[header] How to report new employees to your state's new hire reporting program [title] Determine if you are required to report. [step] " employers " have to report " hew hires " to their state run directory. An " employer " under the law includes governmental entities and labor organizations. 
Basically, if you are required to have an employee fill out a w-4, you are an employer. " new hires " are employees that have not previously been hired by you, or employees that were previously employed but have been separated fro at least 60 consecutive days.