The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) and the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) have been working overtime lately to change federal labor rules that will make life a bit more difficult on employers in the coming years. NACS GR staff has been keeping an eye on the latest developments and working to make sure employers…
The president signed into law a budget package that includes a provision to remove the health-care law’s mandatory automatic enrollment provisionNACS Online Recently, President Obama signed into law a bipartisan budget package that includes legislation to permanently strike the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) mandatory automatic enrollment provision off the federal books. The mandatory automatic enrollment…
The five-year, $305 billion highway proposal has bipartisan support in both chambers NACS Online Late Tuesday (December 1, 2015), the Senate and House of Representatives came to an understanding on a five-year, $305 billion transportation measure, Reuters reports. The FAST Act (Fixing America’s Surface Transportation) should be on the floor of the Senate and House…
Recently, the House released the full text of the 2016 Consolidated Appropriations Act 2016 (“omnibus”) and the Protecting Americans from Tax Hikes Act of 2015 (“tax extenders”). FMI worked with congressional offices and committee staff to ensure that Congress addressed many of the issues that are important to our industry, and we have several wins…
FSIS Releases Final Rule on Records to be Kept by Official Establishments and Retail Stores that Grind Raw Beef Products Recently, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) released a Final Rule amending its recordkeeping regulations to require that all official establishments and retail stores that grind raw beef…
I’d like to thank MIRA and its members for its support of NACS in 2015. MIRA’s support is critical to the advancements we make together as an industry. We accomplished a great deal in 2015. We continued to educate our President, Congress, and key Federal agencies on critical Federal legislative and regulatory issues that had…
NACS Online The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has announced that a proposed rule with new eligibility standards for retailers in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is expected to be released in the first quarter of 2016. The rule will implement provisions of the 2014 Farm Bill, which require retailers to stock more…
Recently, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) made an announcement that may affect your clients regarding compliance to new Affordable Care Act (ACA) mandated coverage reports (6055 and 6056) for 2015. The IRS announced that it is giving employers additional time to file certain reports. In Notice 2016-4, the IRS stated that it is delaying filing…