ARRA Changes Health Care Continuation Coverage under COBRA This alert discusses the new legal requirements an employer must meet under the federal COBRA requirements.
By: D.C. Bar Pro Bono Program
Employer's Supplemental Tax Guide
(Separate Website)
This publication supplements Publication 15, Employer's Tax Guide. It contains specialized and detailed employment tax information supplementing the basic information provided in Publication 15. This publication also contains:
alternative methods and tables for figuring income tax withholding; combined income tax, employee social security tax, and employee Medicare tax withholding tables, and; tables for withholding on distributions of Indian gaming profits to tribal members.
By: Internal Revenue Service
Employer's Tax Guide
(Separate Website)
This publication explains your tax responsibilities as an employer. It explains the requirements for withholding, depositing, reporting, and paying employment taxes. It explains the forms that you must give to your employees, those that your employees must give to you, and those that you must send to the IRS and SSA. This guide also has tax tables that you need to figure the taxes to withhold from each employee for 2008.
By: Internal Revenue Service
Employer's Tax Guide to Fringe Benefits
(Separate Website)
This publication supplements Publication 15,
Employer's Tax Guide, and Publication 15-A, Employer's Supplemental Tax Guide. It contains information for employers on the employment tax treatment of fringe benefits.
By: Internal Revenue Service
Federal Employment Tax Form W-2
(Separate Website)
Provides blank sample W-2 form, as well as a form for ordering additional tax forms from the IRS. The attached pdf file also provides instructions for the employer.
By: Internal Revenue Service
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Federal Employment Tax Form W-3
(Separate Website)
Provides blank sample W-3 form, as well as a form for ordering additional tax forms from the IRS. The attached pdf file also provides instructions for the employer.
By: Internal Revenue Service
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Furloughs: What if you took next week off... for no pay? This alert discusses the legal issues involved in furloughing employees, including how to avoid potential legal claims from furloughed employees.
By: D.C. Bar Pro Bono Program
Legal Alert - Avoiding Potential Employment Pitfalls in Tough Economic Times This alert discusses some of the legal problems you want to avoid while looking to cut back on your overhead costs.
By: D.C. Bar Pro Bono Program
Legal Alert - Federal COBRA Subsidy Extended This alert discusses the extension of the new legal requirements an employer must meet under the federal COBRA requirements.
By: D.C. Bar Pro Bono Program
Legal Alert - How the Health Reform Law Impacts Nonprofit Organizations This alert will describe the provisions and
opportunities that the Health Care Act may present to nonprofit organizations.
Legal Alert - Securing Waivers of Liability from Volunteers of Nonprofits This alert explains the importance of
nonprofit organizations protecting themselves from
potential personal injury liability by making
sure it obtains signed waivers from its
volunteers.
Minimum Wage Laws in D.C. Discusses federal and D.C. minimum wage requirements as well as the D.C. living wage law and the four hour and split shift requirements.
Non-Profit Executive Compensation Offers guidance on IRS guidelines concerning the reasonableness of non-profit executive compensation.
By: D.C. Bar Pro Bono Program
Sexual Harassment and Retaliation in the Workplace Like many areas of the law, sexual harassment and retaliation can be complex, but understanding the practical and common-sense notions that drive this field of law can help avoid problems in any employment setting.
Small Business Health Care Tax Credit: FAQs The new health reform law gives a tax credit to certain small employers, both small businesses and nonprofits, that provide health care coverage to their employees, effective with tax years beginning in 2010.
Tax-Exempt Organizations Alert: Whistleblower Policies This article discusses the nature of a whistleblower policy and explains why every tax-exempt organization should have one.
By: D.C. Bar Pro Bono Program
The D.C. Paid Sick Leave Law - What Your Nonprofit Needs to Know Discusses the impact of the D.C. paid sick leave law that went into effect on November 13, 2008. Covers requirements for paid leave, procedures for using paid leave, waiting periods, employer exemptions, and impact on current leave policies.
By: D.C. Bar Pro Bono Program
What to Do about Severance Pay and Benefits During Reductions in Force This alert discusses whether you should pay terminated employees severance benefits, and how you should structure such payments.
By: D.C. Bar Pro Bono Program
What to Do When You Have to Lay Off an Employee - What Every Nonprofit Should Know This timely alert discusses the legal issues a nonprofit employer must consider if a reduction of workforce becomes necessary.
By: D.C. Bar Pro Bono Program
Welcome to the Board of Directors
This manual provides a template your non-profit organization can use to develop an orientation manual for new and existing directors; set forth the mission and goals of your organization; and set forth the basic legal responsibilities for members of the Board of Directors. The manual discusses the Board's role in overseeing the financial and fundraising practices of the organization; describes the safe harbor requirements for setting executive compensation; emphasizes the importance of evaluating the performance of management and the board; and discusses the Board's role in risk management and strategic planning.
By: D.C. Bar Pro Bono Program
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