ThomsonReuters

JANUARY 24, 2022

Supreme Court settled the issue of the COVID-19 vaccine mandate for certain employers under the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) on January 13, 2022, by blocking its implementation. The California Employment Development Department did not respond to our request. California.

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ThomsonReuters

MARCH 16, 2023

9, 2023) Available at [link] The IRS has announced 2024 indexing adjustments to the applicable dollar amount used to calculate employer shared responsibility payments under the Affordable Care Act. Employers and their advisors should be on the lookout for this letter so that they are prepared to promptly review and respond.

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ThomsonReuters

JUNE 29, 2022

This includes topics like worker status, the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), and employment taxes, among others. July 31, 2022 (August 1, 2022 since the 31 st falls on a Sunday) is the due date for employers to report their second-quarter employment taxes (August 10, 2022 if all deposits and payments were made on time).

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ThomsonReuters

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

According to the EEOC, employers are using automated systems (including those with A.I.) more frequently “to help them with a wide range of employment matters, such as selecting new employees, monitoring performance, and determining pay or promotions.” being used in employment decisions. tools for hiring workers.

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Machen McChesney

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Here are some key tax-related deadlines affecting businesses and other employers during the fourth quarter of 2023. Keep in mind that this list isn’t all-inclusive, so there may be additional deadlines that apply to you. Contact us to ensure you’re meeting all applicable deadlines and to learn more about the filing requirements.

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Machen McChesney

JANUARY 24, 2024

Here are some key tax-related deadlines affecting businesses and other employers during the first quarter of 2024. Keep in mind that this list isn’t all-inclusive, so there may be additional deadlines that apply to you. If you have questions about filing requirements, contact us. We can ensure you’re meeting all applicable deadlines.

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Law 360 M&A

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP is deepening its bench in the Lone Star State with the addition of its latest partner in Dallas, the former chair of Baker Botts' labor and employment practice.

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ThomsonReuters

OCTOBER 13, 2022

QUESTION: We added a large number of full-time employees in 2021 and became an applicable large employer (ALE) in 2022. As background, the Affordable Care (ACA) enacted Code § 4980H, which imposes employer shared responsibility penalties on ALEs that fail to offer full-time employees adequate employer-sponsored health coverage.

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ThomsonReuters

APRIL 28, 2022

The federal tax exclusion applies to the fair market value of any employer-provided retirement planning services—regardless of any amount employees contribute to the cost. The value of the services is also excluded from each employee’s wage base for employment tax purposes (e.g., income tax withholding and FICA).

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ThomsonReuters

JUNE 2, 2022

A recently revised IRS webpage intended for charities and nonprofit employers highlights the tax rules applicable to employer-provided parking and what to expect if the IRS audits this benefit. As background, employers may provide tax-free parking to employees as a qualified transportation fringe benefit under Code § 132(f).

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ThomsonReuters

JANUARY 13, 2022

ANSWER: An employer is not required to verify an employee’s HSA eligibility before contributing to the employee’s HSA. a general-purpose health FSA or HRA) sponsored by that employer; and. a general-purpose health FSA or HRA) sponsored by that employer; and. The post Must an Employer Verify an Employee’s Eligibility for an HSA?

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ThomsonReuters

MAY 19, 2022

QUESTION: We understand there is a small employer exception to COBRA for employers with fewer than 20 employees. ANSWER: A group health plan is not subject to COBRA for any year if all employers maintaining the plan together employed fewer than 20 employees on a typical business day during the preceding year.

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Machen McChesney

JUNE 20, 2023

Here are some of the key tax-related deadlines affecting businesses and other employers during the third quarter of 2023. Keep in mind that this list isn’t all-inclusive, so there may be additional deadlines that apply to you. Contact us to ensure you’re meeting all applicable deadlines and to learn more about the filing requirements.

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ThomsonReuters

MAY 26, 2022

While many changes finalized in this action affect only defined benefit plans, a few—primarily relating to multiple employer plans (MEPs)—affect defined contribution plans (including 401(k) plans). 2 (“Multiple Employer Plans (MEPs)”). Similar adjustments have been made to the instructions for Form 5500 line 3a, “plan administrator.”

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ThomsonReuters

MAY 26, 2022

A former employee brought an employment discrimination case contending, among other things, that he was terminated in retaliation for his large medical expense claims and anticipated future use of his employer’s self-insured health plan. Pines Trucking, Inc., 2022 WL 969595 (3d Cir. reinstatement) to remedy the violation.

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Machen McChesney

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Wages and self-employment income above this threshold aren’t subject to Social Security tax. The Social Security Administration recently announced that the wage base for computing Social Security tax will increase to $168,600 for 2024 (up from $160,200 for 2023).

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Law 360 M&A

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Andrew Cuomo, has acquired the small San Francisco employment law firm Liu Peterson-Fisher LLP. Katz Banks Kumin LLP, a boutique firm known for high-profile representation of workers including Twitter whistleblowers and a staffer who brought sexual harassment claims against former New York Gov.

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ThomsonReuters

APRIL 1, 2021

An employee and another employee’s spouse sued the employer in this case in a proposed class action lawsuit, seeking damages and an injunction because the employer provided them deficient COBRA election notices. Starbucks Corp., 2021 WL 964219 (M.D. The employee consented to arbitrate, but the spouse did not. The court agreed.

