HR Newsletter: 7/24/2024
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Read MoreHow Many Benefits are Included in the Calculation of Regular Rate? The World May Never Know
On March 28, 2019, the Department of Labor (“DOL”) issued a lengthy and detailed Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NPRM”) to revise the regulations governing how employers should calculate “regular rate” under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”). Upon release, the DOL set a deadline for public notice and comment of May 28, 2019. However, citing …
New Executive Order Attempts to Make Healthcare Prices More Transparent
Anyone who has tried to shop around for hospital services knows this: It’s hard to get prices in advance. President Trump signed an executive order Monday that he says would make such comparisons easier, and make the pricing process more transparent. The order directs agencies to draw up rules requiring hospitals and insurers to make …
Planning For DOL’s Overtime Rules In A Tough Labor Climate
On March 7, 2019, the U.S. Department of Labor announced its proposed regulations on overtime that would render more than 1 million new workers eligible for overtime pay. Coupled with a historically tight labor market, this new rule has the potential to place even greater strain on employers already struggling to attract and retain new …
Recommended Practices for Employer-Provided Meals and Snacks in Light of Recent IRS Guidance
The IRS continues to aggressively audit how free meals and snacks offered to employees in many workplaces are treated for federal tax purposes. Recent IRS guidance in this respect is Technical Advice Memorandum 201903017 (the TAM) published this spring. The TAM, which includes both employer-favorable and IRS-favorable provisions, is essentially the first guidance on employer-provided …
The Intersection of Workers’ Compensation and OSHA: Look Both Ways Before Crossing
In many ways, workers’ compensation (WC) and the OSHA are very different. WC is a statutory compensation scheme designed to limit an employer’s liability in exchange for more expedient payment of medical expenses, wage replacement, and death benefits. Most of these individual state-based compensation acts were in place long before OSHA. OSHA compliance and related …
DOL Announces Statement of Temporary Non-Enforcement Following AHP Ruling
The U.S. Department of Labor (Department) has released a policy statement and a Questions and Answers – Part Two (FAQ) (PDF) in reaction to the district court for the District of Columbia’s ruling in State of New York v. U.S. DOL of Labor, which vacated a key part of the Department’s final regulations expanding the …
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