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268.044 WAGE REPORTING.
    Subdivision 1. Wage detail report. (a) Each employer that has employees in covered
employment shall submit, under the account provided for in section 268.045 or 268.046,
a quarterly wage detail report by electronic transmission, in a format prescribed by the
commissioner. The report shall include for each employee in covered employment, the employee's
name, Social Security number, the total wages paid to the employee, and total number of
paid hours worked. For employees exempt from the definition of employee in section 177.23,
subdivision 7
, clause (6), the employer shall report 40 hours worked for each week any duties
were performed by a full-time employee and shall report a reasonable estimate of the hours
worked for each week duties were performed by a part-time employee. In addition, the wage
detail report shall include the number of employees employed on the 12th day of each calendar
month and, if required by the commissioner, the report shall be broken down by business location
and, if section 268.046, subdivision 1, paragraph (b), or subdivision 2, paragraph (b), applies, by
separate unit. If the information required is not submitted in a manner and format prescribed by
the commissioner, it shall not be considered a wage detail report. The report is due and must be
received by the commissioner on or before the last day of the month following the end of the
calendar quarter. The commissioner may delay the due date on a specific calendar quarter in the
event the department is unable to accept wage detail reports electronically.
(b) The employer may report the wages paid to the next lower whole dollar amount.
(c) An employer need not include the name of the employee or other required information on
the wage detail report if disclosure is specifically exempted from being reported by federal law.
(d) A wage detail report must be submitted for each calendar quarter even though no wages
were paid, unless the employer has notified the commissioner, under section 268.042, subdivision
1
, paragraph (c), of termination of business.
    Subd. 1a. Electronic transmission of report required. Each employer must submit
the quarterly wage detail report by electronic transmission in a format prescribed by the
commissioner. The commissioner shall have the discretion to accept wage detail reports that are
submitted by any other means or the commissioner may return the report submitted by other than
electronic transmission to the employer, and reports returned shall be considered as not submitted
and the late fees under subdivision 2 may be imposed.
    Subd. 2. Failure to timely file report; late fees. (a) Any employer that fails to submit
the quarterly wage detail report when due shall pay a late fee of $10 per employee, computed
based upon the highest of:
(1) the number of employees reported on the last wage detail report submitted;
(2) the number of employees reported in the corresponding quarter of the prior calendar
year; or
(3) if no wage detail report has ever been submitted, the number of employees listed at
the time of employer registration.
The late fee shall be waived if the wage detail report is received within 30 calendar days
after a demand for the report is sent to the employer by mail or electronic transmission. A late fee
assessed an employer may not be waived more than twice each 12 months. The amount of the
late fee assessed shall not be less than $250.
(b) If the wage detail report is not received in a manner and format prescribed by the
commissioner within 30 calendar days after demand is sent under paragraph (a), the late fee
assessed under paragraph (a) shall double and a renewed demand notice and notice of the
increased late fee shall be sent to the employer by mail or electronic transmission.
(c) Late fees due under this subdivision may be compromised under section 268.067 where
good cause for late submission is found by the commissioner.
    Subd. 3. Missing or erroneous information. (a) Any employer that submits the wage detail
report, but fails to include all employee information or enters erroneous information, shall be
subject to an administrative service fee of $25 for each employee for whom the information is
partially missing or erroneous.
(b) Any employer that submits the wage detail report, but fails to include an employee, shall
be subject to an administrative service penalty equal to two percent of the total wages for each
employee for whom the information is completely missing.
(c) An administrative service fee or penalty under this subdivision shall be canceled if the
commissioner determines that the failure or error by the employer occurred because of ignorance
or inadvertence.
    Subd. 4. Fees. The fees provided for in subdivisions 2 and 3 are in addition to interest and
other penalties imposed by this chapter and shall be collected in the same manner as delinquent
taxes and shall be credited to the contingent account.
History: 1Sp1982 c 1 s 42; 1986 c 444; 1987 c 362 s 24; 1987 c 370 art 2 s 16; 1987 c 385 s
26; 1997 c 66 s 64,79,80; 1997 c 74 s 1; 1Sp1997 c 5 s 7; 1998 c 265 s 8; 1Sp2003 c 3 art 2 s
3,4; 2004 c 183 s 17-21; 2005 c 112 art 1 s 2,3; art 2 s 10,42

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