by Girish Anand | Apr 3, 2018 | DOL, FLSA, WHD
With little fanfare (i.e., no announcement on its website), the Department of Labor (DOL) has launched its Payroll Audit Independent Determination (PAID) program, a voluntary initiative where companies can seek assistance in resolving wage-and-hour issues including...
by Girish Anand | Apr 1, 2018 | DOL, ERISA
Following a 90-day delay to solicit comments, today (April 1, 2018) is the applicability date for employee benefit plans to comply with a final rule under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) that will give America’s workers new procedural protections...
by Girish Anand | Mar 28, 2018 | ACA, Affordable Care Act, DOL, Health Care Reform
A bill has landed on Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds’s desk that will enable small businesses to band together to form association health plans that are exempt from the requirements of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). She is expected to sign it. The bill merges two...
by Girish Anand | Mar 26, 2018 | DOL
The $1.3 trillion federal budget (good till the end of the fiscal year on Sept. 30), signed by President Trump on March 23, includes targeted spending for the Department of Labor (DOL). Key Provisions in Omnibus Appropriations Bill: Apprenticeships: Apprenticeship is...
by Girish Anand | Mar 22, 2018 | ACA, Affordable Care Act, DOL, Obamacare
BREAKING: The Senate approved the House version in the wee hours of Friday, March 23, and President Trump signed the measure the next day, averting a government shutdown. The bill funding the federal government through September still faces a stiff deadline of Friday...
by Girish Anand | Mar 21, 2018 | DOL, Overtime Rules
A group of Chipotle workers in New Jersey filed suit to be paid under the Obama overtime rule that raised the exemption threshold to $47,476 a year, and U.S. District Judge Amos Mazzant — who issued a permanent injunction against the rule — wasn’t...