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Q1 2025: Dutch employment law update

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In our continuous effort to keep you informed on legislative developments, we wish to highlight the current consultation phase for upcoming legislation. This phase is an important step in the legislative process, allowing...more

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Proposals to introduce age discrimination in Guernsey key points for employers

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The States of Guernsey is being asked to approve the introduction of legislation preventing age discrimination. These proposals will be voted upon in the April 2025 meeting....more

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Pensions: what's new this week November 4, 2024

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Autumn Budget 2024: bringing pensions into the scope of IHT - The Chancellor announced in her Budget Speech that from April 6, 2027, unused pension funds and death benefits will be included within a member’s estate for...more

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Pensions: what's new this week - 04 December 2023

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Welcome to your weekly update from the Allen & Overy Pensions team, covering all the latest legal and regulatory developments in the world of workplace pensions. This week we cover the following topics: Draft legislation...more

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Pensions: what's new this week - 13 November 2023

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Welcome to your weekly update from the Allen & Overy Pensions team, covering all the latest legal and regulatory developments in the world of workplace pensions. This week we cover the following topics: TPR speech on DC...more

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Beltway Buzz - January 2022 #3

Nuclear Fallout. U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer deployed the so-called “nuclear option” this week by seeking to eliminate the legislative filibuster as applied to election reform legislation. (This procedure is...more

McDermott Will & Emery

New PBGC Rule Simplifies Multiemployer Plan Withdrawal Liability Calculations

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The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (the PBGC) kicked off 2021 by releasing a final rule intended to streamline withdrawal liability calculations for multiemployer plans that are or were in “critical” or “endangered”...more

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The Emergency Pension Plan Relief Act Proposes a Bailout of Struggling Multiemployer Pension Plans

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House Education and Labor Chairman Bobby Scott (D-VA) recently introduced legislation that seeks to rescue multiemployer pension plans (MEPs) facing insolvency. Entitled the Emergency Pension Plan Relief Act (EPPRA), the bill...more

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Bill to expand MEPs to 403(b) plans introduced

I rarely talk about legislation because so many bills over the years get proposed with zero action by Congress. It took more than 4 years for Roth 401(k) plans to be a thing. However, I want to take time to talk about...more

Groom Law Group, Chartered

Proposed Major Revisions to the UK Pension Law Introduced

As reported previously, in March of 2018, the UK Department of Work and Pensions issued a white paper calling for significant toughening of the fiduciary duties around pensions.  This was in response to the collapse of a...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Currents - Energy Industry Insights: December 2019 #3

Chevron to Take $10B+ Write-Down - "More than half the write-down is related to gas drilling operations in Appalachia." Why this is important: In recent years, the pressure to reduce carbon emissions has affected...more

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The Week in Weed: December 2019

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Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. New Jersey is talking about decriminalizing marijuana. Regular readers will doubtless recall that legalization...more

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ERISA Alert: An Update on Health and Welfare and Retirement Plans

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Health and Welfare Plan Update - It is 9:00 p.m., do you know where your health plan data is? As IT systems continue to expand, and data is accessed, moved and stored in many new and different ways, the Office for Civil...more

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Taxation & Representation, January, 2019 #2

TAX TIDBIT - Welcome back to the second week of the 116th Congress, where the stalemate between Speaker Nancy Pelosi and President Donald Trump seems to grow with every passing day as the government remains closed. Several...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

What's Happening at the West Virginia Legislature - Issue 2

The shortest week of the 60-day regular session of the West Virginia Legislature ended last Friday with the Senate introducing 284 bills, while the House of Delegates introduced 332 bills....more

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Might the UBIT Bite a Bit? You Bet.

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The recent tax reform bill (Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, H.R. 1), which the House Ways and Means Committee introduced November 2, would subject public pension plans to unrelated business income tax (“UBIT”) on their pre-packaged...more

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Macron Delivers on Promise to Prioritize Agenda for French Employment Law Changes

When Emmanuel Macron was campaigning, he said that if elected, he would revise French employment laws. It looks like President Macron will act on his promise....more

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Federal Bill Seeks to Create Portable Benefits for Gig Economy Workers

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Senator Mark Warner (D-VA), a lawmaker known for closely monitoring the changing nature of work, has introduced in the Senate legislation to promote innovative ways to offer portable benefits to workers in the on-demand...more

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What the First-Ever Bill Promoting Portable Benefits for Independent Contractors Does – And Does Not Do

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Independent contractors and other contingent workers are not currently eligible for workers’ compensation, disability benefits, health insurance coverage, and pension benefits under federal and most state laws. This may well...more

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Legislative Opportunities for Tribal Governments Under the Trump Administration

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With the advent of a Republican-controlled White House and Congress, many who work in Washington, D.C., on behalf of Indian tribes may be tempted to adopt a defensive posture. But while it always is important to defend tribal...more

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