Employers are increasingly dropping pre-employment drug screening for marijuana. While still in its early stages, the shift away from marijuana testing appears likely to accelerate as more states legalize cannabis use. Recreational marijuana use is legal in nine...
The Affordable Care Act imposes a fee on issuers of specified health insurance policies and plan sponsors of applicable self-insured health plans to help fund the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute. The fee, required to be reported once a year on the second...
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) finalized and published in the Federal Register a final rule titled Definition of “Employer” under Section 3(5) of ERISA–Association Health Plans. This rule is overseen by the DOL’s Employee Benefits Security...
State and local governments are increasingly adopting laws and regulations that prohibit employers from requesting salary history information from job applicants. The goal of these laws is to help end the cycle of pay discrimination and decrease the gender pay gap. ...
News agencies are reporting that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is planning a nationwide increase of Form I-9 audits this summer. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s agency Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) has already doubled the amount of...
The Employer Information Report EEO-1, otherwise known as the EEO-1 Report, is required to be filed with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s EEO-1 Joint Reporting Committee. THE FILING DEADLINE FOR THE 2017 EEO-1 SURVEY HAS BEEN...
A Memphis Light, Gas, & Water (MLGW) in-house attorney filed suit against MLGWfor equitable relief based on lost pay and her forced use of sick leave time when her request to telecommute was denied. The attorney submitted an official accommodation request to be...
Sometimes a manager who has the authority to supervise according to a job description is not exempt from overtime requirements under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The 2ndU.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled a building manager who attended management meetings and...
In FY 2017, the Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) recovered $1.1billion in direct payment to plans, participants and beneficiaries. EBSA reviewed fewer cases but the amount recovered is larger compared to the $777.5 million in total recoveries in fiscal...
After a U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) investigation, a member of the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) and general foreman for a Port Elizabeth terminal operator was sentenced to 24 months in prison for fraudulently collecting a nearly $500,000 annual...
