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eAlert! Federal EEO-1 Reporting Opens April 30, 2024: Compliance Reminder

4/30/24 - The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has announced that the 2023 EEO-1 Component 1 data collection will open April 30. The deadline to file the report is June 4, 2024.
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eAlert! Federal: HIPAA Privacy Rule Update

4/26/24 - The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published an update to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy Rule on April 26, 2024.
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eAlert! Federal: Noncompetes Banned

4/23/24 - On April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced a final rule which bans almost all noncompete clauses nationwide.
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eAlert! Federal: Supreme Court Rules on Title VII Discrimination

4/17/24 - On April 17, 2024, the Supreme Court of the United States issued a decision in Muldrow v. City of St. Louis, Missouri.
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eAlert! Federal: New Rule for Fixed-Indemnity and Specific-Disease or Illness Policies

4/3/24 - The IRS, the Department of the Treasury, the Employee Benefits Security Administration, the Department of Labor, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, and the Department of Health and Human Services (collectively the federal departments) published a proposed rule on July 12, 2023
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eAlert! Federal DOL Reinstates Longstanding Independent Contractor Test

3/11/24 - The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has published a final rule for independent contractor classification under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
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eAlert! Federal: 2023 EEO-1 Component 1 Data Collection Opening in April

2/26/24 - On February 26, 2024, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced that the 2023 EEO-1 Component 1 data collection will open on April 30, 2024, and the deadline to file is June 4, 2024.
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eAlert! Federal: E-Verify+ Announced

2/21/24 - On February 21, 2024, the release of E-Verify+ was announced. E-Verify+ was designed to streamline the Form I-9 and employment eligibility verification process and is scheduled to be available later this year.
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eAlert! Annual OSHA Form 300A Posting Begins February 1, Expanded Electronic Reporting Due March 2

2/1/24 - Form 300A Workplace Posting Begins February 1, Form 300A Electronic Submission Required by March 2, and New Requirements: Form 300 and Form 301 Electronic Submission Required by March 2
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eAlert! Federal: ACA Affordability Threshold Decreases for 2024 Plan Year

1/1/24 - On August 23, 2023, the IRS announced that the Affordable Care Act (ACA) affordability threshold will be 8.39%, reduced from 9.12% in 2023, for plan years beginning in calendar year 2024 (after December 31, 2023).