Navigating the Nuances of the COBRA Subsidy Under the American Rescue Plan Act
AGG Talks: Solving Employers’ Problems - The American Rescue Plan Act’s COBRA Subsidy: What Is It and How Does It Work?
Healthcare Headlines Episode 5 - COVID Legislation & Regulations: Financial Support for Providers
Inside DC: What To Expect From the DC Budget Process
COVID-19 Vaccine News - Employment Law This Week® - #WorkforceWednesday
Podcast: Employers and the American Rescue Plan - Employment Law This Week® - #WorkforceWednesday
COVID-Related Changes to Paid Sick Leave
Podcast: American Rescue Plan Delivers New Stimulus Funding - Diagnosing Health Care
How the American Rescue Plan Act Affects COBRA
#WorkforceWednesday: The American Rescue Plan, OSHA’s New COVID-19 Directive, and NY Mandates COVID-19 Vaccine PTO - Employment Law This Week®
A bankruptcy court in Delaware recently upheld rules issued by the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) that severely impact how liability is calculated for employers withdrawing from multiemployer pension plans...more
Bankruptcy court clarifies Yellow Corp. owes pensions | WSJ - A Del. bankruptcy court stated Yellow Corp. is liable for some portion of the $6.5 billion in withdrawal liability claims, but the exact amount to be paid is...more
Gig Economy & Technology NEW YORK — City Deploys Drones for Major Storm Warnings- New York City emergency management officials have deployed five teams with multiple drones to warn residents in basement or ground-floor...more
Statewide ballot referenda are not new to voters in the Badger State. There are four scenarios in which a question may be directly asked of voters: whether to amend the state’s constitution; ratification of a law extending...more
The U.S. Supreme Court recently overturned the decades-old Chevron doctrine of judicial deference to a federal agency’s interpretation of an ambiguous statute. (See “Go Fish! U.S. Supreme Court Overturns ‘Chevron Deference’...more
Are you selling items online or receiving payment for goods and/or services on platforms such as PayPal, Venmo, eBay, Zelle, Etsy, or Cash App? Online platforms are the preferred method of shopping for most Americans. These...more
The childcare industry has long been a crucial pillar of the U.S. economy, enabling parents to work and contributing significantly to national stability. However, the past decade has seen unprecedented challenges,...more
BALTIMORE — Visiting Tech Companies Want to Expand Baltimore Presence- The latest Techstars Equitech Accelerator brought several innovative companies to Baltimore, with founders expressing their commitment to expanding...more
HRSA’s “Audit Reporting Requirement Attestations” arrived in inboxes on Friday, March 22, 2024, and require a response by Friday, April 5, 2024. The government is under pressure to show that the money distributed under the...more
On Friday, March 29, the U.S. Department of Treasury published new FAQs that address the eligible uses of State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds by Tribal Governments. The American Rescue Plan Act provided $350 billion to...more
Insulin costs lowered to $35 dollars per month for many patients this year as three major insulin manufacturers — Sanofi, Novo Nordisk, and Eli Lilly — began offering price caps or savings programs.[1] This strategy was...more
In January, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) and the Ohio Department of Agriculture (ODA) announced a new cooperative agreement to allocate $12.4 million in Resilient Food Systems Infrastructure Program (RFSI)...more
The first meeting of 2024 back at City Hall — also the first with new City Council President Kenyatta Johnson (District 2) at the dais — saw the introduction of several new bills, including proposed regulations on...more
Mayor Parker Welcomes President Biden During MLK Day Visit- Mayor Cherelle Parker discussed federal assistance for public safety, affordable housing, and the opioid crisis with President Joe Biden during his third visit to...more
BALTIMORE — Mayor Scott, BDE Introduce Free Public Wi-Fi Network - In December, Mayor Brandon Scott and the City’s Office of Broadband and Digital Equity (BDE) launched FreeBmoreWiFi, a citywide free public Wi-Fi network....more
Under a new federal law enacted in 2021 (the “American Rescue Plan” or the “New Law”), Venmo, Pay Pal, Cash App, Etsy, eBay and other e-commerce platforms are now required to send individual users income tax Form 1099-K for...more
We are often asked if one has to pay taxes when selling goods or services online. That question became even more relevant this week when the IRS postponed the new “$600 Rule.” This is a particular relief for those wo receive...more
In the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, Congress lowered the minimum reporting threshold from $20,000 to $600 for filing information returns relating to reportable payment transactions that are facilitated by payment...more
Weber Gallagher’s Family Law Group often reviews payments made through popular mobile apps, including Venmo and Apple Pay, in discovery and for support purposes. Clients who utilize one of the many mobile payment platforms...more
On September 14, 2023, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released Employee Retention Credit (ERC) guidance placing a moratorium on processing new ERC claims due to a surge in questionable claim submissions. Claims already...more
MassHousing, Boston, Salem and Worcester have introduced novel programs using American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds to create and preserve affordable housing following the U.S. Treasury’s Final Rule on Coronavirus State and...more
The U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) have finalized rules for the recapture of erroneously claimed Employee Retention Credits (ERC) and other tax credits provided to employers for...more
The Consolidated Appropriations Act of FY23 created new American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) eligibility – to include response to natural disasters, to build critical information, and support community development. On August 10,...more
Third-Party Payroll Providers Cleared - On June 13, 2023, the U.S. Small Business Administration (“SBA”) issued new FAQ 72 (“FAQ 72”) to help clarify whether amounts paid by borrowers to third-party payers for the...more
Our Health Care Group analyzes why the Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA) is flexing its auditing muscles and explores the implications for entities that received Provider Relief Funds and American Rescue Plan...more