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July is Still the New January! Littler’s Workplace Policy Institute’s Mid-Year Legislative Report

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Hot off the press – here is Littler’s mid-year report!  As federal regulators, states and cities continue to pass new workplace regulations through the calendar year, we summarize each state’s notable labor and employment law...more

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Another Brick in the WALL: New Jersey’s Latest Tool Targeting Businesses for Violating State Wage, Benefit, and Tax Law

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On August 8, 2023, the Office of Strategic Enforcement and Compliance (OSEC) within the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development (the “NJDOL” or the “Department”) launched The WALL – the Workplace...more

Bowditch & Dewey

[Webinar] Where are my employees and how are they doing? (14th Annual Employment Law Update) - February 14th, 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm ET

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Join us for part one of the 14th Annual Law Update, when we will look ahead at hot topics that HR professionals and senior administrators of your organization or campus need to know in 2023. - Do you have employees...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Tread carefully: Global pay and employee benefits traps for the unwary

This briefing highlights a number of international pay and employee benefits legal issues that carry potentially severe penalties. Each of these issues is well worth a review now to avoid future consequences. International...more

Fisher Phillips

IRS Addresses Lingering Employer Questions Regarding COBRA Premium Assistance and Corresponding Tax Credits under the American...

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The American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) provides for 100% premium assistance to certain qualified beneficiaries for continuation coverage under the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (COBRA) for periods of...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Reforma Laboral y Fiscal en Materia de Subcontratación de Personal en México

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El pasado 19 de abril, se presentó al Senado de México el Dictamen en sentido positivo sobre el Proyecto de Decreto por el que se reforman, adicionan y derogan diversas disposiciones, de la Ley Federal del Trabajo; de la Ley...more

Carlton Fields

Three Timely Benefits Items Everyone Should Know

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Carlton Fields tax attorney Lowell Walters discusses three timely employee benefits issues: using employee benefits to reduce expenses; helping retirement plan participants in an inconsistent investment market; and, the...more

Jackson Walker

Payroll Tax Relief and Latest Developments in Retirement Plans and Benefits

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Payroll Tax Relief Under CARES Act, FFCRA, and Executive Order - While the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act permitted employers to defer depositing the portion of the FICA taxes the employer pays...more

Holland & Hart - The Benefits Dial

If a Tree Falls in the Forest – Employee Benefits in Mergers and Acquisitions Workforce Integration

We are aware of several business studies that conclude that a high percentage, between 70-90%, of corporate acquisitions fail to meet their business objectives. When looking at why the time, effort, and expense invested in a...more

Morgan Lewis - ML Benefits

The IRS Postpones Tax Day, Again

The IRS has again extended the due dates for certain returns and payments because of the ongoing coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Notice 2020-35, which the IRS issued on May 28, 2020, postpones the due date for certain...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

IRS Issues Guidance on FFCRA Paid Leave Tax Credits – Updated as of April 24, 2020

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The IRS issued guidance on the FFCRA Paid Leave Tax Credits under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (“FFCRA”) on March 31, 2020. The FFCRA Paid Leave Tax Credits are fully refundable tax credits giving covered...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Orrick's 101 - Employment Law In Germany - Employers' Essentials (2020 Edition)

Every player interested or already active in the German market needs to have a working knowledge of the key principles of German employment law which offers a good level of protection to employees. This is especially true for...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

2020 Benefit Limits

The Internal Revenue Service and Social Security Administration have announced the benefit plan and employment tax limits for 2020. Certain limitations will not change for 2020 because they are not subject to annual...more

Epstein Becker & Green

NJ Department of Labor Adopts Regulations on Suspension and Revocation of Employer Licenses

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Continuing New Jersey’s efforts to eliminate and to hold employers accountable for employee misclassification, the state’s Department of Labor and Workforce Development (NJDOL) recently adopted Regulations implementing a 2010...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

2019 Benefit Limits

The Internal Revenue Service and Social Security Administration have announced the various retirement plan benefit and employment tax limits for 2019. Certain limitations will not change for 2019 because they are not subject...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Step by Step: Employee Benefits in the Supreme Court

In conjunction with the start of the Supreme Court’s new term, Eversheds Sutherland took a look back at the Court’s work in employee benefit cases since the enactment of ERISA. We found an astonishing 128 decisions, spanning...more

Carlton Fields

IRS Issues Warning on Tax Treatment of Wellness Program Rewards

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Employers offering wellness program rewards should be aware that some medical insurance salespeople are recommending arrangements that fail to comply with applicable law....more

Miles & Stockbridge P.C.

IRS Clarifies that Indirect Owners of Disregarded Entities Are Liable for Self-Employment Tax

The IRS recently released temporary regulations clarifying that an employee of a disregarded entity is liable for self-employment tax if the employee is a partner in the partnership that owns the disregarded entity. See...more

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New IRS Regulations Subject Certain Partners to Self-Employment Taxes

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On May 3, 2016, the U.S. Department of the Treasury issued new temporary and proposed regulations (Temp. Treas. Reg § 301.7701-2T) addressing the tax treatment of partners of a partnership that is the sole owner of an entity...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Wellness Rewards Included in Employee’s Income

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS), through its Office of Chief Counsel, recently released a memorandum regarding the tax treatment of wellness programs. Although the memorandum is not formal advice that may be relied on, it...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

Partnerships: IRS Extends Prohibition on Treating Partners as Employees

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Employees of partnerships, LLCs or their disregarded entity subsidiaries who receive equity in such entities may be treated as “self-employed” for tax purposes. On May 3, 2016, the US Treasury Department (Treasury)...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Neither a Partner nor Employee Be: Treasury and the IRS Issue Regulations Clarifying the Employment Tax Treatment of Partners in...

The Treasury Department (Treasury) and the Internal Revenue Service (Service) have issued temporary regulations (Regulations) clarifying the federal employment tax treatment of the owners of partnerships and other entities...more

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