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Sixth Circuit Decision Offers FICA Tax Refund Opportunities for Severance Pay
Any employer that implemented reductions in force or layoffs after 2008 should consider filing refund claims for the Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA) taxes paid on severance benefits based on...
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Layoff Upon Return From Military Leave May Qualify as a “Reemployment...
According to the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals, the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA) requirement that a returning service member be reemployed in the position that...
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Does Partial Deafness Constitute a Disability Under the ADAAA? The Question...
A federal court in Pennsylvania recently dismissed a lawsuit filed by a female newspaper page designer who claimed that she was laid off because of her gender and her deafness in one ear. Mengel v....
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The Advantages of Offering Supplemental Unemployment Benefits Instead of...
According to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), severance is subject to Federal Insurance Contribution Act (FICA) tax and certain supplemental unemployment benefits are not. That’s right . . ....
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The Advantages of Offering Supplemental Unemployment Benefits Instead of...
In part one of this two-part series, “The Advantages of Offering Supplemental Unemployment Benefits Instead of Severance, Part I: FICA Taxes and More,” I reviewed the advantages of offering...
View ArticleU.K. Law for the U.S. Employer, Part II: Discrimination, Data Privacy, and...
Part one of this three-part series covered the basic principles of employment laws in the United Kingdom and the minimum benefits and rights to which employees are entitled. Part two covers a number of...
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