#WorkforceWednesday: Guidance for Critical Infrastructure Workers; OSHA Reporting Guidance; EEOC Update - Employment Law This Week®
Under SECURE 2.0, plan sponsors were granted discretion to determine whether or not the plan would recoup "inadvertent benefit overpayments." However, SECURE 2.0, did not define the term, leaving implementation of the new...more
After rescinding the June 2022 guidance regarding Fintiv, the PTAB issued updates to how they will consider discretionary denial issues under Section 314(a) on Monday. ...more
As previously reported, the Patented Medicine Prices Review Board (PMPRB) proposed amendments in June 2023 to its Interim Guidance (“Amended Interim Guidance”) for reviewing the prices of patented medicines pending the...more
On November 30, 2022, the IRS and the Treasury Department published Notice 2022-61 (the Notice) in the Federal Register. The Notice provides guidance regarding the prevailing wage requirements (the Prevailing Wage...more
Newly appointed USPTO Director Kathi Vidal issued a set of interim procedures clarifying how the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB or Board) should apply its Fintiv decision going forward. Vidal’s guidance, which will...more
On May 9, 2022, the National Collegiate Athletic Association (“NCAA”) issued new guidelines to its Division I member schools on name, image, and likeness (“NIL”)....more
On January 3, 2022, the IRS Office of Chief Counsel released an interim guidance memorandum (the Interim Guidance), along with a set of FAQs, to provide IRS Examining Agents with procedural guidance for applying Field...more
Guidance Brings Heightened Scrutiny - The California Department of Transportation recently released “Interim Land Development and Intergovernmental Review (LDIGR) Caltrans Safety Review Practitioners Guidance.” It...more
Returning to the office may be a welcome change for employers and employees growing weary of remote work. But employers must comply with legal requirements for keeping their staff safe onsite — some of which they may never...more
On May 19, 2020, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration ("OSHA") issued new interim guidance on recordkeeping for COVID-19 cases in the workplace. Effective May 26, 2020, this guidance supersedes the April 10, 2020...more
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) just issued interim enforcement guidance regarding respiratory protection, relaxing its standard in light of the nationwide shortage of N95 masks during the COVID-19...more
The CDC, American College Health Association, and Department of Education have all issued recent guidance regarding the COVID-19 Coronavirus. Concurrently, colleges across the country have taken steps to move classes online...more
On February 7, 2020, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued its Interim Guidance for Businesses and Employers to Plan and Respond to 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), February 2020. The interim guidance...more
Presented below is our summary of significant Internal Revenue Service (IRS) guidance and relevant tax matters for the week of January 20 – 24, 2020. January 20, 2020: The IRS released new Instructions to IRS Form 1120-S, US...more
Presented below is our summary of significant Internal Revenue Service (IRS) guidance and relevant tax matters for the week of November 25 – 29, 2019. November 26, 2019: The IRS issued a News Release regarding a Revenue...more
• The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) imposes strict, joint and several, retroactive liability on property owners and operators for releases of hazardous substances. However,...more
United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Assistant Administrator Susan Parker Bodine circulated a March 23rd memorandum titled: Interim Procedures for Providing Early Notice of Civil Judicial Referrals...more
Three memoranda, two issued by the United States Department of Justice (“DOJ”) and one issued by EPA, mark a significant shift in how the federal government approaches civil and criminal enforcement for violations of...more
On September 22, 2017, the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (the OCR) issued a new Dear Colleague Letter officially withdrawing the April 4, 2011 Dear Colleague Letter on Sexual Violence and the April 29,...more