Compliance

The POWR Act would provide a surviving spouse a benefit equal to 75% of the couple's combined Social Security benefit.

Employers will need to take stock of any changed reporting obligations and assess whether they are going to continue collecting employee demographic information in light of the changes.

Regulators will hold off from punishing employers that made a reasonable effort to follow the rules.

The Multi-State Worker Tax Fairness Act restricts states' ability to tax nonresident telecommuters.

The workers argued that the company had improperly exempted them from collecting overtime pay.

Americans across party lines favor taxing higher earners and employers to strengthen the program, but few have prepared for possible benefit cuts.