New York State Minimum Weekly Salary Required for Exempt Employees Increases While the increase in the Federal minimum weekly salary for exempt employees has been put on hold, at least temporarily, New York State has enacted its own legislation on the matter. New wage orders, officially adopted by New York State on December 28, 2016, […]

OCR Warns of Phishing Attempts Disguised as Official HIPAA Audit Program Emails  What’s worse than receiving an email indicating that you have been selected for an audit by your favorite government regulator? Clicking on a link in the email and discovering that it is a phishing attack that has just compromised your computer and your […]

21st Century Cures Act Makes It Easier for Small Businesses to Offer HRAs – with No Excise Tax Congress has delivered a last-minute present to small business owners this holiday season in the form of the 21st Century Cures Act. This law, which got wide bipartisan support from both houses of Congress, gives small business owners a […]