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Determining Liability in a California Slip and Fall Claim

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Slips, trips, and falls can cause serious and fatal injuries. According to Injury Facts, these incidents took 46,653 lives in workplaces and homes in 2022. The National Floor Safety Institute reports that eight million people...more

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IRS Announces 2025 Retirement and Benefit Plan Limits, SSA Announces COLA Adjustment

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On November 1, 2024, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced cost-of-living adjustments (COLAs) to the dollar limits on benefits and contributions in retirement plans for 2025. These adjustments are in addition to...more

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The End of Mandatory Captive Audience Meetings? 5 Tips for Adapting to the NLRB’s Latest Departure from Decades of Past Precedent

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The National Labor Relations Board just banned mandatory employee meetings for purposes of discussing the subject of union representation – so-called “captive audience” meetings – and placed new restrictions on an employer’s...more

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Department of Labor’s Salary Threshold Increase Faces Legal and Political Challenges

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As we previously covered, the United States Department of Labor issued a final rule on April 23, 2024 that increases the minimum salary threshold for the FLSA’s familiar white-collar overtime exemptions. Effective, July 1,...more

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NLRB Further Curtails Employers’ Ability to Discuss Effects of Unionization

On November 8, 2024, the National Labor Relations Board issued its decision in Siren Retail Corp d/b/a Starbucks (Starbucks), that an employer’s statement that employees would not have the same direct relationship with their...more

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Preparing for Anticipated Immigration Challenges under a Trump Administration

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With the re-election of Donald Trump and upcoming inauguration on January 20, 2025, employers can anticipate significant changes to U.S. immigration policy that may impact their business and foreign national employees....more

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Alabama Supreme Court Overturns Directed Verdict in Workplace Injury Lawsuit

On November 8, 2024, in Marina v. Bama Reinforcing, LLC, the Alabama Supreme Court addressed a trial court’s directed verdict on an injured construction worker’s negligence action. The worker was employed as a concrete...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Things I Worry About (3): Automatic Enrollment (3)

SECURE 2.0 was enacted on December 29, 2022. Among its provisions is a requirement that “new” 401(k) plans and private sector 403(b) plans must automatically enroll their eligible employees, but not until the first plan year...more

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Inside the 2024 Corporate Counsel Experience: Balancing Benefits, Challenges, and Diversity Gaps

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The 2024 Leopard Solutions Corporate Counsel survey provides insight into the compensation, lifestyle, job satisfaction, and challenges experienced by In-house law department professionals, shedding light on disparities...more

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Building Better Retirement Plans: Applying SECURE 2.0 Reforms

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The SECURE 2.0 Act calls for many provisions that modify employer-sponsored retirement plans—but as a plan sponsor, do you know which provisions are right for your company? Signed into law on December 29, 2022, the SECURE 2.0...more

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Cook County Implements Amendments to Paid Leave Procedural Rules

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After soliciting public comments, the Cook County Commission on Human Rights issued amendments to the Interpretive and Procedural Rules Governing the Cook County Paid Leave Ordinance. The Board of Cook County Commissioners...more

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California Regulators Take Aim at Resume Screening and Other Automated Tech: 4 Steps for Businesses After Latest Privacy Agency...

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In its public meeting last week, California privacy officials pushed forward key initiatives that could impact businesses and employers, including initiating formal rulemaking that would significantly impact those using...more

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NLRB Overrules Standard on Employer Predictions for How Unionizing Impacts Employer-Employee Relationship

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The National Labor Relations Board once again has reversed precedent. It will now use a case-by-case analysis to determine whether an employer’s statements about the negative impacts of unionization on the relationship...more

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With Less than 60 Days Remaining, Employers Plan for the (Second) Increase to the Salary Threshold For White Collar Exemptions

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The second increase to the salary threshold for the overtime exemption for employees employed in a bona fide executive, administrative, or professional capacity is scheduled to take effect January 1, 2025. Employers should...more

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NLRB Proving Even Lame Ducks Can Still Quack

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Two very recent post-election National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) decisions portend a flurry of NLRB anti-employer activity prior to the beginning of the new administration. Both decisions demonstrate that the current...more

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The Visa Bulletin for December: Final Action Dates and an Employer’s Immigration Plan

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Each month, federal immigration authorities publish a list of dates informing immigrant visa applicants when they should expect to be notified to assemble and submit required documentation to government officials. This...more

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2025 Will See COLAs for Qualified Retirement Plans Comparable to 2024

On November 1, 2024, the 2025 calendar year cost-of-living adjustments (COLAs) to the contribution and compensation limits for tax-qualified retirement plans were released by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in Notice...more

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Derecho laboral alemán: equilibrio entre la libertad de expresión y la civilidad en el lugar de trabajo

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No es raro en el entorno actual que la expresión individual choque con las normas del lugar de trabajo. De hecho, las declaraciones de los empleados – tanto públicas como privadas – pueden tener un gran impacto en la...more

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German Employment Law: Balancing Freedom of Expression and Workplace Civility

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It’s not uncommon in today’s environment for individual expression to clash with workplace norms. Indeed, employee statements — both public and private — can have a major impact on workplace civility. Under German employment...more

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2025 IRS & SSA Benefits Alert

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IRS and SSA Announce 2025 Indexed Numbers - The IRS and Social Security Administration have announced cost-of-living increases for retirement plans and other employee benefit plans for 2025....more

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New York City Mayor Signs Hotel Safety and Licensing Law Imposing New Compliance Requirements on Hotel Operators

On November 4, 2024, New York City Mayor Eric Adams signed legislation to ensure hotel safety that will mandate a comprehensive licensing system for hotels to operate in New York City, implement several consumer safety...more

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Fertility Related Loss To Be Covered Under the Massachusetts Earned Sick Time Act

Effective November 21, 2024, Massachusetts employees may take earned sick time to “address the employee’s own physical and mental health needs, and those of their spouse, if the employee or the employee’s spouse experiences...more

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Massachusetts Voters Retain Current Tip Credit Law – What Does Your Restaurant Need to Know?

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In the recent Massachusetts state election, voters faced a pivotal decision on a ballot initiative aiming to eliminate the tip credit system. The proposal sought to require employers to pay tipped employees the full state...more

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Massachusetts Voters Reject Ballot Measure Requiring Tipped Employees to Be Paid Full Minimum Wage—Is this a New Trend?

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Should tipped employees be paid the full minimum wage? Massachusetts residents voted a resounding “No” and rejected a proposed change to the state’s minimum wage law that would have required tipped employees to be paid 100%...more

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How Expanded Birth Control Coverage May Affect Employers

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The U.S. Departments of Labor, Treasury, and Health and Human Services proposed regulations last month that would expand group health plans' required coverage of preventive services and contraceptives. Originally published...more

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