As the pandemic continues to scar wide portions of our society, a number of employees have expressed to their employers an interest in donating their own PTO to help co-workers and community members adversely impacted by...more
7/17/2020
/ Charitable Organizations ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Infectious Diseases ,
IRS ,
Paid Time Off (PTO) ,
Revenue Rulings ,
Sick Leave ,
Tax Deductions ,
Wage and Hour ,
Workplace Safety
Businesses struggling with the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic crisis received good news late last night when the Senate passed an unprecedented piece of legislation aimed at providing a massive stimulus to...more
3/31/2020
/ CARES Act ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Employee Benefits ,
Employee Retention ,
Federal Labor Laws ,
Paid Leave ,
Payroll Taxes ,
Small Business ,
Small Business Loans ,
Tax Credits ,
Unemployment Benefits ,
Unemployment Insurance ,
Wage and Hour
The Senate passed the Families First Coronavirus Response Act today, an economic stimulus plan aimed at addressing the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on Americans and introducing paid sick leave and an expanded family and...more
3/18/2020
/ Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Employee Benefits ,
Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) ,
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) ,
Health and Safety ,
Infectious Diseases ,
Medical Testing ,
New Legislation ,
Paid Leave ,
Paid Sick Leave Act ,
Paid Time Off (PTO) ,
Public Health ,
Sick Leave ,
Tax Credits ,
Trump Administration ,
Unemployment Insurance ,
Wage and Hour ,
Workplace Safety
As free meals have become the norm at technology companies, an unexpected byproduct of such a perk is the decreasing customer base for local restaurants. In an attempt to thwart this trend, Mountain View and San Francisco...more
Late last year, Congress passed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the “Act”) and it was quickly signed by the President. The Act seeks to reform the current tax system and contains numerous provisions that may be significant to...more
3/12/2018
/ Affordable Care Act ,
Compensation & Benefits ,
Disaster Aid ,
Employee Relocations ,
Equity Grants ,
Excise Tax ,
Fringe Benefits ,
Health Insurance ,
Incentive Awards ,
Income Taxes ,
Individual Mandate ,
IRA Rollovers ,
IRS ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Qualified Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) ,
Retirement Plan ,
Roth IRA ,
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act ,
Tax Deductions ,
Tax Exempt Entities ,
Tax Exemptions ,
Tax Reform ,
Trump Administration ,
Wage and Hour
While most employers were preparing for the long holiday weekend, the U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL) announced a series of civil penalty increases that will impact the nation’s employers in the very near future. On June 30,...more
7/6/2016
/ Child Labor ,
Civil Monetary Penalty ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Immigration and Nationality Act ,
OSHA ,
Visas ,
Wage and Hour