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Pennsylvania House Bill 1170, known as the Construction Industry Employee Verification Act (the Act) was recently passed which will require all construction-industry employers, both public and private, to use E-Verify to determine the eligibility of...By: Cozen O'Connor

Charities- New York Attorney General Sues Online Fundraising Platform Over Alleged Failure to Distribute Charitable Contributions- New York AG Letitia James filed a lawsuit against NYCharities.org and a related individual (collectively,...By: Cozen O'Connor

It is time to make sure you are ready for 2020 (and beyond). Here are five (5) hot HR compliance issues you should be tracking and implementing: New Salary Thresholds for Exempt Employees under the Fair Labor Standards Act - Effective January 1,...By: Cozen O'Connor

The United States Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) has released Revenue Procedure 2019-39, which sets forth a March 31, 2020 deadline by which tax-qualified 403(b) plans must have plan documents that fully comply with the 403(b) requirements. ...By: Cozen O'Connor

The podcast celebrates its 50th birthday with special guest David Weisenfeld at XpertHR, who joins the conversation about LGBTQ at the Supreme Court, mandatory arbitration, ban-the-box, data analytics, and hot HR topics to watch in 2020....By: Cozen O'Connor

In MV Transportation, Inc., a 3 to 1 majority of the National Labor Relations Board recently abandoned the “clear and unmistakable waiver” standard that the Board had historically used to determine whether unilateral changes in terms and conditions...By: Cozen O'Connor

The FAA has begun the process of amending its regulations to require that flight attendants at U.S. airlines receive a rest period of at least 10 consecutive hours between periods of duty lasting 14 hours or less. Under the FAA’s current regulations...By: Cozen O'Connor

Generally, indemnity agreements in construction contracts are a promise by which one party (the indemnitor) agrees to defend, indemnify, or hold harmless the other party (the indemnitee) for acts or omissions related to the project. The...By: Cozen O'Connor

On Tuesday, September 24, 2019, the U.S. Department of Labor released its much anticipated update to the regulations setting the thresholds for the executive, administrative, and professional (EAP) employee overtime exemptions....By: Cozen O'Connor

On September 18, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 5 (AB5). The law, which goes into effect January 1, 2020, severely limits employers’ ability to classify workers as independent contractors in California, meaning that the vast...By: Cozen O'Connor