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Potential Shifts in Employee Benefits: A Guide for Employers Under Trump
by Suzanne G. Odom & Melissa Ostrower, Jackson Lewis attorneys at law As we prepare for another change in Administration in the White House, it is crucial for employers and plan sponsors to stay informed and prepared. While much of what lies ahead is speculative,...
Potential Shifts in Employee Benefits: A Guide for Employers Under Trump
by Suzanne G. Odom & Melissa Ostrower, Jackson Lewis attorneys at law As we prepare for another change in Administration in the White House, it is crucial for employers and plan sponsors to stay informed and prepared. While much of what lies ahead is speculative,...
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The Most Common Business Structures for Small Businesses
The business structure your company uses will determine how you pay taxes and your day-to-day operations. It can also impact liability, ownership, and distribution payments. By learning more about different types of business structures, you can make sure that your...
HIPAA Privacy & Security Audit Program
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA), in Section 13411 of the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH), requires the U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) to provide for periodic audits to ensure covered entities...
Continue using Form I-9
Until further notice, employers should continue using the Form I-9 currently available in the HR Support Center (even though the OMB control number expiration date of August 31, 2012 has passed). The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will...
“At-Will” Statement vs. National Labor Relations Act
In the news recently, there has been mention of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) and the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). The NLRA is a federal act, otherwise known as the Wagner Act. The NLRA was enacted in 1935 “to diminish the causes of labor...
Senate Vote to Extend Immigration Programs
The Senate approved a bill (S. 3245) that would extend four key immigration programs that are set to expire on September 30, 2012 with a new expiration date of September 30, 2015. The bill authorizes a three-year extension for the E-Verify program, the EB-5 Regional...
EEO-1 Report Filing Deadline
By September 30, 2012, private employers with more than 100 employees and federal contractors (with 50 or more employees and a contract of at least $50,000) are required to file an EEO-1 Report with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). The EEO-1 Report...
Annual Benefit Limits Waiver Deadline
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued guidance for health care plans seeking to renew waivers on annual benefits. For plan years starting between September 23, 2010 and September 22, 2011, plans could not limit annual coverage of essential...
Summary of Benefits Coverage Requirement
Starting September 23, 2012, insurance companies must provide a Summary of Benefits Coverage (SBC) form to individual policy holders and to their insured employer plans. Employer plans (self-funded and insured) must provide a SBC for open enrollment periods on or...
Expiration Date of Current Form I-9
On August 13, 2012, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) released a bulletin regarding the expiration date of Form I-9. The bulletin stated: “Until further notice, employers should continue using the Form I-9 currently available. This form should...
Form I-9 to Expire Aug. 31, 2012
The current Employment Eligibility Verification Form, commonly referred to as Form I-9, expires Aug. 31, 2012. Once it expires, what should employers do?All U.S. employers must complete and retain a Form I-9 for all citizens and noncitizens they hire for employment in...
The NLRB’s Social Media Policy Memorandum
On May 30, 2012, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Acting General Counsel Lafe Solomon issued a memorandum regarding social media policies in the workplace. The General Counsel's memorandum is applicable to both unionized and non-unionized work...
Form 5500 Record Keeping Requirements
Under the Department of Labor's (DOL) electronic filing regulations, plan administrators are required to keep a paper copy of the filed Form 5500 report, including schedules and attachments, in the plan's records. The DOL stated a paper copy of the electronic filing...
New Deportation Rule
On June 15, 2012, President Obama announced an Executive Order that allows some undocumented youths to avoid deportation and receive work permits to remain in the United States (U.S.). Students in the U.S. who are in deportation proceedings or those who would have...
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) Service Provider Fee Disclosures
Effective July 1, 2012, the final service provider fee disclosure regulations under ERISA Section 408(b)(2) must be met. These ERISA regulations are for both existing and new service arrangements. Under these regulations, Registered Investment Advisers (RIAs) and...
Employment Nondiscrimination Act
On June 12, 2012 the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) held a hearing to discuss the merits of the bipartisan Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA). ENDA would create comprehensive employment based anti-discrimination protections for...
Proposed Federal Minimum Wage Increase
On June 6, 2012, Republican Jesse Jackson introduced the Catching Up to 1968 Act of 2012, a bill to raise the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) minimum wage from $7.25 per hour to $10.00 per hour (beginning 60 days after enactment). The Bill also proposes that...
Supreme Court Upholds Individual Health Insurance Mandate
The U.S. Supreme Court announced its much-anticipated decision on the Obama administration’s health care reform law on June 28, 2012, ruling 5-4 that the controversial individual mandate, which requires virtually all Americans to buy health insurance, is...
U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Overtime Claims
U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Overtime Claims in FLSA RulingBy Allen Smith 06/18/12Rejecting the U.S. Department of Labor’s interpretation of Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) regulations, the U.S. Supreme Court on June 18, 2012, ruled 5-4 in Christopher v. SmithKline...
EEOC Guide to Arrests and Convictions in Employment Decisions
On April 25, 2012, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC or Commission) issued its Enforcement Guidance on the Consideration of Arrest and Conviction Records in Employment Decisions Under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, 42...
OSHA Annual Summary Posting Deadline
By February 1, 2012, an employer subject to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recordkeeping provisions for 300 logs regarding workplace injuries and illnesses must post its 2011 annual summary (Form 300A).
OFCCP Proposal to Improve Job Opportunities for Individuals with Disabilities
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) is proposing a new rule that would require federal contractors and subcontractors to set specific hiring goals regarding employees with disabilities, including a goal for federal...
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