717-299-1100New Notice Issued For Fair Credit Reporting Act
If you perform background checks (including criminal or credit background checks) on your applicants or employees, you should be aware that, if the checks are done through a third Read More …
Employers Brace For Second Round Of Employer Mandate Assessments
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (“ACA”), also known as Obamacare, has faced serious and rising criticism since it was signed into law more than eight years ago. Read More …
President Signs Executive Order Aimed At Increasing Availability Of Multi-Employer Retirement Plans For Small Employers
On August 31, 2018, President Trump signed an Executive Order directing the Department of Labor and the Department of the Treasury to consider issuing regulations that would raise the Read More …
PCORI Fees Increase in 2018
As you know, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (“ACA”) amended the Internal Revenue Code (“IRC”) to add Sections 4375 and 4376. These provisions require payment of the Read More …
Supreme Court Upholds Class Action Waiver In Arbitration Agreements
On May 21, 2018, in a 5-4 decision, the United States Supreme Court upheld the use of class action waivers in employment arbitration agreements. Epic Systems Corp. v. Lewis, No. Read More …
New Procedure For Disability Claims Processing Goes Into Effect
On April 1, 2018, the United States Department of Labor (“DOL”) final regulations that revise the claims procedure requirements for disability benefits plans under the Employee Retirement Income Security Read More …
NLRB Vacates Decision On Joint Employment
On January 3, 2018, we reported that the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) in Hy-Brand Industrial Contractors, Ltd. and Brandt Construction Co., 365 NLRB No. 156 (NLRB 2017), had overturned Browning-Ferris Industries, Read More …
Employers Must Begin Using New Income Tax Withholding Tables By February 15, 2018
You already know that President Donald Trump signed the “Tax Cuts and Jobs Act” into law on December 22, 2017. Among other things, the new law cut corporate tax Read More …
Immigration And Customs Enforcement Ramps Up Employment Eligibility Inspections
Recently, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (“ICE”) announced that the agency would significantly increase worksite investigations of employers in 2018. Employers of all sizes are subject to audits of workers’ Read More …
Third Circuit Finds No Religious Discrimination Against Employee Who Refused To Get A Flu Shot
In Fallon v. Mercy Catholic Medical Center of Southeastern Pennsylvania, No. 16-3573 (3d Cir. December 14, 2017), the Third Circuit Court of Appeals (which covers Pennsylvania) found no religious Read More …