The Wage and Hour Division of the U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL) has taken the next step in its nearly-six-year-old "fissured industries" initiative by releasing Administrator鈥檚 Interpretation No. 2016-1, dealing with concepts of "joint employment" under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and the federal Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act (MSPA).
On December 28th, the IRS issued Notice 2016-4 extending the 2015 filing deadlines for information reporting under Internal Revenue Code Sections 6055 and 6056. Notice 2016-4 provides an automatic extension for the filing deadlines, so no requests for extensions are necessary.
On December 18, 2015, President Obama signed the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016 (Act) delaying the effective date of the 鈥淐adillac Tax鈥 until 2020 and making the tax deductible. Leading opponents of the tax have said they would continue to press for it to be rescinded altogether.
Looking for training on the Davis-Bacon and Related Acts but missed AGC of America鈥檚 recent webinar on the topic? An archive of each session of the two-part webinar 鈥淯nderstanding Davis-Bacon Compliance and Enforcement Act鈥 held December 10 and 15 is now available for purchase and immediate viewing from AGC鈥檚 online store. Visit http://store.agc.org/ and search for product codes WB355 and WB357. Be sure to log in to see discounted AGC-member pricing.
On December 10, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) issued a final rule requiring the installation and use of electronic logging devices (ELDs) on commercial motor vehicles used in interstate commerce. The rule, scheduled to go into effect on December 10, 2017, mandates the use of ELDs for all drivers who are currently required to use records of duty status log books. These electronic devices are intended to be used for the enforcement of FMCSA鈥檚 Hours of Service Rules for truck drivers.
Health insurance costs continue to increase. Affordable Care Act (ACA) compliance efforts are quickly heating up. As you begin planning for your company鈥檚 2016 health insurance renewal and want to explore ways to save money and give employees more flexibility, control and value, now is the time to explore options for building a better, more cost-effective employee benefits package that meets the compliance requirements of the ACA.
The National Labor Relations Board (鈥淣LRB鈥 or the 鈥淏oard鈥) has held that a construction employer with an 8(f) collective bargaining agreement need not comply with the notice requirements imposed by Section 8(d) of the National Labor Relations Act (the 鈥淎ct鈥).
AGC is seeking presentations for one of its most sought-after annual conferences, the Construction HR and Training Professionals Conference. For 2016, the conference will be located in Chicago, IL, October 5-7. A Federal Construction HR Workshop will be held October 5, in conjunction with the Conference.
Teri Jones, SUNDT
As a professional working in the Business Development world, you are probably acutely aware that the reason for your existence is to Develop Business and that entails more than fine dining and golf! Pre-Winning plays a large role in your company鈥檚 ability to secure the type of work, and build the type of relationships, that will produce the desired results.
In January of 2015, the Department of Homeland Security鈥檚 U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) began a new practice of deleting E-Verify transaction records that are more than 10 years old. As a result, employers lost access in E-Verify to cases created prior to Dec. 31, 2004, unless data was downloaded using USCIS鈥檚 new Historic Records Report prior to December 31 of the prior year. For employers who want to maintain data from 2005, the Report must be downloaded before Dec. 31, 2015. Employers that were not using E-Verify on or before December 31, 2005, need not download the report.