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How the One Big Beautiful Bill Act May Impact Employers

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On July 4, 2025, President Trump signed into law a bill entitled “An Act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14,” generally referred to as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (the OBBBA). The OBBBA...more

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Expect Major Changes to Employment Benefits Under the Incoming Trump Administration

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Although President-elect Trump provided few, if any, specific details surrounding his proposed changes to policies affecting employee benefits during his 2024 presidential campaign, employers and employees should expect a...more

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Separate State Filing Required for Form 1099-NEC

For the 2020 tax year, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) moved reporting of certain nonemployee compensation, including current and deferred compensation paid to independent contractors and corporate directors, from Form...more

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PODCAST: Williams Mullen's Benefits Companion - New Virginia Laws Impacting Worker Classification

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On the latest episode of Williams Mullen's Benefits Companion, host Brydon DeWitt is joined by David Burton, partner with Williams Mullen’s Labor, Employment and Immigration Section, to discuss some very important changes to...more

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Tennessee Now Uses the 20-Factor IRS Test to Identify Independent Contractors (vs. Employees)

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Some of you may be surprised to know that our great State of Tennessee does not use the same definition as the federal government, specifically the IRS, when it comes to defining “independent contractors” vs. “employees.”...more

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Retirement Plan Guidance And Compliance Trends In 2019

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2019 will be a busy compliance year for companies’ human resource and finance leaders and other tasked with overseeing employer-sponsored qualified retirement plans. Compliance trends are coming into view, based on new IRS...more

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Weekly IRS Roundup January 28 – February 1, 2019

Presented below is our summary of significant Internal Revenue Service (IRS) guidance and relevant tax matters for the week of January 28 – February 1, 2019. January 28, 2019: The IRS issued Revenue Ruling 2019-04,...more

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May Benefits Roundup

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The U.S. Department of Labor’s Fiduciary Rule is Finally Dead or Is It? The U.S. Department of Labor (“DoL”) permitted the Fifth Circuit’s decision overruling the fiduciary rule in its entirety on a nationwide basis due to...more

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November 2017: The Top 14 Labor And Employment Law Stories

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It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, there have been an unprecedented number of changes each month in 2017. November was no...more

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House of Representatives Passes the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (H.R. 1); Senate Finance Committee Approves Modified Version; Comparison...

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Yesterday afternoon, the House of Representatives passed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (H.R. 1) (the “House bill”). The House bill is identical to the draft bill approved by the House Ways and Means Committee on November 10. Late...more

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The Gig Economy, Independent Contractors, and New York Law

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The gig economy (on-demand work) is a disruptive factor in many industries, including the housing market (Airbnb, Homeaway), transportation services (Uber, Lyft, Juno, Via), delivery services (Postmates, Caviar, Instacart),...more

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Federal Agencies Go After “Misclassified” Landmen

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Are your landmen independent contractors? Are they employees? What do they look like to the government?...more

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