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The Social Security Administration will introduce a process to sign up babies for the investment program at the same time they are registered for a Social Security number.
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Trustees now project the retirement fund will be depleted in 2032 and the combined system in 2034, putting pressure on the 2026 Senate class to act.
HR Headlines
Frank Bisignano touts phone wait times down 75% and 50% more people served. Critics say the bottleneck just moved.
HR Headlines
The trust fund for the program, which supports roughly 68 million Americans, is on schedule to be depleted in the next six years. Benefits could be cut on average by 22 percent.
Multinational Employers
Belgium: (Tele-)work Performed Simultaneously Within the European Economic Area – What Changes with the Moguntia Ruling? European rules governing the determination of the applicable social security legislation for employees performing activities in several EU Member States can be complex. The Court
HR - Hiring Process
Figuring out that you hired the wrong person is always jarring. But what if the “wrong person” was never who they said they were at all? When an employer discovers that a current employee has misrepresented their identity—whether by applying using a stolen name and Social Security number, misreprese
HR - General
Takeaways A provision of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act created “Trump Accounts,” a new type of individual retirement account (IRA) for children. Starting in 2026, a Trump Account may be opened for any child who is a U.S. citizen, has a Social Security number, and who will still be under age 18 by t
HR - General
Employers May Offer a New Benefit Through “Trump Accounts” The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), which was signed into law on July 4, 2025, establishes the pilot program for the “Trump account,” an investment account for U.S. citizens under age 18 with a social security number. Parents, as well
Federal Gov't - General
On June 6, 2025, the Supreme Court of the United States released two decisions on its emergency docket with serious implications for federal agencies, companies that do business with the government, and the data of millions of Americans. First, in Social Security Administration v. American Federatio
Immigration - Visas
Takeaways New student visa interviews are temporarily paused as of 05.27.25 to implement enhanced social media and security screening. Applicants with existing appointments are likely not affected, but new applicants will face delays. Consular officers are instructed to scrutinize applicants’ online
Benefits - General
Is the cybersecurity of employee benefit plans the employer’s problem? Unfortunately, U.S. employee benefit plans are prime targets for criminals all over the world. Hackers break into employee benefit accounts and take sensitive data, such as Social Security numbers, and even steal retirement accou
Immigration - General
USCIS has released the new Form N-400, Application for Naturalization. The new form must be used to file starting June 3, 2024. Among the form’s various changes, two are particularly notable : Social Security Update: Applicants will have the option to complete additional questions to request an orig
Immigration - General
In an opinion issued on June 20, 2023, the United States Court of Federal Claims reminded taxpayers that they must obtain a certificate of coverage in order to claim an exemption from Social Security and Medicare taxes (FICA) under a totalization agreement.
Immigration - General
E-Verify is phasing out a policy instituted at the onset of the coronavirus pandemic that had granted employees additional time to contact the Social Security Administration (SSA) to resolve discrepancies with their E-Verify submissions.
HR - Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI)
In the last decade, organizations of varied industries and sizes have heightened their focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives and, since 2020, DEI has become a top priority. COVID-19 pandemic realities, racial and social justice movements, changes in federal, state, or local law
Immigration - Employment Eligibility
The Social Security Administration (SSA) has reached an agreement with three of its unions on its COVID-19 re-entry plan. SSA offices have been essentially closed to the public since March 2020. That affected SSA’s ability to resolve E-Verify Tentative Nonconfirmations (TNCs) due to a no-match betwe
Immigration - General
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has announced that it plans to add mandatory social media collection to the Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA) process. ESTA is an automated online system that makes an initial determination about a visitor’s eligibility to travel to the Unite
Immigration - General
The Social Security Administration (SSA) has stated that it has discontinued mailing No-Match letters (also known as EDCOR notifications) to employers. SSA stated that it plans to focus instead on making it easier for employers to fix errors electronically through its Business Services Online Portal
HR - Viruses
During the early months of the pandemic, the Social Security Administration (SSA) took a break from issuing “no-match” letters to employers. It appears that towards the end of 2020, however, the SSA has resumed this practice.
Immigration - General
Last summer the state of Florida enacted a new law requiring public and private employers to comply with new state E-Verify requirements starting January 1, 2021 .1 E-Verify is the Internet-based system operated by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the Social Security Administration that
FLSA - Taxes
Over the weekend, President Trump signed an executive order purporting to defer the payment of the employee’s share of the Social Security portion of FICA (payroll) tax from September 1, 2020, until December 31, 2020. The order is limited to only the employee’s share of the Social Security portion o
HR - Viruses
On August 8, 2020, President Trump issued a memorandum with the stated purpose of providing “further temporary relief … to support working Americans” by enabling the deferral of employee Social Security taxes for specific individuals.
HR - Viruses
Under the Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) new “Stay Healthy. Stay Secure.” Campaign, screening procedures are being changed to allow for more social distancing and to limit physical contact while still maintaining needed security procedures during the summer travel season. In mid-Apri
Immigration - Asylum
In the spring of 2019, the Social Security Administration (SSA) renewed its practice of sending employment eligibility correction request notices (known as “no-match letters”) to employers. The SSA had discontinued the practice of sending no-match letters between 2012 and 2018, but has issued more t
Immigration - General
An employer receives a notification from the Social Security Administration that an employee’s name does not match his or her Social Security number in the employer’s records. What to do? In this podcast, Jorge Lopez, chair of Littler's Global Mobility and Immigration Practice Group, and Hector Gale
Immigration - General
The Social Security Administration (SSA) No-Match letters to employers are notifications from SSA that an individual employee’s W-2 form does not match SSA’s records. The letters also inform employers that corrections are necessary and direct employers to use the SSA’s Business Services Online (BSO)
HR - General
All companies in this day and age must devote some attention to cybersecurity risks. Regardless of industry, almost every entity maintains some form of personally identifiable information that requires protection (e.g., credit card information, Social Security numbers, bank account information, etc.
