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Glitch for PTO banks: Constructive receipt

05/25/2017
Before you take the leap into PTOs, two private letter rulings from the IRS may temper your enthusiasm for them by dredging up the dreaded concept of constructive receipt.

IRS ramping up 100% penalties for payroll tax violations

05/25/2017
The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) has made five recommendations to the IRS on improving the Sec. 6672 assessment process. Bad news: The IRS has agreed to implement four of them. Bottom line: Expect more 100% penalty assessments

A Swedish sigh of … relief?

05/25/2017
Employers in the Swedish village of Övertorneå may have been alone in cheering the town council’s recent decision not to mandate weekly one-hour paid sex breaks.

Trump: Cut DOL budget 20%, fund paid leave

05/25/2017
President Trump’s proposed fiscal year 2018 budget calls for establishing the first-ever federal paid leave mandate, dramatically shrinks the U.S. Department of Labor and places enforcement of anti-discrimination rules aimed at federal contractors under the EEOC.

Trump proposes paid parental leave, funded by unemployment insurance

05/24/2017
The Trump administration’s formal fiscal year 2018 budget proposal, set to be released May 23, is expected to ask Congress to create a state-run program granting new mothers and fathers up to six weeks of paid leave following the birth or adoption of a child.

13 is a magic salary number

05/24/2017
New research by ADP has found that a 13% raise is the salary-increase tipping point at which employees will jump to a new job.

Can a worker be both exempt and nonexempt?

05/23/2017
Q: “We have an exempt employee who sometimes works weekends in a different role, which is nonexempt. Should the exempt employee be paid straight time or overtime?” – Natalie, Virginia

Employers struggle with paid leave mandates

05/19/2017
A poll by the National Partnership for Women and Families shows that 82% of U.S. citizens surveyed favor some sort of paid sick leave. But paid leave enjoys much less support from employers.

Beware creative workers’ comp fraud: The case of the ‘sprinkler selfie’ injury

05/18/2017
Florida says fraud is one reason workers’ comp premiums for businesses rose by 14.5% last year.

Collect unemployment during furloughs in Minnesota?

05/17/2017
Q. As a labor cost-cutting measure we are scheduling employees for three weeks on and one week off. We expect to keep this schedule indefinitely. Can employees collect unemployment for the one week they are off?