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What employers owe, state by state, and when

Minimum wage raises, paid leave premiums, state retirement mandates and the deadlines that come with them, checked against the agency that runs each one. Pick your state or start with what’s due next.

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Due in the next 90 days

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  1. · Maryland · Paid leave

    Maryland Family and Medical Leave Insurance (FAMLI): Last day to file a Declaration of Intent (DOI) for employers that plan to use a private plan and want to hold 2027 contributions in escrow instead of paying the State Plan

  2. · Oregon · Paid leave

    Paid Leave Oregon: OED posts each employer’s 2027 Paid Leave contribution rate information to Frances Online employer accounts; mailed notices go out by November 13. By rule the director announces the next year’s rate and maximum wage by November 15

  3. · Rhode Island · Paid leave

    Rhode Island Temporary Disability Insurance (TDI) and Temporary Caregiver Insurance (TCI): State law deadline for the Department of Labor and Training (DLT) to compute the 2027 employee contribution rate

    The rate comes from the fund’s payouts over the 12 months ending September 30.

  4. · New York · Retirement mandate

    New York Secure Choice: Registration deadline for newly eligible employers required to facilitate the program

    10+ employees

  5. · Delaware · Paid leave

    Delaware Paid Leave: Deadline to tell the Division of Paid Leave and all employees about any change in the employer and employee contribution split that will start January 1, 2027

    10+ employees

  6. · New Jersey · Retirement mandate

    RetireReady NJ: Registration deadline for employers with 20 to 24 employees

  7. · Delaware · Paid leave

    Delaware Paid Leave: Last day to submit documents in LaborFirst for a private insurance or self-insured plan to start January 1, 2027

    Private plans are approved and renewed on a rolling basis, with start dates of January 1, April 1, July 1 or October 1, and documents are due at least 30 days before the start date.

  8. · Rhode Island · Retirement mandate

    RISavers: Registration window closes for new businesses notified in 2026

    5+ employees

  9. · California · Retirement mandate

    CalSavers: Annual deadline for employers newly notified by CalSavers in 2026 (based on 2025 DE 9C filings) to register

    1+ employees

  10. · Colorado · Paid leave

    Colorado Family and Medical Leave Insurance (FAMLI): Annual maintenance fees due for employers with approved private plans

  11. · Connecticut · Paid leave

    CT Paid Leave: Fourth-quarter 2026 contributions and wage report due

    No penalty or interest if received by January 31, 2027.

  12. · Maryland · Retirement mandate

    MarylandSaves: Next deadline for newly eligible businesses

    Register and start sending payroll contributions (or, if you offer your own plan, file the waiver claim) by this date to get the fee waiver on your 2027 SDAT annual report. · 1+ employees

See all 65 deadlines in the next 90 days

Start with the rule you’re dealing with

Minimum wageEvery state’s rate, tipped cash wage and next raise. 16 states raise theirs on January 1.Paid family and medical leavePremium rates, the employer and employee split, wage caps and when each state’s program starts.State retirement mandatesWhich states make employers offer a retirement plan or register for the state’s, and by when for your headcount.

Employer law changes for 2027, state by state: every dated change for the new year in one list, from our data.

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How we keep this right

Every rate and date on The Mandate Monitor comes from the state agency, statute or federal regulator that sets it, and each page shows the date we last checked. Pages switch to new rates on the day they take effect. When something changes, it goes in our change log. Read how we research.