Publications

When is the last time your organization reviewed its Telephone Communications Protection Act (TCPA) compliance policy? With recent clarifications to the TCPA made by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), now may be the time to pull your TCPA policy off the shelf and give it a once-over. In July 2015, […]

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 […]

For H-1B nonimmigrant visas subject to the cap, April 1, 2016, is the first day on which the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) will accept H-1B cap-subject petitions for foreign national professionals in specialty occupations. Cap-subject H-1B visas become available each year on October 1 — and filings with […]