Hey Compliance Warriors! There is a new Form 1099-NEC, Nonemployee Compensation for business taxpayers who pay or receive nonemployee compensation. Starting in tax year 2020, payers must complete this form to report any payment of $600 or more to a payee. Read on…
Hey Compliance Warriors! The Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service today provided guidance in Notice 2020-54 to employers requiring them to report the amount of qualified sick and family leave wages paid to employees under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) on Form W-2. Read on…
Hey Compliance Warriors! The number of lawsuits filed against employers, relating to COVID-19, have been increasing each week. Thankfully, many states have enacted or are considering legislation that would hold employers who act in good faith harmless in such lawsuits. This is great news for many employers who are struggling to stay afloat. Read on…
On Monday, a group of Texas bar owners filed a lawsuit arguing that Governor Greg Abbott’s shutdown of bars is unconstitutional. The suit, filed in Travis County, names Governor Abbott, the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission (“TABC”) (the agency that oversees liquor licenses) and TABC Executive Director Bentley Nettles as defendants, the lawsuit seeks a temporary […]
Hey Compliance Warriors! Businesses across the U.S. are reopening. Many employers are taking employees’ temperatures before the start of a shift or have employees complete a health screening process before reporting to work. If an employee shows up to work his or her scheduled shift, and a temperature check reveals a fever or the employee otherwise […]
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Invisible Disabilities & The Returning Workforce
Hey Compliance Warriors! The days of remote work and zoom meetings are still upon us. However, more and more of the country continues to reopen. As it does, our employees return to work beset by ailments we may have never known they had. In fact, “invisible disabilities” is the technical term used in the […]
Hey Compliance Warriors! One of the most frequent questions we get at HelpDeskSuites.com is “Can Providers Release COVID-19 Test Results to Employers?” This is a complicated topic that needs to be FULLY understood. So, check out an explanation by attorney Laura Gerdes Long with Danna McKitrick, PC Attorneys at law. Read on…
Hey Compliance Warriors! Most people are lucky to have one type of sick leave, but now Colorado is passing a law that requires employers to provide three! There’s plenty of “if’s, and’s & butt’s” involved in this law, so for further explanation, read on… Article Via: mondaq.com “The Colorado legislature recently passed SB20-205, the Healthy […]
Hey Compliance Warriors! In this update, USCIS is providing examples of how DHS recommends you notate Form I-9 when remotely inspecting employment authorization and identity documents and then subsequently performing the required physical inspection once normal operations resume. Employers and workplaces that are operating remotely may follow the DHS news release that announced flexibility in […]
Hey Compliance Warriors! With school and summer activity schedules greatly altered as America continues to reopen in the wake of the coronavirus, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division issued two Field Assistance Bulletins (FABs) today to clarify issues relevant to the pandemic’s effects on employees and the workplace. Read on…