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The IRS issued final regulations on June 20, 2019 (the “Final Regulations”), which will allow employers to offer two new categories of health reimbursement accounts (“HRAs”) for plan years beginning on or after January 1, 2020: an individual coverage...By: Dickinson Wright

The July 17, 2019, Recommended Decision and Order of a Department of Labor Administrative Law Judge in OFCCP v. Enterprise RAC Company of Baltimore, LLC, Case No.: 2016-OFC-00006 had three special messages which I believe are worth reinforcing to...By: Dickinson, Mackaman, Tyler & Hagen, P.C.

The American population, and thus the American workforce, is becoming increasingly subject to anxiety and depression disorders. Employers must find ways to retain and motivate employees with such diagnoses in order to maintain a competitive advantage...By: Dickinson Wright

After years of confusion about whether grain bins are subject to sales tax, this past legislative session the Iowa legislature clarified that grain bins are exempt from sales tax. In doing so, the Iowa legislature—likely unknowingly—increased the...By: Dickinson, Mackaman, Tyler & Hagen, P.C.

Employers that completely or partially withdraw from underfunded multiemployer pension funds are well aware that they may owe the fund withdrawal liability—an assessment against the employer of its allocable share of the fund’s underfunding, provided...By: Dickinson Wright

The U.S. Department of Labor ("DOL") is one step closer to publishing final regulations on the FLSA's overtime exemptions for "white collar" workers in executive, administrative, and professional positions. The DOL published its Notice of Proposed...By: Womble Bond Dickinson

In Vic Davis Construction, Inc. v. Lauren Engineers & Constructors, Inc., the Tennessee Court of Appeals approved a contractor’s use of closeout costs to “holdback” 5% of the contract price without complying with the retainage requirements of the...By: Dickinson Wright

In a growing technological and global marketplace, the labor market is expanding to accommodate the “gig economy,” a labor market characterized by short-term, freelance or other alternative work relationships. Though app-based businesses and delivery...By: Dickinson Wright

The Arizona Registrar of Contractors (“Registrar”) has internally amended its regulations multiple times over the last few years. On April 29, 2019, the Arizona Legislature amended the statutes governing the Registrar for the first time since 1981....By: Dickinson Wright