Category: Labor Law & Compliance
Flexibility in Withholding on Fringe Benefits
April 1, 2022
Normally, your company isn't required to withhold taxes on non-taxable fringe benefits. After all, the employees generally won't have to...
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OSHA: Some Travel Injuries Must Be Recorded
April 1, 2022
Injuries that occur during normal commutes have long been held to not be recordable on Occupational Safety and Health Administration...
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Form I-9 Alert: Policy Allowing Expired Documents Scheduled to End
March 28, 2022
Beginning May 1, employers will no longer be able to accept expired identity documents when verifying an employee's work eligibility...
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Do LLC Members Owe Self-Employment Tax?
March 28, 2022
The federal tax code's self-employment tax provisions were enacted long before the existence of limited liability companies (LLCs). As LLCs became...
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Responsibilities When Collecting W-4s
March 9, 2022
Employees don't always take the task of filling out their W-4 forms seriously. They may write "exempt" on the withholding portion...
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Feds Warn U.S. Employers About Russian Cyberattacks
March 2, 2022
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is alerting the business community about potential cyberattacks from Russia after its invasion of...
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Calif. Meal and Rest Break Rules Do Not Apply to Short-Haul Truck Drivers
February 28, 2022
A short-haul truck driver who sued his former employer for wage and hour violations alleged that he was denied mandated...
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IBM Defends Itself from Allegations of Age Bias
February 17, 2022
Workplace communications among IBM executives allegedly referring to older workers as "dinobabies" who need to be extinct and "not digital...
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DOL Takes Action Against 5 Employers for Federal Labor Violations
February 13, 2022
The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division (WHD) recently issued news releases announcing actions against five companies investigated...
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Protected Concerted Activity- Section 7 of the NLRA
February 3, 2022
Several non-union employers believe that the National Labor Relations Act (“NLRA”) does not pertain to them or their operations. While...
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