund.

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