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Machen McChesney

MARCH 21, 2023

Here are some of the key tax-related deadlines that apply to businesses and other employers during the second quarter of 2023. Keep in mind that this list isn’t all-inclusive, so there may be additional deadlines that apply to you. Contact us to ensure you meet all applicable deadlines and learn more about the filing requirements.

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Gross Mendelsohn

JANUARY 26, 2023

To help this industry thrive, several states in the Mid-Atlantic region provide state income tax and other tax credits for increasing employment or placing manufacturing equipment into service. Let's look at each state and see exactly what is offered to manufacturers.

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Machen McChesney

JANUARY 6, 2023

Here are some of the key tax-related deadlines affecting businesses and other employers during the first quarter of 2023. Keep in mind that this list isn’t all-inclusive, so there may be additional deadlines that apply to you. If you have questions about filing requirements, contact us.

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ThomsonReuters

JUNE 10, 2021

The EEOC has updated its guidance on COVID-19-related compliance issues under the ADA, GINA, and other employment laws. at a pharmacy, public health department, or health care provider) or through an employer-administered program. However, the guidance does not elaborate on the meanings of “substantial” or “coercive.”

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Trout CPA

MARCH 25, 2022

Beginning January 1, 2021, pooled plan providers could start Pooled Employer Plans (PEPs), which Congress created to expand access to retirement benefits by allowing companies in unrelated industries to participate in a multiple employer plan (MEP).

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Machen McChesney

OCTOBER 4, 2022

In today’s tough job market and economy, the Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC) may help employers. Many business owners are hiring and should be aware that the WOTC is available to employers that hire workers from targeted groups who face significant barriers to employment.

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ThomsonReuters

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

What happens to those balances when an employee’s employment terminates? ANSWER: Your company has some choices about what will happen to HRA balances remaining at termination of employment. because the HRA is sponsored by a small employer that is exempt from COBRA). Contributing Editors: EBIA Staff.

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Machen McChesney

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Here are some of the key tax-related deadlines affecting businesses and other employers during the fourth quarter of 2022. Keep in mind that this list isn’t all-inclusive, so there may be additional deadlines that apply to you. Contact us to ensure you’re meeting all applicable deadlines and to learn more about the filing requirements.

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ThomsonReuters

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

But IRS regulations published in 2014 establish two ways to show that employer-provided local lodging is deductible, and consequently excludable from income as a working condition fringe benefit. The post When Can an Employer Provide Nontaxable Local Lodging? and XXIII.E (“Local Lodging”). Contributing Editors: EBIA Staff.

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Trout CPA

MAY 11, 2023

Act, there is one that plan sponsors may want to pay particular attention to: the option to allow employees to elect to treat employer contributions as Roth contributions. Of the many provisions within the SECURE 2.0 We expect this provision will attract employees’ attention because it expands the retirement toolkit for plan participants.

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Machen McChesney

JUNE 27, 2022

Here are some of the key tax-related deadlines affecting businesses and other employers during the third quarter of 2022. Keep in mind that this list isn’t all-inclusive, so there may be additional deadlines that apply to you. Contact us to ensure you’re meeting all applicable deadlines and to learn more about the filing requirements.

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John Jenkins

AUGUST 30, 2023

This recent insight from DLA Piper highlights employment issues that are key for successful post-acquisition integration and best managed before signing the purchase agreement.

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ThomsonReuters

JUNE 10, 2021

As part of an employment discrimination lawsuit, a former employee claimed that her employer improperly discontinued her medical benefits in violation of COBRA. The employer asked the court to dismiss the claim, arguing that it did not have enough employees to be covered by COBRA. Available at [link].

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ThomsonReuters

JULY 8, 2021

QUESTION: I understand that to be eligible for the ARPA COBRA premium subsidy, an employee must have lost group health plan coverage due to an involuntary termination of employment or a reduction of hours. For this purpose, when is a termination of employment considered involuntary?

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Machen McChesney

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Wages and self-employment income above this threshold aren’t subject to Social Security tax. The Social Security Administration recently announced that the wage base for computing Social Security tax will increase to $160,200 for 2023 (up from $147,000 for 2022).

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ThomsonReuters

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

The employee in this case was automatically enrolled in an employer-paid long-term disability plan, which provided a benefit of 40% of earnings. The employer’s SPD described the buy-up benefit as “additional coverage” of 60%, and the employee’s benefit confirmation statement described her coverage as “100% of salary.”

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ThomsonReuters

MAY 12, 2022

Two federal courts have allowed class actions to proceed against employers under the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA). Similarly, in Haley , a group of servicemember employees sued their employer for denying pay to employees on short-term military leave (e.g., 2022); Haley v.

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Benzinga

APRIL 18, 2023

BOSTON, April 18, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Risk Strategies , a leading national specialty insurance brokerage and risk management and consulting firm, today announced its acquisition of HollandStivers Employer Solutions, a specialist in employee benefits located in Paducah, Kentucky. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

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Machen McChesney

APRIL 13, 2022

As the 2021 tax filing season progresses, small businesses and self-employed taxpayers should make certain they are taking advantage of all of the tax deductions and opportunities available to them on their 2021 federal income tax returns.

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