by John Ross | Nov 19, 2021 | Compliance Newsletter, Employer Compliance, Perspectives
Background The Biden administration called upon OSHA to create a vaccination mandate by use of an OSHA Emergency Temporary Standard. The issued OSHA standard requires businesses with 100 or more employees to comply with strict vaccination and testing guidelines for...
by John Ross | Nov 19, 2021 | Compliance Newsletter, Employer Compliance, Perspectives
As the calendar pages fall away, the final quarter of the calendar year is approaching the final month tomake sure everything is addressed properly. Now is the time to assess progress with closing out thepayroll year and to take stock of what still needs to be...
by John Ross | Nov 19, 2021 | Compliance Newsletter, Employer Compliance, Perspectives
There have been numerous changes to the Employee Retention Credits (ERC) program over the past months. The latest is that the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) terminates ERC employer credits effective September 30, 2021. The problem is that IIJA was not...
by John Ross | Oct 29, 2021 | Compliance Newsletter, Employer Compliance, Perspectives
President Biden directed OSHA to write a rule requiring employers with at least 100 workers to force employees to get vaccinated or produce weekly test results showing they are virus-free. Currently, More than 190 million Americans are fully vaccinated… but the White...
by John Ross | Oct 29, 2021 | Compliance Newsletter, Employer Compliance, Perspectives
Just hours before expiration, Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker signed legislation extending the mandate for state employers to continue providing emergency paid leave related to COVID-19. These COVID-19 paid leave obligations will now continue until April 1, 2022. MA...
by John Ross | Oct 29, 2021 | Compliance Newsletter, Employer Compliance, Perspectives
There have been recently announced changes to the Massachusetts Paid Family Medical Leave laws. On October 1, 2021, the Department of Family and Medical Leave announced that starting in 2022, the maximum benefit under PFML will increase, yet employer contributions...
