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Compensation & Benefits

In the Payroll Mailbag: June ’20

05/20/2020
Which employer-paid benefits are taxable? … Are covid-19 bonuses included in the regular rate?

Snack attack? Better be prepared to eat half the cost

05/20/2020
Proposed regulations consider snacks in break rooms, such as free water and cookies, to be meal expenses, subject to the 50% limit on deductions on your Form 1120.

IRS consolidates two more payment field offices

05/20/2020
As of July 1, the IRS is closing two business payment P.O. Boxes (i.e., lockbox addresses) in the Cincinnati and Hartford areas.

It could happen: What you can do if state UC rates increase

05/20/2020
States may raise their unemployment contribution rates next year. Strategy: If you’re willing to budget just a little bit more—by paying so-called voluntary contributions—you may come out ahead.

Payroll practice essentials: W-4s for 2nd half of 2020

05/20/2020
Employees can rectify withholding mistakes during the second half of the year, but they must act fast.

Abortion excluded from 10% of employee coverage

05/19/2020
Ten percent of workers are employed by an organization that has asked their insurer or third-party administrator to exclude abortion coverage from their health plan, according to research by the Kaiser Family Foundation.

EEOC’s annual EEO-1 reports postponed until March 2021

05/12/2020
Employers won’t have to submit annual EEO-1 reports to the EEOC this year. The commission announced May 7 it was temporarily postponing collection of EEO-1 workplace demographic data because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Snapshot: What new benefits have employers introduced?

05/12/2020
46% of employers surveyed say they offer new well-being benefits because of the coronavirus outbreak. Here’s a sampling of recently added perks.

Review pension plan for age discrimination

05/07/2020
Here’s a $5.4 million reminder that discriminating on the basis of age when administering employee benefits violates federal law.

COBRA compliance, notice deadlines extended

05/07/2020
Because employers may be working with skeleton staffs, some of the necessary paperwork associated with coronavirus-related terminations may have slipped through the cracks. The federal government has extended several deadlines so employers can catch up.