The Internal Revenue Service today issued guidance for employers claiming the Employee Retention Credit under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) modified by the Taxpayer Certainty and Disaster Tax Relief Act of 2020 (Relief Act). Notice 2021-23 explains the changes to the Employee Retention Credit for the first two calendar quarters of […]
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced an extension of the flexibility in complying with requirements related to Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification, due to COVID-19. This temporary guidance was set to expire March 31. Because of ongoing precautions related to COVID-19, DHS has extended the Form I-9 flexibility […]
Employers Will Have Until July 19 to Submit Two Years of EEO-1 Data After delaying the opening of the 2019 EEO-1 Component 1 Data Collection on May 8, 2020 in light of the COVID-19 public health emergency, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today that the 2019 and 2020 EEO-1 Component 1 data […]
BREAKING NEWS: US Department of Labor Announces Proposed Rulemakings for Tipped Workers’ Regulations
The U.S. Department of Labor today announced two Notices of Proposed Rulemaking related to tipped workers as the effective date approaches for the “Tip Regulations Under the Fair Labor Standards Act” final rule, published in December 2020. On Feb. 26, 2021, the Department issued a rule to delay the effective date of the 2020 […]
Hey Compliance Warriors, A lot of employees are getting the vax and are experiencing side effects for which they may need time off to recover. Here is the CDC’s list of potential side effects you can expect employees to experience. https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/expect/after.html COVID-19 vaccination will help protect you from getting COVID-19. You may have some side effects, […]
Hey Compliance Warriors, Hopefully, you are not dealing with discrimination or harassment against Asian Americans or Pacific Islanders in your workplace. But, this has been and continues to be a problem around the country. Today, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) unanimously approved a resolution condemning the recent violence, harassment, and acts of bias against […]
Hey Compliance Warriors! President Biden has signed ARPA into law and the effects on the workplace are many. Check out this article by the National Law Review for more details. https://www.natlawreview.com/article/american-rescue-plan-extends-ffcra-tax-credit-not-mandate On March 11, 2021, President Biden signed the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (the “Plan”). The Plan is the most recent stimulus bill […]
In response to President Biden’s executive order on protecting worker health and safety, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has launched a national emphasis program focusing enforcement efforts on companies that put the largest number of workers at serious risk of contracting the coronavirus. The program also prioritizes employers that retaliate against workers for […]
Via National Law Review https://www.natlawreview.com/article/california-supreme-court-strikes-down-meal-break-rounding-establishes-presumption On 25 February 2021, the California Supreme Court provided a long-awaited answer to the questions of whether California employers can legally round meal breaks and whether records showing potential noncompliance with meal period requirements create a presumption of noncompliance. Now, more so than ever, California employers should ensure that their […]
What’s Changed If you’ve been fully vaccinated: You can gather indoors with fully vaccinated people without wearing a mask. You can gather indoors with unvaccinated people from one other household (for example, visiting with relatives who all live together) without masks, unless any of those people or anyone they live with has an increased risk for […]