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...
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,...
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...
