How are work-at-home employees reported in the Multiple Worksite Report?

The Multiple Worksite Report (MWR) attempts to organize workers designated as work-at-home in the same state as their residence tax state.

This ensures they're reported in the same state as their state unemployment insurance state. While you can report employees to any location defined on their Reporting Information card, if this location doesn't match their residence state, the MWR flags it as a warning. To avoid this, you can create a default location for the state and select it in Reporting Location for Work-at-Home Employees on the employee's Reporting Information card. One location per state is used for all designated work-at-home employees.

If no location is specified on the reporting card, the work-at-home employee is reported at location 999999. The Multiple Worksite Electronic Report flow performs a check to ensure the work location state and resident tax state match for work-at-home employees.