Classification

IRS Worker Classification Audits—Risks And Relief Options

by Vicki M. Nielsen | Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 5/23/2013

The battle between the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and taxpayers continues over independent contractor treatment. ...more

Employment Law Newsletter - May 2013

by Arianna Gleckel, Rachelle E. Hill | Bean, Kinney & Korman, PC on 5/8/2013

In This Issue: - Thinking about Hiring an Unpaid Summer Intern? What You Need to Know - Pets in the Workplace: Should Your Company Open its Doors to Employees’ Furry Friends? - Excerpt from Thinking about...more

IRS Worker Classification – What Is The Common Law Test?

by David Gair | Looper Reed & McGraw, P.C. on 4/29/2013

A common mistake for new business owners is how it classifies its workers. Many people think you can just elect to treat people as independent contractors and thus avoid the cost and headache associated with having...more

Taxation Of Computer Software Sales: Ordinary Income, Capital Gain, Or Both?

by David Blum | Levenfeld Pearlstein on 4/29/2013

The taxation of computer software is complex, confusing, and in some circumstances, uncertain; although self-created computer software is routinely sold today, especially with the significant increase in the number of...more

EU Customs Practice Group - March 2013

by White & Case LLP on 4/16/2013

In This Issue: *EU CUSTOMS POLICY - Recast MCC/UCC developments *TARIFFS - Update on duty suspensions/tariff quotas - GSP Regime Developments - Commission amends list of biological or...more

What’s on the Regulatory Horizon Part Two: Wage and Hour Division Tips Its Hand

by Alfred B. Robinson, Jr. | Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 2/25/2013

In the first part of this series, we examined the three major strategies in the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) regulatory agenda. In part two of this two-part series, we will look at one regulatory topic of great interest....more

Wage and Hour Laws - Are Your Employees Exempt or Non-Exempt?

by Rebecka Whitmarsh | Wilentz, Goldman & Spitzer P.A. on 2/15/2013

Labor and employment lawyers expect the Department of Labor to increase the number of audits it conducts this year. To protect your business from lawsuits, fines and fees, you should review your exempt and non-exempt job...more

Sixth Circuit Confirms Exempt Status of Mortgage Loan Originators

by Kara Shea | Butler, Snow, O'Mara, Stevens and Cannada,... on 2/7/2013

Employers who rely on exempt classifications to avoid paying overtime—and particularly employers in the banking and financial services industries—should take in interest in a recent ruling affirming the exempt status of a...more

EU Customs Practice Group - December 2012

by White & Case LLP on 1/22/2013

In This Issue: EU CUSTOMS POLICY: - MCC recast/UCC - 2012 revision of the Electronic Customs Multi-Annual Strategic Plan - Council Conclusions on the Progress on the Strategy for the Evolution of the...more

International Employment Law Review - January 2013, Issue 3

by Samer Amro, Alan Berkowitz, Thomas Johnson, Phillippe Thomas, Charles Wynn-Evans | Dechert LLP on 1/21/2013

Welcome to the latest edition of the International Employment Law Review, presented by Dechert’s Labor and Employment Practice. In this issue, we examine the most significant employment law developments of the year thus far...more

IRS Issues Final and Temporary Regulations on Supporting Organizations

by Proskauer - Not for Profit/Exempt... on 1/10/2013

Many practitioners have been anxious to leaf through regulations to confidently determine whether an organization is a “functionally integrated” or “non-functionally integrated” Type III supporting organization, and the...more

IRS Guidance Favorably Modifies Voluntary Worker Classification Settlement Program

by David Diaz, Diane M. Morgenthaler, Ruth Wimer | McDermott Will & Emery on 1/5/2013

One year ago the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) published Announcement 2011-64, which provided a Voluntary Classification Settlement Program (VCSP) for employers to treat their workers as common law employees rather than...more

EU Customs Practice Group - November 2012

by White & Case LLP on 12/15/2012

In This Issue: * EU CUSTOMS POLICY - MCC/UCC recast proposal * TARIFFS - Update on duty suspensions/tariff quotas - EU preferences adopted for Pakistan - FTA update * CLASSIFICATION -...more

Employee Classification: Employers Must Get It Right Or Face Costly Penalties

by Thomas L. Watson, II | Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 12/13/2012

Earlier this year, the Louisiana Workforce Commission (LWC) and the Wage and Hour Division of the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) signed a Memorandum of Understanding to exchange information received by the agencies. Louisiana...more

A Second Obama Administration’s Impact on Labor and Employment Issues

by Jessica Corbett, Jeffrey Pasek | Cozen O'Connor on 11/13/2012

With the re-election of Barack Obama and the prospect of continued political gridlock at the congressional level, the administration will likely turn to regulatory and administrative avenues in an effort to pursue workplace...more

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