OBBBA’s Impact on Employers: Immigration Enforcement, Employer Provided Benefits and Compensation, Tax Liabilities
A live 90-minute CLE video webinar with interactive Q&A
This CLE webinar will provide a comprehensive overview of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act's (OBBBA) impact on employers and how they conduct business and manage employees including in matters related to immigration, employer-provided health benefits and compensation, and other workplace tax liabilities. The panel will offer best practices for guiding employer clients through these significant changes and discuss what employers should be doing now to mitigate the risk of noncompliance.
Outline
- Introduction
- OBBBA employer impact
- Immigration
- Increased ICE budget
- Fees for applications and processes
- Employer compensation and benefits, tax liability
- Overtime and tips
- Commuting and moving expenses
- Executive compensation
- FSAs and HSAs
- Paid family and medical leave programs
- Enhanced childcare credit
- Tax-deferred savings accounts for children
- Other
- Workforce Pell Grant program and DOL involvement
- Immigration
- Best practices for compliance
- Policy and procedural review and revisions
- Contacting vendors
- Preparing for agency investigations
- Practitioner takeaways
Benefits
The panel will review these and other key considerations:
- What OBBBA changes pertaining to immigration may impact employers? How?
- How does OBBBA affect employment-related tax liability?
- What OBBBA changes related to employer-provided benefits and compensation should counsel and employer clients be aware of?
- What should employers be doing now for OBBBA compliance?
Faculty
George Carroll Whipple, III
Board of Directors, Member
Epstein Becker & Green
Financial services, consulting, and media companies with pressing employment concerns go to Mr. Whipple to get the... | Read More
Financial services, consulting, and media companies with pressing employment concerns go to Mr. Whipple to get the right answers quickly. With decades of experience leading the employment law departments of two internationally known investment banks, Mr. Whipple sees his client’s policy challenges and employment disputes from their point of view. His tactical and business-focused approach resolves highly contentious executive compensation, non-compete, and discrimination claims for a fraction of the cost. He also frequently conducts internal investigations of misconduct and discrimination claims and regulatory violations. As human resource and in-house legal departments struggle to keep up with changing federal, local, and state laws, Mr. Whipple provides concise compliance advice and actionable solutions. He has deep experience litigating hotly contested non-compete and executive compensation cases. That background enables him to develop clear terms in contract negotiations, non-competes, and severance agreements, all with an eye to avoiding future exposure. For busy executives and in-house teams, Mr. Whipple provides a wide range of training and educational tools to avoid costly mistakes in hiring, promotions, investigations, terminations, and disciplinary actions.
CloseEarly Discount (through 10/03/25)
