According to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), maintaining injury and illness records is “easy and beneficial.” For many employers, this requirement is anything but easy, so they outsource this important task to a firm such as Marathon. From...
Until this year, employers had two dates to keep in mind when preparing 1099’s and W-2s. Beginning with 2016 forms, employers will now have one filing deadline for all Federal information returns – January 31, 2017. This applies for both...
In last month’s newsletter, I talked about all the things that need to be done at the year’s end, from compensation strategies to Affordable Care Act (ACA) reporting. It was a lengthy list and I assured you that whatever you...
As you may have heard, there has been a delay in the implementation of the long awaited increase in the wage test for exemption from overtime. At this point, there is uncertainty as to what will happen in the future,...
In August, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approved a revised Form I-9. Employers may continue using the current version of Form I-9 until January 21, 2017. After that date, the current form will be invalid.
...The Department of Labor’s (DOL) new overtime regulations go into effect in just a couple of weeks – December 1, 2016, which we’ve discussed many times over the past six months: Countdown to FLSA Compliance Focus on the FLSA Staying...
We are seeing more Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) claims lately, which shine a light on the gray area of “what is a reasonable accommodation?” If an employee cannot perform their job duties because of a non-work related medical issue,...
As we indicated in last month’s newsletter, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) finalized their new overtime policy known as the “white-collar exemption.” This is a significant change to overtime pay exemptions, increasing the salary of “exempt” employees to $47,476...
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) thinks so. In May, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced a ruling that increases data transparency by making information about workplace injuries and illnesses available online. They say that sharing this kind...
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) is close to making a final decision regarding salary levels eligible for overtime pay exemptions. The anticipated outcome is expected to more than double the current annual exemption level of $23,660 to somewhere between...