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State laws also may have their own rules for deductions, so check the wage-and-hour laws in all states where you have employees working.

Alex MacDonald, a shareholder at Littler Mendelson P.C. and a member of the employment law firm’s Workplace Policy Institute (WPI), provided insights on a host of related regulatory and legislative issues.

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“Likewise, the amount of the tax credit that would be given to employers is undefined in the bill, and left for the agencies to determine.”

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If an employer tries to utilize RTO as “an end run to layoffs,” Bennett said, the employer could face legal liability in the form of violations of the federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining (WARN) Act and corresponding state laws (such as California’s Cal WARN Act), which mandate among other things, advance notice to employees.

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They cannot be run through the employer’s Section 125 cafeteria plan, as pre-tax contributions are considered employer contributions under the law.; ;Participation must be voluntary.