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Reporting a payment made to a former employee's attorney
June 9, 2022
Q. We have a previous employee who was granted a settlement payout for various wage and hour violations. Per the settlement agreement, the full payment is to be paid directly to the previous employee's attorney. Settlement payments related to wages are usually paid out through our payroll department, being that they would typically need to be reported on a W-2. In this case, since the payment is being made to the attorney on the previous employee's behalf, the payment is being processed through…
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