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EMPLOYMENT
LAW UPDATE: Feds Unveil Plans That Assist
Employees in Bringing Wage and Hour Claims Against
Employers
The
federal Department of Labor issuing the final
regulations amending the Fair Labor Standards Act
(FLSA), particularly with respect to tip pools.
See Employment Law Update:
DOL's Final Rule Amends Wage and Hour
Regulations. But that's not all that the
agency has been up to. It is now
implementing two initiatives that it believes will
assist employees in bringing wage and hour claims
against employers.
The
"App" for Timekeeping
In
May 2011, the DOL's Wage and Hour Division
announced the launch of a timekeeping application
for smartphones that allows employees to
independently track the hours they work and
determine the wages they are owed. It is
available in English and Spanish, and is
compatible with the iPhone and iPod Touch.
The application does not account for taxes,
deductions, and similar amounts. Rather, it
is a basic time tracker that records hours worked,
break times and overtime.
The agency
anticipates future versions for other smartphone
platforms, such as the Android and BlackBerry,
with additional features that will track and
calculate tips, commissions, bonuses, deductions,
holiday pay, pay for weekends, shift
differentials, and pay for regular days of rest.
For employees who do not have an
iPhone or iPod Touch, the agency has a printable
work hours calendar in English and Spanish to
track the rate of pay, work start and stop times,
and arrival and departure times. The
calendar also has a link to the agency website
where there is information about workers' rights
and how to file a wage and hour
violation.
Employers are understandably
concerned about this initiative. Many
employers find it is hard enough to get employees
to clock in and out using the employer's own
timekeeping system. Now, with this
application, these failures will be exacerbated by
an employee who claims that while he failed to use
the employer's system, he remembered to use his
personal system. It is also foreseeable that
employees will incorrectly count time as "worked,"
e.g., paid holidays, or will otherwise incorrectly
record time as "worked," leading to more disputes
and claims for unpaid
wages.
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IRS Announces
New Effort to Help Struggling Taxpayers Get a
Fresh Start
Installment Agreements and Small
Businesses
The IRS will make streamlined
Installment Agreements available to more small
businesses. The payment program will raise the
dollar limit to allow additional small businesses
to participate.
Small businesses with $25,000 or less
in unpaid tax can participate. Currently, only
small businesses with under $10,000 in liabilities
can participate. Small businesses will have 24
months to pay.
For additional information:
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Information
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Verify
Eligibility to
Work
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Under
the Immigration Reform and Control Act,
employers are required to examine certain
documents, such as drivers' licenses, when they
hire new employees. They must then record the
information on I-9 forms and keep the documents
for a specified period of time.
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Responsibilities
By
law, employers must complete an I-9
Employment Eligibility Verification form
for each new hire and keep the forms on file.
Employers must retain the completed I-9 forms
for three years after the date of hire or one
year after the date employment ends, whichever
is
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Employers
are generally not required to verify independent
contractors or their workers. But there's a
catch: If companies knowingly use
subcontractors who employ unauthorized alien
workers, they can expose themselves to potential
I-9 violations.
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Payroll Services
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Are you getting the credit you
deserve?
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| If you
are an employer in the food and beverage industry,
you may be entitled to a credit for the social
security and Medicare taxes you pay on your
employees' tip income. This credit is available
under Internal Revenue Code (IRC) section 45 B,
Credit For Portion Of Employer Social Security
Paid With Respect To Employee Cash Tips. You must
meet both of the following requirements to qualify
for the credit:
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Employee New hire
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Your payroll
package will include a employee New hire form to
help you to submit your new hires more
simply. |
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online. Employees simply log on to our secure
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service account, view and print their check stubs
from the current or prior pay periods. If you take
advantage of SourceOne's Timekeeping, your
employees can also view their time transactions
and hours. Employee Self Service also gives your
employees and contractors the ability to print W2s
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