Immigration - General
Social Security Administration (SSA) has begun notifying employers that the information reported on an individual employee’s W-2 form does not match the SSA’s records with “Request for Employer Information” letters, known as “No-Match” letters.
HR - General
The Internal Revenue Service recently announced its cost-of-living adjustments applicable to dollar limitations for retirement plans and Social Security generally effective for Tax Year 2019 (see IRS Notice 2018-63). Most notably, the limitation on annual salary deferrals into a 401(k) plan will inc
HR - General
A data breach occurs in which an outside individual obtains your company’s employees’ W-2 forms including social security numbers, addresses, and salary information. As a result, your company notifies all affected employees, explains what occurred, and offers a complimentary two-year membership to a
Benefits - General
In October, the 2018 FICA taxable wage base (the maximum amount of an employee’s wages with respect to which the Old-Age, Survivor and Disability Income portion of FICA taxes is payable) had been announced as $128,700, up from this year’s $127,200. On November 27, the Social Security Administration
Benefits - General
The Internal Revenue Service recently announced its cost-of-living adjustments applicable to dollar limitations for retirement plans and Social Security generally effective for Tax Year 2018 (see IRS Notice 2017-64). Most notably, the limitation on annual salary deferrals into a 401(k) plan will inc
California - Wage & Hour
The California Court of Appeal has held that: (1) the use of payroll service provider generated unique employee file numbers on employee wage statements, in lieu of the employer’s internal employee identification number or last four digits of employee social security numbers, is legally permissible
Immigration - Employment Eligibility
Dear Littler: A former employee recently reapplied for an open position at our company. In reviewing the new-hire paperwork, we noticed that her social security number did not match the one we had on file previously. Her new information checks out fine, but we are wondering if we have any reporting
Benefits - General
The Internal Revenue Service has announced its cost-of-living adjustments applicable to dollar limitations for retirement plans and Social Security generally effective for Tax Year 2017 (see IR-2016-141). Most notably, the limitation on annual salary deferrals into a 401(k) plan (along with the othe
HR - General
With over 680 security breaches reported so far in 2016,1 more employers are being forced to confront the issue of how to respond to a breach. All states except Alabama, North Dakota and New Mexico now require notification when information commonly maintained by employers, such as Social Security nu
HR - General
It is not a matter of "if" but "when" an employer will be required to notify employees of a security breach. Forty-seven states require employers to notify employees when defined categories of personal information, including Social Security numbers, are acquired by unauthorized parties, and every em
Benefits - General
The Internal Revenue Service recently announced its cost-of-living adjustments applicable to dollar limitations for retirement plans and Social Security generally effective for Tax Year 2016 (see IR-2015-118). Most notably, the limitation on annual salary deferrals into a 401(k) plan (along with the
California - General
The California Supreme Court recently heard oral arguments in an appeal brought by a former employee who claims the lower courts incorrectly determined that his disability discrimination claim was barred because he misappropriated someone else’s Social Security number to apply for the job.
Immigration - Employment Eligibility
United States Citizen and Immigration Services (USCIS) has launched a new customer service enhancement to E-Verify, the Internet-based employment eligibility verification program that compares information on an employee’s Form I-9 with data in Social Security Administration (SSA) and Department of H
Taxes (Title VII)
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to consider whether severance payments made to employees who are terminated are subject to Social Security and Medicare taxes (“FICA” taxes). In United States v. Quality Stores, Inc., No. 10-1563 (6th Cir. Sept. 7, 2012), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circ
Michigan
On December 28, 2012, Michigan joined California,1 Illinois,2 and Maryland3 in enacting a social media password protection law when Governor Rick Snyder signed the "Internet Privacy Protection Act" (IPPA or the "Act"). In an accompanying statement, the governor declared that "cyber security is impor
New York - General
A person may not be required to disclose or furnish his or her Social Security Number (SSN) for any purpose under new section 399-ddd of New York’s General Business Law, effective December 12, 2012. The new law safeguarding SSNs applies to employers and certain other entities in the state. Businesse
New York - General
Executive Summary: Two new amendments to New York General Business Law Section 399-dd, commonly known as the Social Security Number Protection Law, have been passed for the purpose of further safeguarding employees' social security numbers. Signed into law by Governor Andrew Cuomo on August 14, 2012
New York - General
A person may not be required to disclose or furnish his or her Social Security Number (SSN) for any purpose under a new law signed by New York Governor Andrew Cuomo. The new law safeguarding SSNs (A.8992-A/S.6608-A) applies to employers and certain other entities in the state. It adds new section 39
California - General
An employee who uses false documentation to secure employment with an employer has no recourse for an allegedly wrongful failure to hire, the California Court of Appeal has ruled. Salas v. Sierra Chemical Co., No. C064627 (Cal. Ct. App. Aug. 9, 2011). In addition, the “after-acquired-evidence†d