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The IRS’s recently released Revenue Ruling 2025-4 provides significant guidance on the employment tax treatment of contributions to and benefits paid under state paid family and medical leave (PFML) programs and highlights important distinctions among the treatment of contributions and benefits for FICA, FUTA, and income tax withholding purposes. Littler:IRS Ruling Clarifies Employment Tax Implications […]
On January 14, 2025, the US Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division issued an opinion letter stating that employers cannot require employees to use their employer-provided paid time off such as vacation time while the employee is taking leave under the FMLA and receiving pay under a state or local PFML program. Littler:DOL Issues […]
On January 8, 2025, California received a Major Disaster Declaration for the ongoing Southern California wildfires. Employers must consider a host of factors, including compliance with tax regulations and wage and hour laws, worker safety, leaves of absence, and worksite closures to support their workforces. These articles highlight common workplace issues that can arise as a […]
Effective April 8, 2025, every employer in Ohio with at least one employee will be required to provide each employee with written or electronic access to a statement of the employee’s earnings and deductions for each pay period on the employer’s regular paydays. Ogletree Deakins:Ohio Now Requires Employers to Provide Pay Statements
California law requires private employers of 100 or more employees to annually report pay, demographic, and other workforce data to the Civil Rights Department (CRD). The 2024 filing platform will open on February 3, 2025, and all filings are due by May 14, 2025. State of California Civil Rights Department:California Pay Data Reporting Ogletree […]
The recently enacted Employer Reporting Improvement Act and the Paperwork Burden Reduction Act introduce several significant changes to the reporting and enforcement rules of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Among other things, plan sponsors are no longer required to send Forms 1095-B and 1095-C to all full-time employees and covered individuals. Instead, these Forms must only be […]
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced a permanent increase in the automatic extension period for certain Employment Authorization Documents (EADs) up to 540 days. The final rule will take effect on January 13, 2025. However, this rule could be removed, amended, or rescinded by the new Administration. It would be advisable, therefore, to file […]
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has recently published a fact sheet addressing potential concerns and pitfalls employers may run into when gathering and making employment related decisions based on health-related information. Epstein Becker Green:The EEOC and Wearable Tech: Balancing Innovation and Compliance EEOC:Wearables in the Workplace: Using Wearable Technologies Under Federal Employment Discrimination Laws
Beginning on January 1, 2025, the states Workers’ Compensation Law will permit all workers to file claims for mental injury premised upon “extraordinary work-related stress”. Similar to physical injuries, the question of whether a causal relationship exists between a work activity and the mental injury is an issue of fact for the Workers’ Compensation Board […]
On November 15, 2024, the US District Court for the Eastern District of Texas vacated and set aside the US Department of Labor (DOL)’s final regulation increasing the salary threshold for the “white collar” overtime exemption under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) on a nationwide basis. The court had previously enjoined enforcement of the […]