#ICYDK: New IRS guidance answers employers’ questions about the tax credit businesses can take, beginning this year, when they give eligible employees paid family and medical leave. Employers who set up or amend existing paid family leave programs by Dec. 31, 2018, can claim the credit retroactive to the beginning of the 2018 tax year. https://goo.gl/bMXkyP
Fired California Aircraft Salesman Gets Trial
#ICYDK: A salesman who was allegedly fired for complaining that he had not received all of his earned commissions could bring wrongful termination and retaliation claims to trial, a federal court in California ruled. https://goo.gl/gRMLUt
TPS Recipients Keep Right to Work for Now
Around 250,000 foreign nationals—including significant portions of the labor force in construction and hospitality—were given temporary reprieve from approaching deportation deadlines. U.S. District Court Judge Edward Chen in San Francisco ordered the Trump administration to halt its plans to terminate Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for individuals from El Salvador, Haiti, Nicaragua and Sudan. https://goo.gl/zggdSt
Amazon’s Wage Hike Comes with Strings
Amazon workers in the U.S.—full-time, part-time, temporary and seasonal—will earn at least $15 an hour starting on Nov. 1, 2018. But there’s a catch or two, critics are pointing out. Amazon will pay for the wage hike by eliminating monthly bonuses and stock awards for warehouse workers and other hourly employees. https://goo.gl/RLY46F