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Article updated 9/1/2020 Following recent comments made by Secretary of Treasury Steven Mnuchin regarding the permissive nature of the IRS’s published guidance relating to deferral of certain payroll taxes, the following article has been updated to clarify that the deferral of payroll taxes by employers is not mandatory under the […]

On August 24, 2020, the Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division released a field assistance bulletin, providing guidance to employers on compliance with the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) for employees working remotely. The FLSA requires an employer to pay its employees for all hours the employees are “suffered […]

In addition to again extending the flexibility in complying with requirements related to Form I-9s due to COVID-19 for employers and workplaces operating remotely to September 19th, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service has made a change to a long-standing policy on acceptable documentation with respect to Employment Authorization Document […]

On August 11th, Omaha’s City Council unanimously passed an emergency ordinance that places minimum requirements on when and where individuals must wear masks when entering premises around the City.  In addition to placing a legal duty on the general public to wear masks, the ordinance also places a duty on […]

The IRS has issued guidance addressing employer reporting requirements for qualified sick leave and qualified family leave wages under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA).  The FFCRA is one of the first pieces of federal legislation that was enacted in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.  It requires employers with […]