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Posted on May 17, 2023 by Mary Ellen Schill
On May 16, 2023, the IRS announced the Health Savings Account limits for 2024. With respect to contribution limits, the limits are higher than the ones for 2023 and the required deductible and out-of-pocket maximums have increased as well. As a reminder, these inflation adjusted amounts are effective for calendar year 2024 HSA/HDHP Requirement Cost-of-Living […]
Posted on March 8, 2019 by Ruder Ware Alumni
Today the Department of Labor (DOL) announced a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that would substantially increase the number of workers eligible for overtime. Most significantly, the DOL has recommended the salary threshold for workers required to be paid overtime be raised from $455 a week ($23,660 annually) to $679 a week ($35,308 annually). The […]
Posted on February 5, 2018 by Mark J. Bradley
As Shanna Yonke mentioned in her January 22, 2018 Legal Update The New Tax Law Provides Estate Planning Opportunities, President Trump signed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act into law on December 22, 2017. The Act (officially, Public Law 115-97) is the most sweeping tax legislation to be enacted in decades. It is broad in scope, […]
Posted on January 22, 2018 by GeraldM
Shortly before Christmas, Congress approved and President Trump signed into law the Tax Cut and Jobs Act. The new law increases the federal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer tax exemptions from $5 million to $10 million, adjusted for inflation. The inflation-adjusted exemption amount for 2018 has not yet been released by the IRS, but commentators […]
Posted on December 1, 2017 by Sara J. Ackermann
Sexual harassment in the workplace is not new. However, the rash of recent cases reported in Hollywood, Corporate America, and our Federal Government are shining a new spotlight on the issue. As an employer in Wisconsin, here is what you need to know to avoid being the next headline: All allegations must be taken seriously. […]
Posted on November 14, 2017 by Ruder Ware Alumni
Introduction Let me be Captain Obvious here. When the title is that long, the topic, including its context and history, is convoluted. Let’s start at the end, work our way toward the beginning, and come full circle. On October 26, 2017, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a press release announcing an interim guidance […]
Posted on May 23, 2017 by Sara J. Ackermann
Some Frequently Asked Questions for the Curious… The House passed a bill named the Working Families Flexibility Act of 2017 earlier this month that, if signed into law, would dramatically change private sector compensation in the United States. Interested? Keep reading. What is “comp time”? “Comp time” is the concept of allowing an employee who […]
Posted on May 8, 2017 by Mary Ellen Schill
The Internal Revenue Service on May 5th announced the cost-of-living adjustments for the HSA contribution limits and for High Deductible Health Plan (HDHP) deductibles and out-of-pocket maximums for 2018. HSA/HDHP Requirement Cost-of-Living Adjustments Limit on HSA Contributions – Self-only HDHP 2017 – $3,400 2018 – $3,450 Limit on HSA Contributions – Family HDHP 2017 – […]
Posted on April 6, 2017 by Ruder Ware Alumni
EPA’s new Risk Management Plan (“RMP”) Final Rule was to take effect on March 14, 2017. EPA has delayed the effective date until June 19, 2017, and has proposed a further delay until February 19, 2019, in light of industry petitions for reconsideration and judicial review. On February 28, 2017, the “RMP Coalition” filed its […]
Posted on April 4, 2017 by Ruder Ware Alumni
On April 3, 2017, the United States Supreme Court denied a request from the Trump Administration to place a hold on the pending litigation in which the EPA’s and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineer’s Clean Water Rule is being challenged. The basis for the Trump Administration’s request was the Executive Order signed on February […]