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The Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act of 2019 (“SECURE Act”), the sweeping tax legislation that was signed into law on December 20, 2019, includes provisions that amend various sections of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as...By: Epstein Becker & Green

The California Legislature’s attempt to circumvent both the Federal Arbitration Act (“FAA”) and the Supreme Court’s landmark decision in Epic Systems by crafting a new law prohibiting California employers from requiring employees to enter into...By: Epstein Becker & Green

As we have written here, the day before California’s controversial AB 5 was set to go into effect, U.S. District Court Judge Roger Benitez issued a temporary restraining order to block enforcement of the law as to approximately 70,000 independent...By: Epstein Becker & Green

The 2019 Novel Coronavirus (“2019-nCoV” or “Coronavirus”) is a rapidly spreading respiratory illness that is raising important issues for employers....By: Epstein Becker & Green

The U.S. Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission (collectively, “Agencies”) recently released for public comment their much-anticipated draft Vertical Merger Guidelines (“Guidelines”) that purport to “outline the principal analytical...By: Epstein Becker & Green

On January 21, 2020, New Jersey Governor Murphy enacted major revisions to the New Jersey Millville Dallas Airmotive Plant Job Loss Notification Act, commonly referred to as the New Jersey WARN Act (“NJ WARN Act”), that make this the most draconian...By: Epstein Becker & Green

USCIS Officially Releases Regulations Regarding Its H-1B Electronic Registration Tool for the FY 2021 H-1B Cap - On January 9, 2020, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) officially released regulations to implement the H-1B...By: Epstein Becker & Green

On Thursday, January 16, 2020, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (“WHD”) published in the Federal Register the much-anticipated Final Rule regarding joint employer status under the Fair Labor Standards Act. This rule completes...By: Epstein Becker & Green

Sponsors of health plans have long known that the only constant in life is change. In 2020, that is surely to remain true....By: Epstein Becker & Green

By February 1, 2020, District of Columbia (“DC”) employers must start providing employees with notice of the DC Paid Family Leave (“DC PFL”) law, D.C. Code § 32-541.01, et seq. The DC PFL Notice to Employees (“PFL Notice”) contains information about...By: Epstein Becker & Green