On Dec. 31. 2019, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued the 2020 optional standard mileage rates, which are used to calculate the deductible costs of operating an automobile for business, … Continue reading IRS Announces 2020 Standard Mileage Rates
Employers With 1-49 Employees Exempt From Paid Sick Leave Requirement Michigan has amended its paid sick leave law to generally require Michigan employers with 50 or more employees to provide paid … Continue reading Michigan Amends Paid Sick Leave Law Effective in March 2019
Stay up-to date! Please click on Video link above, under Resources, to review the monthly Nelson HR Report video for August 2018. Plenty of HR Hot Topics are discussed by Vanessa … Continue reading Nelson HR Report – August 2018 – HR HOT Topics!
Employers Are Not Required to Submit I-9s to USCIS The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) recently issued an alert warning of scam emails that appear to come from USCIS … Continue reading USCIS Issues Form I-9 Scam Alert
A few years ago, Syed Rizwan Farook and Tashfeen Malik, a married couple, shot and killed 14 people and injured 21 others at the Inland Regional Center in San Bernardino, California. … Continue reading 10 Ways to Spot Potentially Violent Employees in the Workplace
The U.S. Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) has issued a final rule that (among other things) requires certain employers to electronically submit injury and illness data. Final Rule The … Continue reading New OSHA Rule Requirement – Electronic Record-keeping
The U.S. Labor Department last year proposed a rule to increase the standard salary level for executive, administrative and professional exemptions and the minimum total annual compensation level for the … Continue reading 10 Steps to Prepare for New Overtime Rule
On Wednesday, April 6, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) released a final rule expanding the number of persons that are subject to fiduciary standards when they provide retirement investment … Continue reading DOL Issues Final ‘Fiduciary’ Definition and Rules
President Barack Obama marked Labor Day by signing an executive order on Monday, September 7, that requires paid sick leave for employees of federal contractors. This would impact an estimated … Continue reading President Signs Order Requiring Paid Sick Leave
The U.S. Supreme Court has held that the United States Constitution requires states to license a marriage between two people of the same sex, and to recognize a marriage between … Continue reading Same-Sex Marriage Decision and Employer Implications
