Legal News

The deadline to register with OregonSaves for employers using professional employment organizations (PEOs) is upcoming in spring 2020. The Oregon State Treasury has informally indicated that this deadline is likely to be May 15, 2020....By: Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Under Washington’s new Paid Family Medical Leave (PFML) law, eligible employees are entitled to paid leave for their own serious health condition or for certain family care or military exigency reasons....By: Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Last week, the Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission released for public comment proposed updated guidelines for vertical merger enforcement....By: Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

On October 10, 2019, Governor Newsom signed a law prohibiting employers from requiring employees to sign arbitration agreements as a condition of employment on or after January 1, 2020....By: Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

A new year means new changes to California’s minimum wage laws. California employers should take note of the following changes to state and local minimum wage laws, set to take effect on January 1, 2020, and will impact both nonexempt and exempt...By: Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has released a revised Form W-4 for 2020. The IRS stated that the revised form is intended to simplify withholding and help employees make more accurate withholding decisions in the wake of tax changes made by the...By: Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

The recently passed spending bill to keep the federal government operating included a last minute addition: the SECURE Act, almost identical to the bill passed by a nearly unanimous House in May 2019....By: Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Under Washington’s new Paid Family Medical Leave (PFML) law, eligible employees will be entitled to up to 12 weeks of paid leave for their own serious health condition (medical leave) or for family care (family leave), up to 16 weeks combined family...By: Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Earlier this year, Governor Newsom signed two amendments to SB 1343 extending the deadline to comply with California’s expansion of sexual harassment training requirements to January 1, 2021....By: Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has confirmed that it will require employers and their attorneys to register H-1B lottery applicants in a new online registration system for the 2020 filing season for H-1B specialty occupation visa...By: Davis Wright Tremaine LLP