Benefit compliance

Companies that do business in a double-breasted structure, and the attorneys who counsel them, should pay close attention to multiemployer benefit plan contribution obligations, experts say.

Misclassification liability is an area of substantial potential exposure, says employment attorney William Horwitz.

As the Department of Labor’s new regulation takes effect, employers need to prepare.

As the Department of Labor’s new regulation takes effect, employers need to prepare.

Consultant Zack Pace says benefits professionals need to use the duck test to eliminate health plan penalty risks.

In a 2015 Executive Order, President Obama directed the DOL to issue regulations requiring federal contractors to provide paid sick leave to their employees. The DOL issued a final rule on Sept. 29.

The DOL issued its final rule implementing Executive Order 13706, which mandates certain federal contractors and subcontractors offer paid sick leave to their employees.

Interpreting the platform’s slow take-up rate as the long-term reality is a big business mistake, says consultant William Weyers.

With a Dec.1 deadline looming, millions of employers across the country are scrambling to implement new compensation and classification practices in response to the DOL's new overtime rule

A number of issues have cropped up for employers when filing Affordable Care Act notices with the IRS, says associate Melissa Shimizu.