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Charles Schwab, the largest publicly traded discount brokerage firm and of the largest custodian of 401(k) plan assets has agreed to acquire TD Ameritrade for an all-stock transaction valued at $26 billion....By: Ary Rosenbaum

It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, there have been an unprecedented number of changes for the past few years—and this past month was no exception. In...By: Fisher Phillips

In our 2019 End of Year Plan Sponsor “To Do” List (Part 3) Qualified Plans, we suggested that sponsors of all qualified retirement plans should be on the lookout for the Internal Revenue Service’s (“IRS”) 2019 Required Amendments List (“2019 RA...By: Snell & Wilmer

Last week, the US Department of Labor announced a final rule (the New Rule) that updates several regulations regarding what forms of payment employers can exclude in the “time and one-half” calculation for overtime pay. The New Rule clarifies that...By: Dentons

On November 29, 2018, the German Minister for Economic Affairs, Peter Altmaier, presented its “National Industry Strategy 2030.” Amongst other things, the strategy paper sets out the key points of the Minister’s plans to expand the ability of the...By: Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Since 2015, employers and health insurers have been required to report health plan coverage information to the IRS and to individuals. Why? The information is necessary in order for the IRS to administer certain portions of the Affordable Care Act...By: Burr & Forman

On the eve of the holidays, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) delivered an early Christmas present to employers with its issuance of new regulations governing the NLRB election process. While not scraping the Obama Board’s controversial 2014...By: Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

On November 26, 2019, the Directive (EU) 2019/1937 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the protection of persons who report breaches of Union law, commonly known as the whistleblower protection directive (“Directive”), was published in...By: Dentons

At the end stages of lone Democrat Board Member McFerran’s term, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Friday, December 13th, issued the first of what may be a number of rulings in the form of a procedural regulation rolling back some of the...By: Fisher Phillips

Just before the holiday season, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or “Board”) provided employers with two big wins. First, on December 13, 2019, the NLRB announced its long awaited final rule to relax the Obama-era quickie or ambush election...By: Benesch