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Just when you thought you’d figured out all the new regulations set to go into effect for 2012, some government agency changes them up on you. At least with last Friday’s announcement from the IRS, you can breathe easy: its changes won’t take effect until Feb. 1, 2012, or later. The Service’s Announcement 2011-82 changes […]
Advance copies of the 2011 Form 5500 annual return/report and related instructions are now available for your viewing pleasure — the issuing federal agencies note the forms are for “informational purposes” only, so don’t use them to get a head start on your filing responsibilities. The advance copies were jointly issued by the U.S. Department […]
Beginning Jan. 1, 2012, Forms 5500 and 5500-SF must have electronic signatures. The consequences of filing without them are serious: it will result in a form not being processed at all, and could result in penalties being imposed on the plan. Forms 5500 and 5500-SF that have no electronic signature will be given a filing […]
Communication is the Key Caraway reminds employers that communicating the rules is key to successfully managing FMLA. When employees ask about FMLA, they are already stressed by whatever is underlying the request for leave. If you hit them with a rule they don’t know about (they’ll call it a “technicality”) their reaction is going to […]
A consistent employer complaint in administering the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and the California Family Rights Act (CFRA) is the tendency of certain employees to abuse intermittent leave taken to care for their own or a family member’s serious health condition—and the difficulty of managing that abuse.