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DOL Opinion Letter Offers Additional Insight Regarding Regular Rate Treatment of Expense Reimbursement Payments

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On November 8, 2024, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued Opinion Letter FLSA2024-01.  This letter provides additional clarity about whether daily expense reimbursement payments can be excluded from an employee’s regular...more

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Ontario, Canada Appellate Court Provides Guidance to Employers on How to Draft Employment Settlement Documents

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The Court of Appeal for Ontario found that settlement documents signed after an employee separated from employment prevented him from suing for the value of vested stock options....more

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What's the Tea in L&E? "If You Don't Like It Here, You Can Leave!"

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What’s the Tea in L&E is a video series focused on the latest trends and updates in labor and employment law. In this short video, Woods Rogers L&E attorneys Leah Stiegler and Emily Kendall Chowhan explore protected activity...more

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Virginia Jury Awards $3.45 Million In Millwright Mesothelioma Case

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Virginia Circuit Court - In this asbestos action, plaintiff Patricia Katcham filed suit claiming that her husband, James Katcham, had occupational exposure to asbestos because of his career as a millwright. It was...more

McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC

Let’s Talk Turkey: Prohibitions on Marijuana Next on the Menu for a City or State Near You?

In Pennsylvania, fall is in full swing, football season is hitting its stride and Thanksgiving is just around the corner.  What is on the menu for employers as the fall turns to winter?  Maybe some more restrictions on...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Happy Workers and Robots? DOL Guidance on AI and Well-Being

The landscape of employment is undergoing a seismic shift as employers increasingly integrate technology, particularly artificial intelligence (AI), into workplace practices. AI workplace uses include a variety of...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Ninth Circuit Says Federal Contractor Minimum Wage Is Unlawful

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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled that the president lacks authority under the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 to set a federal contractor minimum wage, creating a split with other...more

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Human Resources’ Role in Data Privacy and Cybersecurity, Part V: Ethical Obligations When Responding to a Breach of Employee Data

In today’s digital landscape, many organizations will likely face the unfortunate reality of a breach of employee data. The human resources department is the critical link between safeguarding a company’s reputation and...more

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Arizona’s Minimum Wage Increases on January 1, 2025

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Arizona’s hourly minimum wage will increase from $14.35 to $14.70 per hour, effective January 1, 2025. This increase is in accordance with the Fair Wages and Healthy Families Act, A.R.S. § 23-363(B), which requires Arizona’s...more

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Maine Employers: Paid FML Preparation

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While Maine employers are still waiting for the Department of Labor to finalize regulations related to the recently instituted Paid FML program, there are steps that employers should take now....more

A&O Shearman

Pensions: what's new this week - November 11, 2024

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Welcome to your weekly update from the A&O Shearman pensions team, covering all the latest legal and regulatory developments in the world of workplace pensions. Data breaches: New ICO resources on communications - The...more

Hogan Lovells

Indonesia’s Constitutional Court Ruling – A Game Changer for Workers’ Rights

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A recent decision by Indonesia’s Constitutional Court has sparked diverse reactions from the business community due to its impact on the country’s manpower law, particularly around several core provisions that will influence...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

Eleventh Circuit Says Title IX Does Not Allow Employment Discrimination Claims

In a break from other federal appeals courts, the Eleventh Circuit ruled last week that Title IX does not provide school district and university employees with a private right of action to file sex-based discrimination...more

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NLRB Overturns 40-Year-Old Precedent That Allowed Employers to Warn Employees Organizing Will Change Workplace Dynamic

On November 8, 2024, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) ruled that telling employees unionization could impact their relationship with their employer may violate the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), overturning...more

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Placements des régimes de pension sous réglementation fédérale : le ministère des Finances propose de nouvelles divulgations

Le 2 novembre 2024, le ministère des Finances du Canada (le « ministère ») a publié des modifications proposées au Règlement de 1985 sur les normes de prestation de pension (les « modifications proposées ») à des fins de...more

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Deadline Approaching to File Objections to Federal Disclosure of Contractor Demographic Data

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In October of 2024, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (“OFCCP”) announced it had received two Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”) requests to disclose EEO-1 Type 2 Consolidated Report data, which is filed...more

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US Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Recordkeeping Fees Case Against Cornell University

In 2017, several private universities were hit with ERISA class actions alleging various breaches of fiduciary duty and prohibited transactions—including claims that these universities’ defined contribution plans charged...more

Alston & Bird

Do You Need to Send an Annual Notice to Plan Participants?

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If so, you may need to do so by December 1, 2024. Our Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation Group reviews the multiple year-end notices that defined contribution plans must issue to participants....more

Ary Rosenbaum - The Rosenbaum Law Firm P.C.

Loans and hardships don’t affect deferrals

A research paper from the Wharton Pension Research Council states that 401(k) contributions are “remarkably stable” after loans and hardship withdrawals....more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

Recent Court Ruling Creates Holiday Incentive Pay Twist for Colorado Employers

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The Colorado Supreme Court has ruled that Colorado law is not like federal law when it comes to holiday pay. The Court found that the Colorado Minimum Wage Order (currently, COMPS Order 39) requires holiday incentive pay be...more

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What Illinois Employers Using E-Verify Should Know About the New Requirements Effective 2025

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An amendment to the Illinois Right to Privacy in the Workplace Act going into effect on Jan. 1, 2025, imposes many new obligations on employers regarding the use of E-Verify – some that go beyond federal E-Verify...more

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Workplace Stress Claims: The Intersection of Workers’ Compensation and Employment Practices

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In response to the rise in mental health issues, there has been an increase in legislation to expand eligibility for workers' compensation (WC) benefits. Employees file stress-related claims for various reasons, such as...more

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Projet de loi 190 : Délais de conformité pour les employeurs en Ontario

Le 28 octobre 2024, le projet de loi 190, Loi de 2024 visant à œuvrer pour les travailleurs, cinq (le « projet de loi 190 ») a reçu la sanction royale. Comme nous l’avions mentionné dans un bulletin précédent traitant de ce...more

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

Employee Benefits-Related Limits for 2025

This chart shows some of the annually adjusted dollar limits that impact employee benefits, as published by the Internal Revenue Service, the Social Security Administration and the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation....more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

IRS Interim Guidance Under Secure 2.0 On “Inadvertent Benefit Overpayments”

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Among the provisions of SECURE 2.0 (effective December 29, 2022) welcomed by plan sponsors were the additions to the Internal Revenue Code that allow qualified plans to refrain from trying to recoup an “inadvertent benefit...more

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