Employers in states that have paid family and medical leave programs will be relieved to know the IRS has extended its reporting deadline. In fact, employers have an extra year to add information about this type of paid time off…
Family and Medical Leave (FMLA)
With a new year comes new state laws with compliance challenges that could disrupt business as usual. In addition to the minimum wage hikes that we recently reported on, there are other rules in effect, or about to go into…
If employees' Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) entitlements are impermissibly reduced, your company may face legal consequences. But when someone takes intermittent or reduced-schedule FMLA leave, it's tricky for staffers to accurately calculate how much of the 12 weeks…
A big reason employers are still allowing hybrid work is business benefits like reduced operating costs. But it's also harder to ensure employment laws are being followed by your entire team. Compliance missteps with federal employment laws are especially costly…
For employees on reduced schedule FMLA leave, 12 workweeks will get converted into days, hours or minutes. But that can trip up employers, new guidance shows. The Department of Labor (DOL) just released an opinion letter focused on reduced schedule…
Finance pros with lingering compliance concerns about employees working remotely will find insight, albeit limited, in new guidance. In Field Assistance Bulletin 2023-1, the Department of Labor (DOL) discussed the implications of two laws for employers with teleworkers. The laws…
While you hope your people are always feeling their best mentally, that’s not always the case. And it can be rough for CFOs and other execs at the top, too. Mental health issues can not only diminish people’s quality of…
Recent settlements with companies like yours due to issues related to employee pay can remind your Payroll pros to continue to be cautious. Here are three recent fines from the Dept. of Labor (DOL) regarding specific situations that could trip…
As employees return to the office, you may need to update the various federal labor law posters you have to conspicuously display in the workplace. By law, employers must update these posters regularly so employees can see them and know…
You may want to remind your supervisors how important it is to be compliant with the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) when dealing with absent employees. Two companies recently received an expensive reminder of this from the Dept. of…
Your staff members who have caregiver obligations to a family member, or someone with a disability, technically aren’t a protected class under federal law. However, a technical assistance document issued by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), “The COVID-19…
Even though the Dept. of Labor (DOL) went through a significant transition period after the election, it still managed to keep up with its enforcement efforts for Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) violations in 2021. The Wage and Hour Division…
