What Employers Must Have on Their “To Do” List for the New Year

1. New York Employers—Annual Written Notice of Pay Rate Due By February 1, 2012 for All Employees (Not Just New Hires): Remember that New York employers must provide an annual written notice of pay rate, overtime rate (for non-exempt employees) and regular pay day to all employees in English and in the employee’s primary language by February 1, 2012, and annually thereafter between January 1 and February 1, as required by New York State’s recently enacted Wage Theft Prevention Act (WTPA). The WTPA-- which amends New York’s Labor Law Section 195-- imposes additional notice and recordkeeping requirements on all New York employers, and severe penalties for wage, notice and recordkeeping violations. Employers must obtain and maintain a signed acknowledgement of receipt of the written notice of pay rate for six years.

Intellectual Property Law update November 2011

Recent months have seen many major developments in the intellectual property field, some of which are certain to impact every business. In this issue, we focus on:

FSB Founders Receive Business to Business Magazine's Top Honor for 2011

FSB FisherBroyles, LLP is proud to announce that Business to Business Magazine selected FSB's founding partners, James M. Fisher II and Kevin E. Broyles, as #1 on its list of Atlanta's Top 25 Entrepreneurs for 2011.

Employee Benefits News Jan 2011

Employee Benefits News is part of our ongoing commitment to providing legal insight to our clients and our colleagues. In this issue we describe recent developments affecting retirement plans and employee welfare benefit plans.

2012 Cost-of-Living Adjustments for Benefit Plans Announced
The IRS has announced the cost-of-living adjustments applicable to dollar limitations for tax-qualified plans and other amounts for 2012. The table below shows the 2012 and 2011 amounts.