The new Employer Credit for Paid Family and Medical leave, Section 13403 was signed into law as part of the tax bill in December 2017. This provision created a two-year pilot program for employers that provide paid family and medical leave to their employees. To take...
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has rejected all industry challenges to Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA’s) final rule on respirable crystalline silica exposure. In 2016, OHSA issued two new respirable...
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...
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...
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...
