The Rap on Wraps
There’s a good chance you use a wrap document to help satisfy your Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) summary plan description (SPD) obligations. Yet if you look for a...
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Deadline Approaching: Post Form 300A (Summary of Work-Related Illnesses and Injuries)
This is a reminder that from February 1 through April 30, 2018, impacted employers are required to post a copy of their 2017 Form 300A (Summary of Work-Related Illnesses and...
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Driving in to 2018
How Changes to the Mileage Reimbursement Rate and Qualified Transportation Benefits Will Impact Employers in 2018 On December 14, 2017, the Internal Revenue Service released the 2018 standard mileage rates...
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New Year, New Penalties
Department of Labor Publishes Updated Penalties for OSHA Violations On January 2, 2018, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) published updated, inflation-adjusted penalties for violations of various laws regulated by...
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An Early Gift for Employers: Recent NLRB Decisions Create More Predictability
Twas eleven days before Christmas, when all through the land, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) announced it was taking a stand. What came as welcome news just two weeks...
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Are You Ready to Electronically Report Injuries and Illnesses to OSHA?
December 1, 2017 is the deadline for certain employers to use the Occupational Safety and Health Agency’s (OSHA) Injury Tracking Application (ITA) portal to report information from their 2016 Form...
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OSHA Online Portal for Electronic Submission of Injury and Illness Reports Opens August 1
On August 1, 2017, Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) injury tracking application (ITA) portal will be available to employers. The portal allows employers to electronically report information about workplace...
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OSHA Delays Electronic Deadline Reporting
OSHA has announced an extension to its July 1, 2017 electronic reporting of illness and injury data (2016 Form 3000A).
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OSHA’s Controversial “Union Walkaround Rule” Rescinded
Hailed as a positive change for employers, last month the Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) voluntarily withdrew a 2013 OHSA interpretation letter that changed more than 35 years of policy by allowing non-collectively bargained workers to designate a person affiliated with a union or a community organization to act as their personal representative during an OSHA inspection or to act on their behalf as a walkaround representative.
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Can Employees’ Social Media Comments Ever Cross the Line?
We’ve all read or heard about people who have been “Facebook fired” or reprimanded for making disparaging posts or comments on social networking sites.
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Leadership at NLRB and DOL Finalized
NLRB Chairman Philip A. Miscimarra Appointed On April 24, 2017, President Trump appointed Philip A. Miscimarra Chairman of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). President Trump will have the opportunity...
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Department of Labor Delays Enforcement of the Fiduciary Duty Rule
On April 4, 2017, the Department of Labor (DOL) announced that the applicability date for the final fiduciary rule will be extended, and published its final rule extending the applicability...
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