Compliance

A proposed class-action lawsuit alleging Facebook’s ad placement tools facilitate discrimination against older job seekers has been expanded to identify additional companies.

Inaccurate or incomplete information has incorrectly identified business owners as failing to satisfy healthcare coverage requirements.

A divided U.S. Supreme Court ruled that employers can force workers to use individual arbitration instead of class-action lawsuits to press legal claims.

HR professionals say recent regulatory changes and the #metoo movement have prompted changes to benefits and business strategies.

The act establishes pregnancy as a protected class under Massachusetts law and protects employees and prospective employees who are pregnant or have a pregnancy-related condition from discrimination and retaliation.

Inaccurate or incomplete information has incorrectly identified business owners as failing to satisfy healthcare coverage requirements.

HR professionals say recent regulatory changes and the #metoo movement have prompted changes to benefits and business strategies.

After the advocacy group that represents older Americans challenged the EEOC’s wellness regulations, employers must take a hard look at how they want to proceed with their programs.

In a move that reversed the court’s own previous ruling, an 11-judge panel held that a woman’s salary history can never be used as a basis for paying her less.

In a move that reversed the court’s own previous ruling, an 11-judge panel held that a woman’s salary history can never be used as a basis for paying her less.

Absent for nearly a decade, these first two opinion letters address payments under the federal Consumer Credit Protection Act and FMLA.

Whether the broker acts as a fiduciary making a recommendation will depend upon the circumstances of the particular recommendation and their client.

The trend of states and jurisdictions enacting paid sick leave requirements continues, posing compliance challenges for multistate employers.

The High Court's recent ruling may spell relief for some employers on overtime compensation.

To qualify for tax credits, an employer must have a written policy that provides at least two weeks of paid leave for employees.

The Employee Benefit Security Administration is closing fewer civil investigations into 401(k) plans but it’s recovering more money from firms that improperly oversee their employee pension schemes.

The Employee Benefit Security Administration is closing fewer civil investigations into 401(k) plans but it’s recovering more money from firms that improperly oversee their employee pension schemes.

The trend of states and jurisdictions enacting paid sick leave requirements continues, posing compliance challenges for multistate employers.

Employees with family coverage in a health savings account may feel the effects in their tax bills for 2018.

The agency uses Letters 226J and 227 to assess ACA penalties, and firms that receive them could have millions at stake.