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Final Rules Overturn Trump Era Health Benefit Rules

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The Biden administration has issued two sets of final regulations that overturn rules adopted during the Trump administration pertaining to association health plans and short-term, limited-duration insurance (STLDI). The...more

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Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Investing for Retirement Plans: Where We’ve Been, and Where We Are Now

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Over the past year, the regulatory backdrop around environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing has shifted. As McDermott Partner Brian J. Tiemann explains in these slides, the US Department of Labor (DOL) under the...more

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President Biden’s Executive Orders: Impact On Employee Benefits And Healthcare

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In the opening days of his administration, President Biden has signed a flurry of Executive Orders impacting multiple sectors of the U.S. economy. This article summarizes the Orders that impact employee benefits and...more

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Relief provided for partial terminations

The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, signed into law by President Donald Trump on December 27, 2020, provided COVID-19 relief, including some retirement plan law changes....more

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Retirement Plan Provisions in the New COVID-19 Relief Acts

The recently enacted COVID-19 Related Tax Relief Act of 2020 and the Taxpayer Certainty and Disaster Tax Relief Act of 2020, both of which are part of the “Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021,” includes the following...more

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Employee Benefit Provisions in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021

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President Donald Trump signed into law the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (the Omnibus Bill) on December 27, 2020. The Omnibus Bill has received a great deal of media coverage due to its massive size (nearly 6,000...more

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New Temporary Special Rules for Flexible Spending Accounts

The president has signed into law the Taxpayer Certainty and Disaster Tax Relief Act of 2020, which includes several temporary special rules aimed at minimizing forfeitures and increasing the utility of health and dependent...more

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What's at Stake for Immigration?

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The current administration’s course on immigration ushered in heightened standards for obtaining immigration benefits, restructuring visa allocations through executive orders and renewed and continues to emphasize immigration...more

Epstein Becker & Green

#WorkforceWednesday: OFCCP Guidance on Diversity Training, Starbucks’ Diversity Plan, Time Off to Vote - Employment Law This Week®...

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It’s #WorkforceWednesday. This week, federal contractors receive guidance on diversity training, while many employers are committing to diversity and inclusion anew with updated plans and time off to vote. OFCCP Publishes...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Employment Flash - October 2020

This edition of Employment Flash summarizes key employment law issues, including the Department of Labor's proposal for determining independent contractor status, revised DOL regulations that clarify who qualifies for...more

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Trump v. Biden: A Workplace Law Preview

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Either incumbent Donald Trump or challenger Joe Biden will be inaugurated as president on January 20, 2021 – and the impact on workplace law will be significant. Each candidate has provided us with clues (some subtle, some...more

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2020 End of Year Plan Sponsor “To Do” List (Part 1) Health and Welfare

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We are pleased to present our annual End of Year Plan Sponsor “To Do” Lists. This year, we present our “To Do” Lists in four separate Employee Benefits Updates. This Part 1 covers year-end health and welfare plan issues....more

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Financial Daily Dose 9.8.2020 | Top Story: Markets Slide Amidst So-So Jobs Report and Tech Reset

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Last Friday’s US Jobs Report saw unemployment fall to 8.4%, but the end of federal aid programs and a solid-but-not-gangbusters 1.4 million jobs gained in August leads many to fear a much worse employment picture ahead....more

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To Vote or Not to Vote — That is the Question

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Seyfarth Synopsis: On the heels of the Department of Labor’s June proposed regulation throwing cold water on plan fiduciaries’ selecting investments in the environment, social and governance (ESG) space, the agency has now...more

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Federal Unemployment Insurance Assistance is Back (For Now) – What Employers Need to Know

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The CARES Act’s federal unemployment insurance supplement has expired, and a new executive order from the President has taken its place – for now....more

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A Simplified View Of The Supreme Court’s 2019-2020 Workplace Law Term

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Supreme Court decisions are often the most challenging pieces of legal guidance to understand. They are rarely straightforward and usually contain so much analysis that it becomes hard to get to the bottom of what was...more

Ary Rosenbaum - The Rosenbaum Law Firm P.C.

The thing about the new, new proposed fiduciary rule

In 1984, Lorne Michaels created a new show, based on Saturday Night Live (SNL) when he was no longer SNL’s producer. It was called “The New Show”, how clever. It failed, people liked the original and within a year, Lorne came...more

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Labor & Employment E-Note - July 2020

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Spotlight - Wrongfully Convicted of Murder, Tennessee Board of Parole Recommends Adam Braseel to be Exonerated - On June 24, 2020, The Tennessee Board of Parole voted unanimously to recommend that Gov. Bill Lee...more

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Short-Term Limited Duration Insurance Rule Upheld

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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit upheld the final regulations issued by the Trump administration that increased the availability of short term, limited duration insurance (STLDI). ...more

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ERISA’s Social Goals? ESG Considerations Under ERISA

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A substantial portion of available global investment capital is held under private U.S. pension and other employee benefit plans governed by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”). At the same time, for...more

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Trump Administration Issues Guidelines on “Opening up America Again"

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On April 16, 2020, the Trump Administration issued Guidelines entitled “Opening Up America Again” to help ease the Nation’s economy into reactivity and recovery from the COVID-19 crisis. ...more

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The CARES Act and Retirement Plan Changes

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Congress passed and the President signed on March 27, 2020 the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (the “CARES Act”). The Act includes several significant provisions, most notably cash payments to many...more

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Temporary Benefit Strategies to Immediately Help Workers: Benefits Guidance in the Time of COVID-19

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The closure orders issued by federal and state government authorities across the United States have resulted in the reduction and loss of income for a significant percentage of the U.S. workforce. ...more

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Congress Finalizes COVID-19 Coronavirus Response Act: Prepare To Provide Paid Sick Leave And FMLA

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The Senate passed the Families First Coronavirus Response Act today, an economic stimulus plan aimed at addressing the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on Americans and introducing paid sick leave and an expanded family and...more

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House Passes COVID-19 Coronavirus Law: Prepare For Paid Sick Leave

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In an effort to boost the government’s response to the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Families First Coronavirus Response Act Saturday, March 14th, an economic stimulus plan aimed...more

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