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Effective January 1, 2020, employers should be using the revised Form W-4 in the new hire process. Employers may ask current employees to complete a new Form W-4 but the employer must advise the current employees that they are not required to...By: Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A.

New York rang in the new year with a pair of significant labor law developments. Governor Andrew Cuomo announced on December 31 that the Department of Labor would end the tip credit for “miscellaneous” industries by the end of 2020, and the following...By: Fox Rothschild LLP

On January 1, 2020, Arizona’s minimum hourly wage rate increased from $11.00 to $12.00 per hour. The increase is the final of three statutory increases to the minimum wage rate under Arizona’s Fair Wages and Healthy Families Act. Beginning January 1,...By: Ryley Carlock & Applewhite

In addition to a company’s senior management, there is a Board of Directors at the top. Yet the role of the Board is different than that of senior management. For the Board of Directors the Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs - Guidance...By: Thomas Fox

The Trump National Labor Relations Board (Board or NLRB) gifted employers a significant win on the eve of the Christmas holiday with its December 23 decision in United Parcel Service, Inc., 369 NLRB No. 1 (UPS), which announced a return to the...By: Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

As the gig economy surges, on-demand workers are popping up in wider variety of industries. Trends indicate that the proportion of the U.S. workforce engaging in some form of gig arrangement will continue to increase, rising from the over one-third...By: Fisher Phillips

In yet another end-of-2019 decision overruling significant NLRA precedent, the Board reverted to the less stringent Spielberg / Olin standard for determining whether to defer to arbitration decisions in the context of Section 8(a)(1) and (3) unfair...By: Proskauer - Labor Relations

In this episode of the Proskauer Benefits Brief, partner Ira Bogner and senior counsel Adam Scoll discuss VCOC “Management Rights.” For VCOC compliance purposes, “management rights” are contractual rights directly between an investing entity and an...By: Proskauer - Employee Benefits & Executive

Perhaps no industry in history has been targeted for its basic employment requirements like the retail industry has been targeted over scheduling practices. The philosophy behind the rise of these ordinances is that having a predictable schedule is...By: Fisher Phillips

The Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement (“SECURE”) Act was signed into law on December 20, 2019. The SECURE Act (the “Act”) is intended to incentivize employers to offer retirement plans, promote additional retirement savings, and...By: Womble Bond Dickinson