To Offer to Spouse, or Not to Offer

To Offer to Spouse, or Not to Offer

According to recent news, United Parcel Service Inc. (UPS) has announced it plans to drop health care benefits for thousands…

Small Businesses Tax Credit

As employers with 50 or more full-time employees (or their equivalent) prepare for the regulations of the employer mandate, some…

ALE

Under the Affordable Care Act, the employer mandate’s definition of an Applicable Large Employer (ALE) is the difference between an…

How to Calculate FTEs

In our previous blog, we identified the Applicable Large Employer (ALE) in a 3 step process, as defined by the…

How to Calculate FTEs Part II

After defining the employer and the full-time equivalent employees (FTE), the final step in defining an ALE is to calculate…

ICE audits 1,000 companies…make sure your company is ready!

The latter part of February 2011 was a busy month for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (“ICE”).  ICE heated up its…

Daniel N. Ramirez – Texas Employment & Labor Lawyers – On the Job

In addition to my employment practice, I represent companies with their I-9/Immigration compliance matters, which is featured in the recently…

To Assume or Not Assume? How the New ADAAA Regulations Make it Easier to Qualify as “Disabled”

In 2008, President George W. Bush amended the American with Disabilities Act (ADA) when he signed the ADA Amendments Act…

Expect More Government Investigations – the DOL and ICE Agree To Share “Notes” About Employers

The Department of Labor (DOL) and Department of Homeland Security (which includes Immigration Customs Enforcement—ICE) entered into a Memorandum of…

Here They Come (Again)—Social Security No Letters!

Social Security Administration (“SSA”) no-match letters have returned—again. The letters have resumed after a SSA no-match letter-hiatus which began in…