Stranger anxiety. Stranger anxiety is a form of distress that children experience when exposed to people unfamiliar to them. Symptoms may include: getting quiet and staring at the stranger, verbally protesting by cries or other vocalizations, and hiding behind a parent.
Workersâ compensation tax rates are generally based on each $100 in wages an employee earns. In the state of Washington, the Department of Labor and Industries administers the workersâ compensation system.
Of the estimated 165 million U.S. workers who will pay Social Security payroll taxes in 2014, about 10 million will pay a higher amount as a result of the inflation-based increase in wages subject to Social Security withholding. Social Security and Medicare payroll withholding are collected together as the Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA) tax. By Jan. 1, U.S. employers should have: Adjusted their payroll systems to account for the higher taxable maximum under the Social Security portion of FICA. Notified affected employees that more of their paychecks will be subject to FICA. Withholding Rates Unchanged. The portion of the Social Security FICA tax that employees pay remains unchanged at the 6.2 percent ...