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Compensation & Benefits

What’s the reimbursement rate for work mileage employees put on their personal vehicles?

02/27/2017
Q. Some of my employees are required to drive their personal cars to and from various worksites during working hours. Do I have to compensate these employees for the miles they drive during this travel? If so, how much per mile must I reimburse them for?

Bull market has 401(k) balances hitting records

02/23/2017
The average balance in U.S. employees’ 401(k) savings plans is $92,500, up about 5% from a year ago.

Health plans: Regs, regs and more regs

02/21/2017
Three federal agencies—the IRS, the Department of Labor and the Department of Health and Human Services—hold sway over group health plans. Each agency has issued regulations that will affect your group plan.

In the Payroll Mailbag …

02/21/2017
What counts as a uniform? … Is bike sharing a legitimate pretax commuter benefit?

The higher salary level test is dead, but not for everyone

02/21/2017
Regulations under the Fair Labor Standards Act were to have raised the guaranteed weekly salary for exempt employees, but a federal court has issued an injunction preventing those regs from going into effect.

Employee’s calculation error doesn’t invalidate OT claim

02/21/2017
A federal appeals court ruled that an employee was entitled to prove at trial that she was owed overtime pay for time that her employer should have known she was working, despite her mistake in calculating her overtime pay rate.

IRS muses on cafeteria plan benefits

02/21/2017
The IRS has released four information letters in which it discusses the requirements for cafeteria plan benefits.

Use Forms 6765 & 8974 to figure payroll tax R&D credit

02/21/2017
The picture has now become clearer with the release of revised Form 6765 and new Form 8974 for tax year 2016.

Applicant who used fake SSN owed $1.4 million from employer

02/21/2017
A federal trial court ruled that an employer violated Title VII when it denied a job based solely on a false Social Security number.

W-2/1099 safe harbor begins to take shape

02/21/2017
The new safe harbor for de minimis errors on W-2s and 1099s gets its first test drive with forms filed this year. But, according to the IRS, it’s payees who are in the driver’s seat.