One of my favorite sayings is that you should never make yourself a target, but when you are a mutual fund company and you use your own proprietary funds as an investment option in your 401(k) plan, you are certainly a target for the ERISA litigators...By: Ary Rosenbaum
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2020 is on the horizon, and employers must be ready to comply with many new developments in the world of workplace drug and alcohol testing. Here is a summary of significant laws that will take effect in 2020 (and some that have already taken...By: Jackson Lewis P.C.
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All the holiday party information that's fit to print, as we enter this most dangerous season for employers. After having blogged about workplace holiday parties for the past bunch of years, I realized that I did not have anything new to say in...By: Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP
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By now, you most likely have heard the phrase “OK Boomer.” What began as a meme, quickly went viral. Soon enough, Boomer’s themselves have been seen using the phrase in jest. Elizabeth Warren recently used it as the subject line of an email...By: SmithAmundsen LLC
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On the latest episode of Williams Mullen's Benefits Companion, Ellie Clendenin, Nona Massengill, and Brydon DeWitt discuss some end of year benefit plan considerations as 2020 approaches....By: Williams Mullen
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Over the past few years, the “individual mutual termination agreement” ("rupture conventionnelle individuelle") has become an increasingly popular method of terminating employment contracts....By: K&L Gates LLP
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The new deadlines are January 9 and January 23. In August, the National Labor Relations Board issued proposed rules on union election procedures, which David Phippen covered. Yesterday, the Board announced that it was extending the period for...By: Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP
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The Internal Revenue Service recently published final regulations modifying the rules relating to hardship distributions from Sections 401(k) and 403(b) plans. The final regulations reflect statutory changes affecting Section 401(k) and 403(b)...By: Locke Lord LLP
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Welcome to a special five-part podcast series from the Compliance Podcast Network. In this series I am taking a look at the Hughes Hubbard & Reed 2019 FCPA and Anti-Bribery Alert. I visit with five firm lawyers involved in the preparation of the...By: Thomas Fox
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Nationwide Shoe Retailer Unfairly Disciplined and Terminated a Black Assistant Manager, Federal Agency Charged - CLEVELAND- DSW Shoe Warehouse Inc., a nationwide shoe retailer headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, will pay $40,000 and furnish equitable...By: U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
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