New Website for E-Verify
Submitted by Ali Law Group PC on April 16, 2018 The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) recently announced that the electronic employment eligibility verification system (E-Verify) now has a dedicated website. Employers can now access E-Verify anytime, directly from a web browser whereas before information was found throughout the government’s website. Employers will now […]
Amendment to the FLSA Results in New Tip Pool Rules
Submitted by Kerith McElroy on April 13, 2018 On March 23, 2018, President Trump signed the Consolidated Appropriations Act for 2018 (Act) into law, which vacated the United States Department of Labor’s (DOL) 2011 regulations that barred tip pooling when employers do not claim a tip credit under section 3(m) of the Fair Labor Standards […]
Supreme Court Rejects “Narrow Construction” Principle for FLSA Exemptions
Submitted by Ali Law Group PC on April 10, 2018 On April 2, 2018, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its ruling in Encino Motorcars, LLC v. Navarro, in which it specifically rejected the longstanding principle that exemptions under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) should be “narrowly construed.” 584 U.S. ___ (2018). Pursuant to the FLSA, […]
The IRS Requests Comments on Scope of Determination Letter Program for Individually Designed Plans
Submitted by Ali Law Group PC on April 7, 2018 On April 5, 2018, the IRS announced the potential expansion of the scope of the determination letter program for individually designed plans during the 2019 calendar year. In Notice 2018-24, the IRS requested comments on specific types of plans for which the Treasury Department and […]
Proposed Rules Extend Short-Term, Limited-Duration Insurance
Submitted by Ali Law Group PC on April 2, 2018 In response to President Trump’s October 2017 Executive Order, the Departments of Health and Human Services, Labor, and the Treasury issued a proposed rule to amend the definition of short-term, limited duration insurance. The rule proposes to expand the availability of short-term, limited-duration health insurance […]
Supreme Court Holds that Employers Must Interpret Collective Bargaining Agreements in Accordance with “Ordinary Contract Principles”
Submitted by Ali Law Group PC on March 31, 2018 Recently, the Supreme Court reversed a Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals decision involving the vesting of retiree medical benefits in employee collective bargaining agreements. In CNH Industrial v. Reese, 583 U. S. ____ (2018), the Court found that the lower court had misconstrued a collective […]