by Mark Holloway | February 22, 2019 | State and Local Issues, Tax Issues, Uncategorized
The commonwealth of Massachusetts announced the employer and employee contribution rates that will apply beginning on July 1, 2019, to finance the state’s paid family leave law. The law requires up to 12 weeks of paid family leave, up to 20 weeks of paid medical leave...
by Rory Akers, JD | January 28, 2019 | DOL, ERISA
The Department of Labor (DOL) recently finalized regulations containing civil penalty inflation adjustments for 2019 in accordance with the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 2015 (the “Act”). The Act requires the DOL publish annual inflation...
by Lisa L. Carlson | January 25, 2019 | FMLA, Tax Issues
The 2017 overhaul of federal tax rules added a new tax credit for employers beginning in 2018 that may be taken by an employer when they offer certain family and medical leave benefits (see our prior Alert). The IRS has now issued a tax form that employers can use to...
by Jay Kirschbaum | January 24, 2019 | Benefits Administration, DOL, ERISA, State and Local Issues
A recently released information letter[1] from the US Department of Labor (DOL) raises an arcane issue around wage withholding laws. It also highlights the differences between the federal and state legislative and regulatory views and makes clear the ways in which the...
by Mark Holloway | December 26, 2018 | Compliance Services, Health Plan Identifiers
Many employers sponsoring self-funded plans have a negative recollection of a frustrating attempt to obtain a unique health plan identifier (HPID) until a last-minute reprieve was announced. At long last, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has...
by Rory Akers, JD | December 19, 2018 | ADA, DOL, EEOC, GINA, Wellness, Workplace Wellness
As the year draws to a close and we prepare to welcome 2019, recent litigation involving workplace wellness programs provides important reminders about how these programs should be structured and administered. Department of Labor actively auditing for wellness...
