Does your nonprofit use volunteers or unpaid interns? You may remember that last year California started fining employers who misclassify employees between $5,000-15,000 per incident in addition to any other penalties or fines. This not only applies to when an employee is misclassified as an independent contractor, but can also apply when an employee is misclassified …
Posts Categorized: Employment Matters
Expanded Whistleblower Liability
We hope that you are still following your nonprofit’s New Year’s resolution to follow the new employment laws. Unfortunately, we aren’t here to just pat you on the back for doing so. Instead, here is another area of expanded employment liability for nonprofits shared with us by Thomas Employment Law Advocates. As of January 1, …
Resolve to Follow the Employment Laws
In addition to your resolution to exercise more, you should make it your goal this year to ensure that your nonprofit is in compliance with the ever-changing California employment laws. To help you get started, here is a short summary of changes to current employment laws and the new employment laws applicable to employers (including …
Employee Benefits Follow-Up
Last week, our guest blogger Christine Roberts explained the impact the recent Supreme Court ruling on the Defense of Marriage Act has on employee benefit plans. Since that blog, the IRS and U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) have both issued written guidance about this matter. Christine is back guest blogging with us this week to …
Supreme Court Ruling Impacts Employee Benefit Plans
Thank you to our guest blogger Christine Roberts, a partner at Mullen & Henzell, for explaining the impact the recent Supreme Court ruling on the Defense of Marriage Act will have on employee benefit plans. ____________________________________________________________________________ In U.S. v. Windsor, the Supreme Court struck down Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act as a violation of the …
Affordable Care Act Notice Requirement
There is no doubt that your organization has heard a lot about the Affordable Care Act in the last few months. But did you know that the Act requires California employers to notify all employees about the existence of Covered California (California’s new insurance marketplace) and the ability for employees to purchase health insurance through …