The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) alleged in a lawsuit against Estée Lauder Companies, Inc., that it violated federal law when it implemented and administered a paid parental leave program that automatically provides male employees who are new fathers...
The H-1B visa program generally allows a foreign employee to work for a specific sponsoring American employer. As is true in many employment situations, the location of work can change. The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has published a policy...
On February 28, 2018 the Internal Revenue Service released an updated Withholding Calculator and a new version of Form W-4 to help taxpayers check their 2018 tax withholding following passage of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act in December. The IRS urges taxpayers to use...
Don’t forget Medicare Part D Disclosures are due by March 1, 2018 for calendar year plans. Entities that provide prescription drug coverage to Medicare Part D eligible individuals must disclose to the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) whether...
The due date for furnishing 2017 health coverage information forms 1095-B or 1095-C to employees is March 2, 2018. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) extended the due date for furnishing to individuals the 2017 Form 1095-B, Health Coverage, and the 2017 Form 1095-C,...
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced 84,254 workplace discrimination charges were filed with the federal agency nationwide during fiscal year (FY) 2017. The fiscal year ended September 30, 2017. EEOC states they secured $398 million for...
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...
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...
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...
The Employer Information Report EEO-1, otherwise known as the EEO-1 Report, is required to be filed with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s EEO-1 Joint Reporting Committee. Reports must be submitted and certified by March 31, 2018 at the latest....
