HR Regulation

The Washington Saves program, which will take effect in 2027, was signed into law late last week, and will require certain employers that do not offer a retirement plan to enroll employees into the state-run auto-IRA program.

The DOL has introduced complex admin costs – to support SECURE 2.0's new automatic transfer rule for small-balance 401(k)s of workers who change jobs – and they should be eliminated, says the ERISA Industry Committee.

Employers are not immune to employment liability exposures just because some or all employees work remotely.

So far, 500 employers who improperly received the tax credits to retain workers during the pandemic have returned more than $225 million to the IRS as part of a voluntary disclosure program that ended on March 22.

John Oxendine admitted to his role in a health care kickback scheme that netted him hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Misconduct may be increasing in some industries compared to others that have embraced work from home or hybrid work environments.