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The U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division ("WHD") is responsible for providing guidance regarding wage and hour questions that arise under the Fair Labor Standards Act ("FLSA"). Historically, the WHD has used Opinion Letters as a vehicle to provide guidance...
The DOL has announced April 1, 2018 as the effective date for its final disability claims procedure regulations. The regulations were originally slated to apply to disability claims filed on or after January 1, 2018. (See the Alert of 12-22-2016.) However, in November...
Medicine must address #MeToo moment—and beyond - David Gabor, AMA Wire, June 11, 2018
The Department of Labor has issued proposed regulations that would allow "bona fide groups or associations of employers" to more easily join together to form Association Health Plans ("AHPs") that offer group health coverage to member employers and their employees...
The IRS has issued Notice 2018-06, which provides an automatic 30-day extension to the deadline for Applicable Large Employers ("ALEs") to distribute the 2017 Affordable Care Act ("ACA") reporting forms to employees and covered individuals. NOTE: This extended...
The issue of missing participants in terminating defined contribution plans is not a new one. The issue was addressed by the Department of Labor in Field Assistance Bulletin, 2014-01, Fiduciary Duties and Missing Participants in Terminated Defined Contribution Plans...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ("CMS") has announced the Medicare Part A deductibles and Part B premiums for 2018. Medicare Part A covers inpatient hospital and hospice care, while Part B covers outpatient services such as doctors' visits. The Part A...
Exes and Taxes – Regina Mandl, Associated Press, December 22, 2017
Today, President Trump signed the tax bill (formerly known as "The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act") into law. The tax bill had to be renamed as the not-too-catchy "Act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to titles II and V of the concurrent resolution on the budget for...
House and Senate Republicans voted along party lines yesterday and into the early hours today to pass a tax reform bill, after weeks of wrangling by both Chambers to reconcile the respective versions of their bills (the "House Bill" and "Senate Bill", respectively.)...