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You must now register newly-hired employees
New Hires Directory
Recently enacted welfare reform legislation requires employers to report their newly-hired employees to a designated State agency. In New Mexico, the State NEW HIRES DIRECTORY is administered by the Child Support Enforcement Division. New Hires Reporting is a process by which you, as an employer, report information on newly-hired or re-hired employees to the New Mexico New Hires Directory not later than 20 days after the hire date.
States will match New Hires reports against their child support records to locate parents, establish an order, or enforce an existing order. The State Directory will also transmit the New Hires reports to the National Directory of New Hires. In New Mexico the Directory shall make this information available to state public agencies operating employment security and workers’ compensation programs to verify eligibility or investigate fraud.
Each New Hires report must contain the six data elements found on the W-4 form: Employee name, address and Social Security Number and Employer name, address and Federal Employer Identification Number. Reports must be made either on the W-4 form, or preferably on a form developed by the State of New Mexico. Please call us if you would like a copy of this form.
Civil penalties for non-compliance are: $20.00 on the employer for each instance of failure to comply; unless the failure is the result of a conspiracy between the employer and the employee to not supply the required report or to supply a false or incomplete report, in which case the penalty shall be $500.00 on the employer for each instance.
More information: www.NM-NEWHIRE.COM - NEW MEXICO NEW HIRES DIRECTORY, P.O. Box 29480, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87592-9480. Phone (505) 878-1607, Fax (505) 878-1614.
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