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DOL Issues New Overtime Payment Rules
OVERVIEW On May 18, 2016, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced a final rule regarding overtime wage payment qualifications for the “white...
Final FLSA overtime rule published early?
The final rule on the Department of Labor’s (DOL) proposed changes to the FLSA overtime exemptions may be published sooner than the anticipated July...
Continue to Use Current Form I-9
As many employers are aware, the expiration date on the current Form I-9 is March 31, 2016. The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)...
Tips for Implementing Progressive Discipline
Progressive discipline is a system that provides increasingly severe warnings for repeated employee conduct that either disregards the employer’s...
Supreme Court Hears Contraceptive Coverage Case
On March 23, 2016, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Zubik v. Burwell, a group of cases in which religious nonprofits are challenging a...
Clinton-Sanders Contest Fuels Democratic Support for Expanding Obamacare — The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
In this column for The Wall Street Journal's Think Tank, Drew Altman discusses how the debate between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders about how...
EEOC Proposes Revised Guidance on Retaliation
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has proposed revised enforcement guidance on unlawful workplace retaliation. The proposed...
Employers get your ERISA house in order
ERISA, the Employer Retirement Income Security Act, was enacted into law in 1974. While the focus of ERISA was retirement plans, the law also...
HHS Launches HIPAA Audit Program
OVERVIEW The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced that it has launched the second phase of its HIPAA audit program, which focuses...
Political Discussions in the Workplace
The 2016 presidential race is underway, and opinions and emotions can be strong on both sides. You may want to think about addressing political...
DOL Standards for Joint Employment
On Jan. 20, 2016, the DOL issued guidance on joint employment and liability under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) with Administrator’s...
IRS Clarifies ACA Rules for Employer- provided Coverage
The Internal Revenue Services (IRS) recently released Notice 2015-87, which clarified a number of ACA rules for employer-provided coverage,...
Recent Court Rulings Raise Questions about FMLA
The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)clearly states that when an employer knows that a worker taking leave qualifies for FMLA, it must designate...
FEDERAL COURTS WILL HEAR 2 NEW ACA CASES
OVERVIEW Two lawsuits challenging certain provisions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) will be heard in federal court. Marin v. Dave & Buster’s...
Short Term Policies No ACA Panacea
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ACA REPORTING DEADLINES DELAYED
OVERVIEW On Dec. 28, 2015, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued Notice 2016-4 to delay the due dates for filing and furnishing forms under...
5 Important HR Issues to Monitor for 2016
Employers have new challenges to contend with in 2016, resulting from Supreme Court decisions, federal and state legislation, and actions by federal...
IRS Expands Tax Relief for Identity Protection
OVERVIEW Due to growing concerns about data breaches and identity theft, some employers have started offering identity protection services to their...
Final ACA Market Reform Rules Released
On Nov. 18, 2015, the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services and the Treasury (Departments) issued final regulations regarding a number of...
DOL Proposes Expanding Overtime Protections
On June 3, 2015, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) released a proposed rule to modify the “white collar exemptions” provided by the Fair Labor...