Compliance Corner
Thursday, November 3, 2016
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Comprehensive Service (Compliance Corner)
A U.S. District Court Judge in the Eastern District of Texas has ordered a preliminary injunction blocking certain portions of the Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces Final Rule and Guidance (“Final Rule”) from taking effect, as planned, on October 25, 2016
Wednesday, November 2, 2016
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Comprehensive Service (Compliance Corner)
As previously reported, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced its highly anticipated final requirements for revision of the EEO-1 reflecting the collection of pay data. The new pay data reporting obligation will commence on March 31, 2018. Highlights of the final rule are set forth below.
Wednesday, November 2, 2016
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Comprehensive Service (Compliance Corner)
On September 30, 2016, the Department of Labor published the final rule implementing Executive Order 13706 requiring covered federal contractors to provide paid sick leave to covered employees.
Wednesday, November 2, 2016
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Comprehensive Service (Compliance Corner)
On October 27, 2016, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced cost-of-living adjustments applicable to dollar limitations for pension plans and other items for Tax Year 2017.
Wednesday, November 2, 2016
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Comprehensive Service (Compliance Corner)
On October 25, 2016, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced via Revenue Procedure 2016-55 the dollar limitation on employee salary reductions for contributions to health flexible spending accounts; the monthly limitations regarding the aggregate fringe benefit exclusion amount for transportation in a commuter highway vehicle and any transit pass and the fringe benefit exclusion amount for parking; and the maximum amount that can be excluded from an employee’s gross income for the amounts paid for qualified adoption expenses furnished pursuant to an adoption assistance program.
Wednesday, November 2, 2016
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Comprehensive Service (Compliance Corner)
Social Security Administration (SSA) has announced several changes that will impact employers and employees in 2017.
Wednesday, October 19, 2016
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Comprehensive Service (Compliance Corner)
Ohio has joined the growing list of states legalizing the use of marijuana for medicinal purposes. Ohio’s law took effect on September 6, 2016, although the state must now go through the process of creating and implementing a regulatory program before its constituents can begin dispensing medical marijuana. That process is expected to take up to two years.
Wednesday, October 19, 2016
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Comprehensive Service (Compliance Corner)
Delaware has passed a series of laws that will prohibit employers from discriminating against individuals because of their family responsibilities, their reproductive health decisions, or for discussing their wages with co-workers.
Wednesday, October 19, 2016
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Comprehensive Service (Compliance Corner)
Transgender individuals in Massachusetts now have the legal right to use restrooms, changing rooms, and locker rooms that correspond to their gender identity, regardless of their biological sex.
Wednesday, October 19, 2016
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Comprehensive Service (Compliance Corner)
Massachusetts is the latest state to pass expansive pay equity legislation to combat the gender wage gap, and is the first state ever to ban employers from requesting salary history as part of the pre-offer hiring process, and first ever to require posting of employee rights under its Equal Pay Act.