Employers may consider offering medical travel and lodging reimbursement to enable employees who live in a state where abortion is no longer legal to travel out of state for such services. There are a number of ways to...more
The economic uncertainty of the COVID-19 pandemic has forced many employers to furlough or layoff a significant percentage of their workforce. Among the issues an employer should consider in a furlough or layoff context is...more
The economic uncertainty of the COVID-19 pandemic has forced many employers to furlough or layoff a significant percentage of their workforce. These workforce reductions may inadvertently cause a “partial termination” of the...more
On May 21, 2020, the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) announced a new safe harbor rule that will allow plan sponsors, by default, to post retirement plan disclosures online or deliver them to participants by email in...more
On March 27, 2020, President Trump signed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act or the “CARES Act”, into law. We discussed the employee benefit plan provisions included in the CARES Act in our Quick Study...more
In a matter of a few weeks, the COVID-19 pandemic has caused drastic changes to our businesses and personal lives. The effects are already substantial, from those personally affected by illness and shelter-in-place orders to...more
The Internal Revenue Service announced the 2019 cost-of-living adjustments to the dollar limitations for qualified retirement plans and other benefits, and the Social Security Administration announced its own cost-of-living...more
11/6/2018
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Please join the Locke Lord Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation Group for our 30th annual employee benefits webinar. Our attorneys will provide an overview of current developments related to employee benefit plans....more
9/19/2018
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The Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 (the “Budget Act”), which was adopted February 9, 2018, together with the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the “Tax Act”), which was adopted on December 22, 2017, and the Disaster Tax Relief and...more
Please join the Locke Lord Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation Group for our 29th Annual Employee Benefits Seminar. Our attorneys will provide an overview of current developments related to employee benefit plans....more
A 2013 change in the City of Houston’s employee benefits policy to extend benefits to the same-sex spouses of City employees, intended to align the City’s policy with what its legal counsel determined was a federal...more
Program Highlights Please join the Locke Lord Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation Group for our 28th annual employee benefits seminar via webinar. Our attorneys will provide an overview of current developments...more
9/8/2016
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What is the Supreme Court’s holding in Obergefell v. Hodges?
LB: The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that all states must license a marriage between two people of the same sex and all states must recognize a lawful same-sex...more