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The definitive guide to state payroll rules, this comprehensive work covers the payroll laws of all 50 states and the District of Columbia -- ensuring your compliance and helping you avoid fines, penalties, and damages. With over 900 pages of user-friendly charts, tables, and other convenient reference tools, this guide provides instant access to the current state laws governing every conceivable payroll and tax issue including: Wage and hours laws -- minimum wage, overtime provisions, record keeping requirements -- Wage deductions -- dues and fees, garnishment, child support orders -- Benefits -- ERISA, health insurance, disability, family and reedical leave -- Unemployment -- benefit eligibility, disqualification, exemptions, federal and state taxation -- Payroll administration -- direct deposit, jury duty, military leave -- Calculation of income -- specific exclusions, foreign earned income -- State withholding and reporting requirements -- electronic funds transfer, withholding requirements, threshold amounts.