Federal Alerts

Social Security Wage Base for 2024 Announced

Monday, October 30, 2023
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Compliance Corner
On Oct. 12, 2023, the Social Security Administration (SSA) announced the 2024 wage base. The annual wage base limit is the maximum amount of employee wages that are subject to the social security tax for the calendar year.

Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) Fee for Announced

Monday, October 30, 2023
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Compliance Corner
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released Notice 2023-70, which establishes the applicable dollar amount for policy and plan years ending on or after Oct. 1, 2023, and before Oct. 1, 2024, in relation to the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) fee established under the Affordable Care Act (ACA).

EEO-1 Reporting to Open October 31 for Covered Employers

Tuesday, October 3, 2023
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Compliance Corner

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has announced that it will begin accepting EEO-1 reports for 2022 via its portal on Oct. 31, 2023. The deadline to file the report is Dec. 5, 2023.

NLRB Adopts New Standard for Reviewing Workplace Policies

Wednesday, September 27, 2023
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Compliance Corner

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has adopted a new standard for determining whether an employer’s policy violates Section 7 of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). The NLRB began applying the standard immediately.

U.S. DOL Proposes Increase to Minimum Salary for Exempt Employees

Tuesday, September 5, 2023
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Compliance Corner
On Aug. 30, 2023, the United States Department of Labor (DOL) released its highly anticipated proposed overtime rule. This rule, if finalized, would increase the minimum salary amount required to be paid to executive, administrative and professional (EAP) employees and the required annual compensation to be paid to highly compensated employees (HCEs) in order for these employees to be considered exempt from the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) overtime pay requirements. The DOL is also proposing automatic updates to these amounts every three years.   

USCIS Announces New Form I-9 and Alternative Verification Procedure

Tuesday, August 1, 2023
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Compliance Corner
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced a new version of Form I-9 (I-9) to verify the identity and employment authorization of employees and a new alternative procedure to the in-person physical document examination method that employers have followed as part of the I-9 process.   The new I-9 can be used starting August 1, 2023 and must be used starting November 1, 2023.   The alternative procedure may be used starting on August 1, 2023 and does not expire but can be cancelled or amended by the Department of Homeland Security. The alternative procedure is only available to employers enrolled in E-Verify.

U.S. Supreme Court Clarifies Right to Religious Accommodations

Tuesday, August 1, 2023
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Compliance Corner

This notice is to clarify how  in Groff v. DeJoy, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that when establishing an undue hardship in the context of providing reasonable accommodations for employees’ religious beliefs and practices, employers must demonstrate substantial increased costs in relation to the operations of its business.

EEO-1 Reporting Expected to Begin in Fall for Covered Employers

Tuesday, August 1, 2023
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Compliance Corner

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has announced that it is tentatively scheduled to begin accepting EEO-1 reports for 2022 via its portal in the fall of 2023. Previously, the EEOC had expected to start the process in mid-July 2023.

The reason for the delay is that the EEOC is currently completing a mandatory, three-year renewal of the EEO-1 Component 1 data collection by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).


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