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  • calendar_month November 18, 2025 @ 1:00 p.m. ET./10:00 a.m. PT
  • signal_cellular_alt Intermediate
  • card_travel Employment and Workers Comp
  • schedule 90 minutes

OBBBA’s Impact on Employers: Immigration Enforcement, Employer Provided Benefits and Compensation, Tax Liabilities

$297.00

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Description

The recently enacted OBBBA affects employers in a number of significant ways including matters related to immigration, employer-provided benefits and compensation, and employment tax liabilities. With the most significant federal workplace tax and benefits changes in years, counsel should understand the impact on employer clients and how to best advise them on new compliance obligations.

For example, OBBBA's immigration-related changes will likely affect who employers recruit, employ, and sponsor as foreign workers as it outlines new and increased fees on a number of immigration-related applications and processes and may potentially cause delays as employees work to obtain or renew their work authorization. OBBBA also increases ICE's budget which will likely result in increased immigration enforcement. 

Changes related to employer-provided health and welfare benefits and compensation include, among others: (1) an increase in the maximum annual exclusion for IRS Sec. 125 dependent care FSAs from $5000 to $7500 and an increase to the employer-provided childcare credit from $150,000 to $500,000; (2) an extension and enhancement of the paid family and medical leave credit; and (3) a limited deduction for overtime pay premiums under the FLSA and a separate deduction for tipped workers, allowing them to deduct up to $25,000 of qualified tips earned.

Listen as our expert panel provides a comprehensive overview of OBBBA's impact on employers and offers best practices for navigating this rapidly evolving regulatory landscape.

Presented By

George Carroll Whipple III
Board of Directors, Member
Epstein Becker & Green PC

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.

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Credit Information

  • This 90-minute webinar is eligible in most states for 1.5 CLE credits.


  • Live Online


    On Demand

Date + Time

  • event

    Tuesday, November 18, 2025

  • schedule

    1:00 p.m. ET./10:00 a.m. PT

I. Introduction

II. OBBBA employer impact

A. Immigration

1. Increased ICE budget

2. Fees for applications and processes

B. Employer compensation and benefits, tax liability

1. Overtime and tips

2. Commuting and moving expenses

3. Executive compensation

4. FSAs and HSAs

5. Paid family and medical leave programs

6. Enhanced childcare credit

7. Tax-deferred savings accounts for children

8. Other

C. Workforce Pell Grant program and DOL involvement

III. Best practices for compliance

A. Policy and procedural review and revisions

B. Contacting vendors

C. Preparing for agency investigations

IV. Practitioner takeaways


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?