Legal News

The IRS and Social Security Administration have announced the 2020 cost-of-living adjustments for retirement plans. Here are some of the more significant limitations affecting employee benefit plans......By: Barley Snyder

The U.S. Department of Labor’s latest proposed safe harbor could save companies more than $2 billion through the next 10 years by allowing them to post items such as retirement plan disclosures online instead of mailing them to plan participants....By: Barley Snyder

On the heels of September’s final federal decision on increased overtime salary thresholds, Pennsylvania updated its own proposal Thursday that once again will be more generous than the federal rule in determining what employees are entitled to...By: Barley Snyder

Note: This the second piece of a two-part alert on mergers and acquisitions. Recently, CPBJ asked and our partners Paul Mattaini and Jeremy Frey answered questions on M&A, both from the buyers’ and sellers’ points of view....By: Barley Snyder

When a reporter from the Central Penn Business Journal recently interviewed us for the publication’s annual M&A in the Midstate supplement, we were happy to be asked to contribute. But we also knew that CPBJ wouldn’t have the ability to print every...By: Barley Snyder

After recently finishing off the public comment period for one National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) general permit, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection is looking for comments on another....By: Barley Snyder

The U.S. Department of Labor finally settled on the salary thresholds regarding overtime pay under the Fair Labor Standards Act. $35,568 ($684 per week): the annual standard salary threshold for executive, administrative, and professional employees...By: Barley Snyder

Union employees are not permitted to delay designation of FMLA time while they use job-protected accrued paid leave, even where past practice or a collective bargaining agreement suggests otherwise....By: Barley Snyder

Monday’s Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court ruling said the Thornbury Township Zoming Hearing Board in Delaware County acted correctly when it imposed conditions on the permits it granted to Sunoco LP’s controversial construction of the Mariner East 2...By: Barley Snyder

A parent can use intermittent Family and Medical Leave to attend an individualized education program (IEP) meeting for their child, according to a recent federal opinion letter....By: Barley Snyder