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OSHA Boosts Enforcement in FY 2019

December 3, 2019

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The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) of the Department of Labor (DOL) today released fiscal year (FY) 2019 final statistics showing a significant increase in the number of inspections and a record amount of compliance assistance to "further the mission of ensuring that employers provide workplaces free of hazards," according to the agency's announcement. [caption id="at...

December 3, 2019

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Agencies Propose Health Price Transparency

The Departments of Labor (DOL) and Health and Human Services (HHS), together with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), have proposed rules that would require employer-sponsored health plans to provide enrollees with out-of-pocket expense estimates. The rules work in tandem to achieve what the DOL describes as requiring "group health plans and health insurance issuers in the individual and gro...

December 2, 2019

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IRS Extends Deadline for Employers to Provide Health Care Coverage Forms

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) today extended the deadline for employers and others to provide health care coverage information to their employees. The deadline is now March 2, 2020, up from Jan. 31. The IRS routinely extends the deadline each year since supplying the forms became a requirement under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA, usually referred to as the Afford...

EEOC Pay Data of No Use, Says Federal Contractor Watchdog Agency

November 25, 2019

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In a notice published today in the Federal Register, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) deems the two years of pay data being collected by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) of no use because "it does not expect to find significant utility in the data." The pay data collection was instituted in 2016 by the Obama EEOC as a vehicle to enforce gender and ...

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EBSA Restores $2.5B to Pension Participants

November 25, 2019

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The Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) of the Department of Labor (DOL) has released its program results for Fiscal Year 2019, saying that EBSA's enforcement and benefit adviser programs recovered over $2.5 billion in payments to plans, participants and beneficiaries. EBSA's enforcement program reported over $2 billion in recoveries from its investigations. Under its Terminated...

November 20, 2019

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EEOC Joins the Joint Employer Fray

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is set to issue a rule next month defining a "joint employer" relationship, according to the federal government's fall regulatory agenda released today. The joint employer issue rose to prominence when McDonald's Corp. was sued by franchisee employees The Department o...

Dollar General Settles Race Bias Suit for $6M

November 18, 2019

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Major retail chain Dollar General will pay $6 million and furnish other relief to settle a class race discrimination lawsuit brought by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today. According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, Dollar General, the largest small-box discount retailer in the United States, violated federal law by denying employment to African Ameri...

IRS Raises 401(k) Contribution Limit for 2020

November 12, 2019

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WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service announced that employees in 401(k) plans will be able to contribute up to $19,500 next year. The IRS announced this and other changes in Notice 2019-59 (PDF), posted recently on IRS.gov. This guidance provides cost‑of‑living adjustments affecting dollar limitations for pension plans and other retirement-related items for tax year 2020. Summary of ...

November 7, 2019

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IRS to Seize Properties to Settle ACA Penalties

If your business has gotten IRS penalty notices for Affordable Care Act (ACA, or Obamacare) violations, you may soon get what's called a Letter 5005A -- which means pay up or the agency will levy your bank accounts or property to make good on what's owed. Letter 5005A is sent to employers who did not file their ACA forms 1094-C and 1095-C with the federal tax agency under IRC Section 6721 an...

November 4, 2019

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DOL Issues Fluctuating Work Week Proposal

The Department of Labor (DOL) and its Wage and Hour Division (WHD) today announced a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that would allow job creators to offer bonuses or other incentive-based pay to employees whose hours vary from week to week. Labor Secretary Eugene Scalia The proposal would revise the regulation ...

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In April 2026, the U.S. Department of Labor issued a proposed rule to establish a single, clear standard for determining when joint-employer status applies under three major federal laws: the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), and the Migrant and Seasonal...

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