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USCIS Revises Employment Eligibility Verification Form I-9

As a reminder, in early March 2013, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) published a revised Employment Eligibility Verification Form I-9 for use. All employers are required to complete a Form I-9 for each employee hired in the United States....

OSHA Summary Posting

We have almost reached the end of the 2013 OSHA Summary Posting Period.  The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) requires certain employers to post the OSHA Form 300A in a conspicuous workplace location from February 1, 2013 through April 30, 2013....

IRS Tax Filing Deadline

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) tax return filing deadline is April 15, 2013 for 2012 tax forms.

The Affordable Care Act Roadmap

            We began our series of posts on the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and its effect on employers of all sizes with an overview of how penalties will be determined for employers who do not offer “affordable coverage”(see EMPLOYER...

USCIS Revises Employment Eligibility Verification Form I-9

Revisions include new user-friendly instructions for completing Form I-9WASHINGTON - U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) today published a revised Employment Eligibility Verification Form I-9 for use. All employers are required to complete a Form I-9 for...

New I-9 Form

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has issued a revision of Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification, effective March 8, 2013.  New form:  http://www.uscis.gov/files/form/i-9.pdf The new I-9 form, now two pages long, has new data...

Helping Employees find the Greener Pasture: Your Side of the Fence

In the past few years, many companies have had to tighten their budgets in lieu of further downsizing their employee headcount as a result of the economic recession that fell onto the US during the last quarter of 2007. Consequently, organizational strategy focused on...

The Employer Mandate

From an employer’s perspective, this is most likely the most feared aspect of Health Care Reform. In fact, the overwhelming majority of our Health Care Reform-related questions to date in 2013 have covered this topic.  So the purpose of this article is to answer some...

HIPAA Regulations Updates

Effective March 26, 2013, updates to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) regulations may impact certain employers. These regulations are based on changes under the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act,...

FMLA Notice Poster Update

Effective March 8, 2013, there are changes to the federal Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) requirements. All employers covered by FMLA must display the updated FMLA notice poster, “Employee Rights and Responsibilities under the Family and Medical Leave Act” (WHD...

FMLA Forms Update

Effective March 8, 2013, employers should begin to utilize the updated Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) forms (revised February 2013) released by the Department of Labor (DOL), when applicable. The updated forms are: FMLA Form WH-381 (Notice of Eligibility and Rights...

DOL Final Rule on FMLA Military Amendments

Effective March 8, 2013, the Department of Labor (DOL) published a Final Rule implementing the changes to the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) made by the 2010 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). The 2010 NDAA, amended the FMLA's military caregiver leave...

DOL Final Rule on AFCTCA

Effective March 8, 2013, the Department of Labor (DOL) has published a Final Rule implementing the changes to the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) made by the Airline Flight Crew Technical Corrections Act (AFCTCA). The AFCTCA amended the FMLA to incorporate a...

Notice of Exchanges and Subsidies: Delayed

According to the original Health Care Reform Acts, effective March 1, 2013, employers of all sizes were required to provide each newly hired employee with a written notice of the existence of health insurance exchanges and potential subsidies available (Notice of...

COBRA and the Affordable Care Act

It seems there is something in the news daily regarding the many changes that will take place in January 2014 as a result of implementation of the Affordable Care Act.  We think you may find it ‘refreshing’ to know about something that will not change…. ...

Employer Shared Responsibility and the Affordable Care Act

Our series of posts on the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and its effect on employers of all sizes begins with an overview of how penalties will be determined for employers who do not offer “affordable coverage”.  This is referred to as Employer Shared Responsibility...

To Pay or Not to Pay Overtime: How Should My Employee Be Classified?

It is important to ensure that jobs are appropriately categorized as either Exempt Status positions or Non-Exempt Status positions. The Fair Labor Standards Act’s (FLSA) Exempt Status applies to employees who meet specific exemption criteria delineated in the Act....

Notice of Exchanges and Subsidies: Delayed

A health insurance exchange is basically a virtual health insurance marketplace that is intended to create a more organized and competitive market for buying health insurance. Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), states are encouraged, but not...

Unemployment Hearings: Telephone Hearing Tips

We speak with many employers who are shocked after they experience their first unemployment telephone hearing. In general, they report feeling unprepared for the formality of the proceeding, and overwhelmed by the legal procedures to which they were required to...

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