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California is known for new employment laws that then trickle out to the east coast, the northwest, and eventually nationwide. Think back to the mandate for sexual harassment prevention training and the roll-out of paid family leave in 2004, and the...By: Fox Rothschild LLP

Spending Bill Extends EB-5 Regional Center Program, Includes Immigration Provisions - Congress has passed a spending bill for fiscal year 2020 that includes several immigration-related provisions. President Trump is expected to sign the...By: Klasko Immigration Law Partners, LLP

The Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act of 2019 (Secure Act) was passed by the House and Senate on December 17 and 19, respectively, as part of a budget bill known as the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 (H.R....By: Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

ERISA requires disclosure of certain plan documents to participants including a summary plan description, statements, and notices. The problem is what do you do with people who aren’t participants such as potential employees?...By: Ary Rosenbaum

The Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy further tightened foreign direct investment control, but the investment climate remains liberal - Pursuant to the German Foreign Trade and Payments Act (Außenwirtschaftsgesetz; AWG) and the German...By: White & Case LLP

As we look forward to the New Year, Massachusetts employers should be aware of upcoming changes to the Commonwealth’s employment laws that took effect on January 1, 2020, as well as possible changes we foresee on the horizon. Now is also the perfect...By: Fisher Phillips

Twenty-four states, 48 cities and counties and Washington D.C. will increase their minimum hourly wages in 2020. In Missouri, the hourly minimum wage will increase to $9.45 per hour, effective January 1, 2020. Employers of tipped employees will need...By: Thompson Coburn LLP

Thanks to a constitutional provision that requires Florida to adjust its minimum wage each year to match inflation, employers in the Sunshine State must now pay their employees at least $8.56 per hour. The 10-cent increase was immediately effective...By: Fisher Phillips

After being in effect for a year, California’s groundbreaking gender parity law for public company boards, while under legal attack, has not (yet) been enjoined in a similar manner to other recent creative California regulatory initiatives (notably...By: Mintz - Employment, Labor & Benefits

On December 30, 2019, a federal District Court issued a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) against the State of California temporarily enjoining the State from enforcing Assembly Bill 51 (AB 51) —the new California law prohibiting mandatory...By: Vedder Price