On December 15, 2016, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (“USDA”) Food and Nutrition Service (“FNS” or “Agency”) published a final rule altering the eligibility requirements for retailers participating in the Supplemental Nutrition […]
12-15-2016 On May 17 the Department of Labor (DOL) released a final rule governing overtime pay under the Fair Labor Standards Act. Although the Final Rule improves upon the proposed rule, incorporating a number of NATSO’s comments to DOL, it nonetheless includes a significant increase to the overtime salary threshold, and includes automatic increases in the future. This will present considerable challenges to employees and employers alike.
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05-23-2016 The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has finalized a new regulation that would extend its regulatory authority to cover all tobacco products, including e-cigarettes and vaping products, rather than only traditional combustible cigarettes.
05-09-2016 In December 2015, President Obama signed into law a series of tax changes that are important to 黑料社区members. They include: A two-year extension (through 2016) of the biodiesel blenders […]
03-20-2016 In the coming years, Congress will begin considering a comprehensive overhaul of the U.S. tax code, including potential revisions to a variety of tax previsions that are critical to 黑料社区[…]
03-20-2016 Proposed Rule would require retailers to offer for sale a number of additional food items to redeem SNAP benefits. The Department of Agriculture (USDA) released a proposed rule Feb. 16 […]
02-16-2016 In May 2016, the Department of Labor finalized new rules governing which employees are eligible for overtime pay. The new rules double the minimum salary threshold that employees must earn […]
02-01-2016 The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) recently revised the so-called “joint employer” standard significantly to expand the scope of determining “co-employment” under the National Labor Relations Act. Specifically, the NLRB […]
02-01-2016 The Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act contains a penalty structure under which penalties increase in severity for each successive violation a retailer commits (e.g., the penalty for a […]
12-03-2015 The Food and Drug Administration has issued a rule to extend its authority to regulate tobacco products, including e-cigarettes and vape-pens, which are currently unregulated at the federal level. In […]
12-03-2015 Recent data breaches have brought the issue of data security to the top of many merchants’ radar screens. In particular, 黑料社区has received a number of questions from truckstop owners […]
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