by Chris Brown | Feb 26, 2018
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced in January it would stay the April 1, 2018 date in which employee benefit plans must comply with the final rule on disability claims. This rule will give America’s workers new procedural protections when dealing with plan...
by Chris Brown | Feb 19, 2018
As part of a short-term federal spending bill, phase in of the so called “Cadillac Tax” has been delayed from 2020 to 2022. This unpopular provision of the Affordable Care Act imposes a 40 percent excise tax on high-cost employer-sponsored health plans. The tax was...
by Chris Brown | Feb 19, 2018
Employers can now begin to electronically report their Calendar Year (CY) 2017 Form 300A data to OSHA. All covered establishments must submit the information by July 1, 2018. Employers can view their submitted CY 2016 Form 300A summary information, but they cannot...
by Chris Brown | Jan 29, 2018
The U.S. Department of Labor announced, January 5, 2018, its decision for April 1, 2018, as the applicability date for employee benefit plans to comply with a final rule under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) that will give America’s workers new...
by Chris Brown | Jan 29, 2018
Businesses that hire undocumented workers are being targeted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). January 10, 2018, ICE Agents served an employment audit notice to 7 Eleven stores in 17 states and Washington, D.C. ICE gave managers and franchise owners...
by Chris Brown | Jan 23, 2018
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released updated income-tax withholding tables for 2018 in Notice 1036, published January 11, 2018. These tables present changes made by the tax reform law enacted in December 2017. The IRS has also published Frequently Asked...
by Chris Brown | Jan 16, 2018
With the growing number of courts rejecting the Department of Labor’s (DOL) six-part test in determining whether interns and students are employees under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), the DOL clarified on December 19, 2017 going forward, the Department will...
by Chris Brown | Jan 8, 2018
Beginning January 1, 2018, the Executive Order 13658 minimum wage rate is increased to $10.35 per hour (82 FR 43408). This Executive Order minimum wage rate generally must be paid to workers performing work on or in connection with covered contracts. Additionally,...
by Chris Brown | Jan 8, 2018
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) began sending ACA penalty letters (Letter 226J) in late 2017 to Applicable Large Employers (ALE), generally employers with 50 or more full-time or full-time equivalent employees. These letters cover the 2015 calendar year. The IRS...
by Chris Brown | Jan 4, 2018
The IRS has set the standard mileage rates for taxpayers to use in computing the deductible costs of operating an automobile for business, charitable, medical, or moving expense purposes for 2018. The notice also provides the amount taxpayers must use in calculating...
