Business Forms & Resources
Required Forms (Retain for 3 Years)
- Federal W-4 (2017)
- State of MI W-4 (2017)
- I-9 (2017)
- W-9 (2017)
- ACA Notice of Coverage Options – employers with healthcare plans (downloadable form)
- ACA Notice of Coverage Options – employers without healthcare plans (downloadable form)
Required Workplace Posters
- Employee Polygraph Protection Act
- OSHA Job Safety and Health
- Equal Opportunity Employment
- Federal Minimum Wage
- Family and Medical Leave Act Employee Rights and Responsibilities
- Michigan Minimum Wage
- Discrimination Prohibited
- Michigan Employment Security Act
Other Resources
Employer Best Practices
> All employees must have a form W-4 on file.
> Employers are required to have forms I-9 on hand for each of their employees.
-- Penalties for missing I-9 forms range up to $1,100 per employee.
-- Fines for employing undocumented workers reach up to $11,000 per employee.
> In accordance with the Affordable Care Act, all employers need to provide a Notice of Coverage Options to all new hires, regardless of whether or not the employer offers health care.
-- Businesses with over 50 employees are required by law to offer health coverage to their employees.
-- Fines for noncompliance range up to $2000 per employee (not counting the first 30 employees).
> LMR highly recommends that businesses provide job descriptions and employee handbooks to their employees to ensure that workplace expectations and policies are clear and well known.
-- Job descriptions should outline responsibilities, requirements, and qualifications related to specific positions.
-- Employee handbooks can outline company values, chain of command, compensation and time-off policies, benefits, and employee conduct expectations.
> Employers are required to have forms I-9 on hand for each of their employees.
-- Penalties for missing I-9 forms range up to $1,100 per employee.
-- Fines for employing undocumented workers reach up to $11,000 per employee.
> In accordance with the Affordable Care Act, all employers need to provide a Notice of Coverage Options to all new hires, regardless of whether or not the employer offers health care.
-- Businesses with over 50 employees are required by law to offer health coverage to their employees.
-- Fines for noncompliance range up to $2000 per employee (not counting the first 30 employees).
> LMR highly recommends that businesses provide job descriptions and employee handbooks to their employees to ensure that workplace expectations and policies are clear and well known.
-- Job descriptions should outline responsibilities, requirements, and qualifications related to specific positions.
-- Employee handbooks can outline company values, chain of command, compensation and time-off policies, benefits, and employee conduct expectations.