Labor & Employment Law Update

April 1 is the first day on which the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) will accept H-1B cap-subject petitions for foreign nationals in specialty occupations to begin employment on October 1. For the last few years, every available H-1B visa has been claimed in the first few days of […]

On January 29, 2016, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) announced a proposed revision to the Employer Information Report (“EEO-1”) that would require certain employers with more than 100 employees to submit pay data on an annual basis. The EEOC claims the new data will assist the agency in identifying […]

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) recently issued a proposed rule under the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (“GINA”).  This proposed rule would allow employers that offer wellness programs to provide limited inducements for an employee’s covered spouse to disclose his or her personal health information.   GINA prohibits an employer […]

A few months ago, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) released a new “Jurisdictional Thresholds” infographic that is “intended to help employers, employees, and other interested parties easily determine when OFCCP’s Executive Order 11246, Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act (Section 503), and the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment […]

In Notice 2016-4 (the “Notice”) issued by the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) on December 28, 2015, the IRS extended due dates for the 2015 information reporting forms required to be filed and furnished under the Affordable Care Act (the “ACA”). Pursuant to the Notice: The due date for furnishing the […]