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The Department of Labor’s new overtime regulation raises the salary threshold, which will harm small businesses and charitable nonprofits.
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This joint letter was sent to all members of Congress supporting H.R. 1962 and S. 852, companion bills that would amend the nondiscrimination provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow plan sponsors to protect current employees when transitioning from a defined benefit plan to a defined contribution plan.
One small business owner offers his perspective on how regulations affect him.
STATEMENT OF LEONARD COURTSENIOR PARTNER, CROWE & DUNLEVY, A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON WORKFORCE PROTECTIONS HOUSE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND THE WORKFORCE Reviewing the Working Families Flexibility Act of 2017 April 5, 2017 Mr. Chairman and Members of the Subcommittee:
On December 29, 2016, the IRS issued a proposed rule on Mortality Tables for Determining Present Value Under Defined Benefit Pension Plans to update the requirements that a plan sponsor must meet to obtain IRS approval when using mortality tables specific to the plan for minimum funding purposes instead of generally applicable tables. In response, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the National Association of Manufacturers submitted a joint comment letter on March 29, 2017.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce submitted a statement for the record to the House Small Business Committees’ Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Tax and Capital Access for the hearing titled, Cafeteria Plans: A Menu of Non-Options for Small Business Owners that was held on March 16, 2017. Statement on Cafeteria Plans: A Menu of Non-Options for Small Business Owners Hearing before
The United States Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) this week held its hearing for Alexander Acosta...