Monthly Archives: July 2025

Applies to: As Indicated Effective: As Indicated Quick Look Tax deduction for employee tips up to $25,000 for tax years 2025 through 2028. Tax deduction for employee overtime wages up to $12,500 for single filers, $25,000 for joint filers for tax years 2025 through 2028. Calculation options expand for the paid family and medical leave

Applies to: As Indicated Effective: June 9, 2025 Quick Look A federal court temporarily blocked parts of President Trump’s Executive Orders restricting DEI and gender identity programs, citing likely constitutional violations. The ruling applies only to the nonprofit plaintiffs but may signal broader legal challenges ahead. DISCUSSION On June 9, 2025, the U.S. District Court

Applies to: All Employers Effective: As Indicated Quick Look On June 27, 2025, the United States Supreme Court ruled that lower courts who issued nationwide injunctions against the Executive Order limiting birthright citizenship exceeded their authority. F, M, and J nonimmigrant visas applicants must set their social media privacy settings to “public” for enhanced screening

Applies to: All Employers Effective: June 27, 2025 Quick Look The Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division will no longer seek liquidated damages in pre-litigation wage investigations. DISCUSSION On June 27, 2025, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) issued Field Assistance Bulletin No. 2025-3 (FAB 2025-3), formally rescinding FAB 2021-2

Applies to: Qualified Religious Employers Effective: June 5, 2025 Quick Look A state’s unemployment tax exemption for religious organizations cannot favor one religion over another. DISCUSSION In Catholic Charities Bureau Inc. v. Wisconsin Labor and Industry Review Commission, the U.S. Supreme Court said that a state’s exemption from unemployment taxes must be neutrally applied to

Applies to: All Employers with 15+ Employees Effective: June 20, 2025 Quick Look Retirees who do not hold or desire a job and perform the job’s essential functions with or without reasonable accommodation at the time of an employer’s alleged act of disability-based discrimination are not “qualified individuals” eligible for protection under the ADA. DISCUSSION

Applies to: All Federal Contractors Effective: June 27, 2025 Quick Look The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs’ (OFCCP) Director Catherine Eschbach sent an email to all federal government contractors inviting them to voluntarily provide information about their efforts to wind down their affirmative action programs operating under Executive Order 11246. DISCUSSION The Office of

Applies to: All Employers Using E-Verify Effective: June 30, 2025 Quick Look E-Verify users are now required to access their account through the Login.gov system with associated multi-factor authentication. DISCUSSION The U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced an enhancement to E-Verify account security by requiring all users to access the platform through Login.gov. This change introduces

Applies to: All Employers with Employees in IL, IN, and WI Effective: June 10, 2025 Quick Look A federal court upheld prison sentences for two managers who falsified safety records, highlighting that misleading OSHA or other administrative agencies can lead to criminal charges. DISCUSSION On June 10, 2025, in U.S. v. Derrick Clark and Shawn

Applies to: All Employers with Employees in IL, IN, and WI Effective: June 18, 2025 Quick Look Where adverse action taken was based on illogical and inconsistent evidence, it may be a pretext for unlawful conduct. Pretext may permit an inference that unlawful intent occurred. DISCUSSION In Murphy v. Caterpillar, Inc., the Seventh Circuit Court