Breaking down tax reform changes to transportation benefits
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act removed employer deductions for most commuting expenses, including for tax-exempt companies.
Benefit compliance
The 15 biggest HR challenges in 2018
From workplace sexual harassment to an ever-changing regulatory landscape, employers should remain vigilant and compliant in the coming year.
Amazon bans salary, benefits history inquiries
The online retailer joins companies including Cisco, Facebook and Google to make the move as pay equity complaints take hold of the national conversation.
Benefits Think Are you required to pay your interns?
The DOL recently said it will scrap the agency’s previous six-factor test for unpaid interns and instead utilize the “primary beneficiary” test.
Phil Phillips
Foley & Lardner LLP
ERISA class action settlements reach almost $1 billion
A new report by Seyfarth Shaw identifies key trends employers should keep an eye on to prevent their own lawsuit.
Paychex updates HCM platform to reflect new withholding rates
The payroll product was changed less than 24 hours after the Internal Revenue Service released its 2018 guidelines.
`Never Trump’ CEO shares benefits of tax reform with employees
AutoNation chief Mike Jackson, who publicly broke with the GOP over Trump's nomination, is giving an array of benefits to employees who stay with the retailer for several years as a way to share the spoils of U.S. tax reform.
Benefits Think Tax reform and employee benefits – what to know now
The recently enacted Tax Cuts and Jobs Act made significant changes to the Internal Revenue Code, making changes affecting employer-provided retirement, welfare and fringe benefits.
Arthur T. Phillips
Foley & Lardner LLP
Benefits Think When is a seemingly exempt employee not truly exempt?
A recent Sixth Circuit court case shows that even when workers appear to meet the standard for exemption, a closer reading of FLSA rules might be necessary.
Two House bills target workplace retirement plans
The legislation aims to improve security with increased access to lifetime income and simplify plan procedures for plan sponsors.
Two House bills target workplace retirement plans
The legislation aims to improve security with increased access to lifetime income and simplify plan procedures for plan sponsors.
Google sued for anti-conservative bias by fired engineer
The engineer who was fired by Google after he criticized its diversity policies claims in a lawsuit that he and others at the internet giant were harassed over their conservative political views.
Benefits Think When is a seemingly exempt employee not truly exempt?
A recent Sixth Circuit court case shows that even when workers appear to meet the standard for exemption, a closer reading of FLSA rules might be necessary.
Benefits Think How the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act impacts paid leave
The new law offers credits to employers who provide a paid family or medical leave policy while eliminating deductions for businesses with a legal history in sexual misconduct cases.
Tiana Seymore
Fox Rothschild
Benefits Think Surprising Court decision may disallow most wellness incentives
A federal court ruled in AARP v. EEOC that the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission must rewrite its definition of voluntary when it comes to well-being programs. Here’s what employers need to know.
Al Lewis
Quizzify
Benefits Think Surprising Court decision may disallow most wellness incentives
A federal court ruled in AARP v. EEOC that the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission must rewrite its definition of voluntary when it comes to well-being programs. Here’s what employers need to know.
Al Lewis
Quizzify
Benefits Think NLRB reverses Obama-era joint employer test
Over the course of one afternoon, the NLRB recently issued two decisions that together overturned several of the Obama administration’s most polemic legal positions under the NLRA.
James M. Nicholas
Foley & Lardner
EBN’s top 10 stories of 2017
With a new administration came big changes in the benefits industry and these stories were must-reads during a busy year.
Benefits Think Use of fluctuating workweek method to pay overtime must have a fixed salary
Workers seek a federal court’s approval of an FLSA class action lawsuit alleging their employer cheated them out of wages using a gimmick to do so.
Mark E. Tabakman
Fox Rothschild
Benefits Think Use of fluctuating workweek method to pay overtime must have a fixed salary
Workers seek a federal court’s approval of an FLSA class action lawsuit alleging their employer cheated them out of wages using a gimmick to do so.
Mark E. Tabakman
Fox Rothschild