Hey Compliance Warriors! The U.S. Department of Labor today announced a final rule to provide greater simplicity and flexibility to retail industry employers. Provisions in the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) allow employers in retail and service industries to exempt certain employees paid primarily on a commission basis from overtime. Read on… Today’s rule withdraws […]
Author: Lisa Smith, SPHR
Hey Compliance Warriors! Yesterday, Friday, May 15th, 2020, the SBA and U.S. Treasury released the highly anticipated PPP Loan Forgiveness Application. The application and instructions total 11 pages and come with new instructions for the confusing FTE calculations and a 2-part application/worksheet combo. We were also told which documents must be submitted along with your worksheets […]
On May 11, the IRS updated FAQs 64 and 65 and added new FAQ 79. Q&As 64 and 65 now state that employers can claim the ERC for qualified health care expenses regardless of whether the employee is paid qualified wages. The revised FAQs clarify this new interpretation with five examples in which qualified health care […]
Hey Compliance Warriors! U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced, on May 14th, an extension of the flexibilities in rules related to Form I-9 compliance that was granted earlier this year. Read on…
Hey Compliance Warriors! The Internal Revenue Service released guidance, on Wednesday, to allow temporary changes to section 125 cafeteria plans. These changes extend the claims period for health flexible spending arrangements (FSAs) and dependent care assistance programs and allow taxpayers to make mid-year changes. Read on…
Hey Compliance Warriors! The IRS released two new notices today regarding Section 125 Plans and High Deductible Health Plans. Good info. Read on…
Following last weeks’ announcement from Texas Governor Greg Abbott, that retail stores, restaurants, movie theaters and malls will be allowed to reopen means many Texas workers now have a difficult decision to make. There are now multiple reports that some employers who have attempted to bring employees back to work are encountering some employees who […]
Hey Compliance Warriors! The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) will delay the anticipated opening of the 2019 EEO-1 Component 1 data collection and the 2020 EEO-3 and EEO-5 data collections because of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) public health emergency, the agency announced today in a Federal Register notice. Read on…
HR News, Payroll, payroll law, taxes
IRS: Three tax credits are available to many businesses hit by COVID-19
Hey Compliance Warriors! The Internal Revenue Service today reminds employers affected by COVID-19 about three important new credits available to them. Read on…
As many states are planning to re-open parts of their workforce in the coming weeks, it’s helpful to take a look at some suggestions for how to safely do so. Thankfully, the US Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) has published Guidance for Preparing Workplaces for COVID-19 (“Guidance”), which outlines steps employers can take to […]