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Reducing Unemployment Compensation Payouts Recent revisions to Florida’s Unemployment Compensation law should result in the payment of fewer employee claims, and, presumably, lower unemployment taxes for employers. The change applies to terminations occurring after June 27, 2011. Generally, the Florida Agency for Workforce Innovation denies unemployment benefit claims only when…

Just as employers were starting to revise policies and understand the impact of significant changes to employment laws in 2008, they are faced with complicated changes recently enacted and already effective in 2009. New COBRA Rules: The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (“ARRA”) was enacted to help workers…

Have you told your employees about the Earned Income Credit (EIC)? The EIC is a refundable tax credit for certain workers. IRS Notice 1015 (Rev. December 2007) advises employers that they must notify the following workers about the EIC, “[E]ach employee who worked for you at any time during the…

Are you knowingly employing an illegal alien? The new Department of Homeland Security (DHS) rules provide that even if you are not knowingly employing an illegal alien, you may be found to have constructive knowledge that you are employing an illegal alien. However, the rules provide a new safe harbor procedure…

As you may be aware, in late August the Department of Labor (DOL) implemented new regulations for the white-collar exemptions (executive, administrative, and professional) to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Congress continues to wrestle with the regulations and funding related to the changes, however, the changes are in effect….