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New Form I-9 Available

On January 31, 2020 the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) published the Form I-9 Federal Register notice announcing a new version of Form I-9 Employment Eligibility Verification. The notice provides employers additional time to make...

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Final Rule on Regular Rate of Pay

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced a Final Rule that clarifies the types of compensation included in an employee’s regular rate of pay for overtime purposes.The rule marks the first significant update to the regulations governing regular rate...

IRS Makes Significant Changes to 2020 Form W-4

The Treasury Department and the IRS are working to incorporate changes into the Form W-4, Employee’s Withholding Allowance Certificate, for 2020.The revised form implements changes made following the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which made major revisions...

DOL Announces Final Rule on Overtime Pay

On September 24, 2019, the U.S. Department of Labor announced a final rule expected to impact 1.3 million American workers.In the final rule, the Department is:Raising the “minimum salary level” from the currently enforced level of $455 per week to $684 per week for...

EE0-1 Component 2 Due by September 30, 2019

A reminder that EEO-1 filers must submit Component 2 data for calendar year 2017, in addition to data for calendar year 2018, by September 30, 2019.Businesses with at least 100 employees and federal contractors with at least 50 employees and a contract...

Reporting Non-Binary Gender Employees on EEO-1 Report

As employers seek greater inclusion in the workplace, they have struggled with how to report non-binary gender on the EEO-1 form, which does not include such an option. TheU.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has recently answered, in an...

New Form I-9 Available

On January 31, 2020 the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) published the Form I-9 Federal Register notice announcing a new version of Form I-9 Employment Eligibility Verification. The notice provides employers additional time to make...

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Final Rule on Regular Rate of Pay

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced a Final Rule that clarifies the types of compensation included in an employee’s regular rate of pay for overtime purposes.The rule marks the first significant update to the regulations governing regular rate...

IRS Makes Significant Changes to 2020 Form W-4

The Treasury Department and the IRS are working to incorporate changes into the Form W-4, Employee’s Withholding Allowance Certificate, for 2020.The revised form implements changes made following the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which made major revisions...

DOL Announces Final Rule on Overtime Pay

On September 24, 2019, the U.S. Department of Labor announced a final rule expected to impact 1.3 million American workers.In the final rule, the Department is:Raising the “minimum salary level” from the currently enforced level of $455 per week to $684 per week for...

EE0-1 Component 2 Due by September 30, 2019

A reminder that EEO-1 filers must submit Component 2 data for calendar year 2017, in addition to data for calendar year 2018, by September 30, 2019.Businesses with at least 100 employees and federal contractors with at least 50 employees and a contract...

Reporting Non-Binary Gender Employees on EEO-1 Report

As employers seek greater inclusion in the workplace, they have struggled with how to report non-binary gender on the EEO-1 form, which does not include such an option. TheU.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has recently answered, in an...

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