DDIFO is pleased to extend an invitation to our subscribers to participate in an exclusive industry-only conference call hosted by former Speaker of the US House Newt Gingrich and former CEO of CKE Restaurants Andy Puzder, next Monday, March 19 beginning at 7:00 PM EST. Speaker Gingrich and Mr. Puzder will spend 30 minutes discussing…
Read More »It was starting to feel like the confirmation that wasn’t, but at long last, the US Senate Committee on Health Education Labor & Pensions (HELP) has finally approved the nomination of NLRB member nominee John Ring and sent it to the full Senate. Over the past week, the announced vote on President Trump’s latest NLRB…
Read More »Our friends at SESCO Management Consultants advise us that the IRS has lowered the 2018 Family contribution limit on Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) to $6,850 from the previously announced limit of $6,900. The new lower contribution limit was recalculated to factor in the impact of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act signed into law back…
Read More »The latest series of Small Business Administration (SBA) Regulatory Reform hearings wraps up next week with three more public hearings looking to identify and eliminate regulatory burdens on small businesses. A hearing will be held in Milwaukee, WI beginning at 8:30 this morning at Schlitz Park, 1555 N Rivercenter Dr, Conference Room 3, Milwaukee (Milwaukee…
Read More »The phrase has its roots in New York City, but now so-called “fair workplace” bills are under serious consideration in the state of Connecticut as well as the city of Philadelphia. Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy announced his support for a slate of “fair workplace” bills that includes expanding the state’s paid family and medical leave…
Read More »Congressional democrats have introduced a bill that would prohibit employers from retaining any tips regardless of internal pooling policies and would further mandate that all tips would be considered the property of employees. The bill has received the verbal support of Labor Secretary Alex Acosta along with other key republicans. In DC, the Board of…
Read More »The Coalition of Franchisee Associations (CFA) has confirmed its annual CFA Day in Washington, DC for May 9. The 2018 CFA Day is a golden opportunity to unite with franchisees from 17 different brands in various industries from across the United States to learn about pressing legislative issues and advocate for franchisee issues before members…
Read More »McDonalds CFO presented at the Bank of America Consumer Conference this week and gave much interesting information. Breakfast is their weaker daypart in terms of sales growth currently, down slightly, while lunch and dinner were up. Delivery is proving to be incremental sales and profit dollars thus far, despite commissions paid. Profitable delivery was associated…
Read More »The US Department of Labor is certainly taking a different approach to resolution of wage disputes with a new pilot program the department announced this week. DOL announced the Payroll Audit Independent Determination (PAID) program on Tuesday of this week as a vehicle that will be operated by the Wage and Hour Division to help…
Read More »The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has opened the portal for filing of the 2017 Employer Information Report (EEO-1 Survey) with a reporting deadline of March 31, 2018. We would advise our subscribers that there is a change in the way this year’s report is to be completed in that employers who “regularly report” to client…
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