Insight and Information on Louisiana Law, Litigation, and Legal Culture
The IRS is starting to notify employers of their potential liability under Obamacare’s employer mandate for the 2015 calendar year. According to the IRS, the determinations are based on the employer’s 1094-C/1095-C informational returns filed for the 2015 tax year as well as individual tax information filed by the employer’s employees.
The IRS will notify…
As employers are well-aware, the Affordable Care Act (ACA or “Obamacare”) imposes certain minimum employee health insurance coverage requirements for employers that employ 50 or more fulltime employees (aka “applicable large employers”). Employers who do not meet the employee coverage mandate face statutory penalties for non-compliance. In the face of these additional costs, some employers…
OSHA’s regulation at 29 CFR § 1904 requires employers with more than 10 employees in most industries to keep records of occupational injuries and illnesses at their business establishments. The regulation was first issued in 1971. Covered employers must record each recordable employee injury and illness on an OSHA Form 300, known as the “Log…
Companies that anticipate filing petitions for new H-1B visas to employ foreign guest workers in a “specialty occupation” should begin working now with their immigration counsel to ready their petitions for filing with the United States Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS). Specialty occupations eligible for employment in H-1B status are those for which a four-year…
From New York to Hollywood and now New Orleans, well-publicized allegations of sexual harassment have dominated the news. Click here for a recent CNN article on a recent issue. Sexual harassment is unlawful and can lead to much bigger issues than bad press. Click here for information on sex-based discrimination from the U.S. Equal Employment…
Employers covered by the Fair Labor Standards Act should take note of references on the Web site of the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) about the “We Can Help” nationwide campaign.
A “News Release,” dated April 1, 2010, on the DOL Web site refers to the “`We Can Help’ nationwide…
