Annual Benefits Forum: How To Be an ERISA Superhero
Take 5 Immigration Podcast Series: Episode 10
II-31- The Changing 9 to 5 From 1980 to Today
II-30- Tackling 3 Big Wage and Hour Questions for Employers
II-29- E-Mail Curfews, the DOL’s New Self-Audit Program, Social Media Discovery, and Other Noteworthy Employment Law Trends and Developments
Navigating wage and hour compliance is more complex than ever. This complimentary, interactive in-person briefing goes beyond the basics to explore the real-world challenges employers are facing today. Led by our dedicated...more
On July 24, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced several self-audit and voluntary compliance programs across six of its agencies aimed at what the agency describes as helping employers, unions, and benefit plan...more
The U.S. Department of Labor has officially revived its Payroll Audit Independent Determination (PAID) program. Designed to help employers proactively resolve FLSA issues—and now, for the first time, certain FMLA...more
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) began terminations of employees on February 20, 2025, with initial news reports of layoffs set to 6,000 terminations and a stated intent to downsize its workforce by upwards of 50 percent as...more
California AB 3234, signed into law on September 22, 2024, establishes new reporting obligations for California employers who voluntarily choose to conduct a social compliance audit, either in whole or in part, to determine...more
This is the tenth installment in a series of articles intended to provide the reader with a very high-level overview of the Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Act of 1970 and the Occupational Safety and Health...more
Over 11 million people are likely in the United States without legal authorization to work, accounting for over 3% of our workforce. This often forces employers to choose between essential employment compliance and economic...more
Most HR professionals are no strangers to technology, particularly when it comes to using applicant tracking systems and human resource information systems to hire workers and track key employment data. However, recent...more
How does the Supreme Court of the United States’ ban on affirmative action in higher education affect government contractors? In short—it doesn’t. Covered federal contractors and subcontractors must continue to comply with...more
Financial Institution Diversity Voluntary Self-Assessments: Due September 30 - On July 13, the FDIC issued a financial institution letter announcing that FDIC-supervised financial institutions are encouraged to...more
Most employers think of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and see a dense series of interwoven regulations, aggressive investigators, and a hammer in search of a nail (i.e., citable violative conduct)....more
The IRS pilot program allows a plan sponsor to conduct a self-examination before a full or limited retirement plan audit would be initiated. In its June 3, 2022, Employee Plans Newsletter, IRS Employee Plans announced a...more
Employers will have the opportunity to review and self-correct retirement plan failures upon being identified for plan examination by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). The IRS announced in early June 2022 the rollout of a...more
The Internal Revenue Service recently announced a new pilot pre-examination retirement plan compliance program initiated in June. If you are a plan sponsor, do not play ostrich should you receive an IRS Pre-Examination...more
On June 3, 2022, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced a new pilot program aimed at qualified retirement plan compliance. Pursuant to the program, the IRS will issue a letter to the plan administrator which provides a...more
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (“TCEQ”) 2021 Enforcement Report has a new look—lending itself to being read on-screen, rather than spiral-bound. The TCEQ releases an “Enforcement Update” toward the end of each...more
On August 1, 2021, an overhaul of the licensing requirements for Minnesota assisted living facilities (codified at Minn. Stat. 144G.08-9999) went into effect. Under the new law, which was also discussed in a previous Dorsey...more
Williams Mullen Employee Benefits team share their superpowers and help you fight villains like noncompliance, penalties, and operational errors including; guarding against ineligible dependents with self-audit tips, decoding...more
Let the Williams Mullen Employee Benefits team share their superpowers and help you fight villains like noncompliance, penalties, and operational errors! You’ll be ready to: - Guard against ineligible dependents with our...more
For the first time, the U.S. Department of Labor's (DOL) Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) has released cybersecurity guidance aimed at protecting workers' retirement benefits. The guidance, which was released...more
Since the November presidential election, most trade journals have expressed the same or similar headlines: “The Joe Biden/Kamala Harris administration will elevate enforcement for violation of environmental rules and...more
On February 5, 2021, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued updated Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) regarding its Audit Policy Program, signaling that the Biden Administration will continue to support...more
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has announced the immediate termination of its Payroll Audit Independent Determination (PAID) program. The PAID program began in March 2018 as a pilot program to allow employers an...more
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) Creates the Find It and Fix It Program (FIFI): A Permian Basin Only, Short-term Option for Penalty-Free Resolution of Oil & Gas Air Quality Violations - The TCEQ Office of...more
In Episode 10 of the Take 5 Immigration Podcast Series, Melissa discusses a topic that is oftentimes overlooked until a company is notified of a state or federal immigration audit, or when an issue involving employee status...more