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Employers, Human Resources and in-house counsel are grappling with how to respond to the Coronavirus (COVID-19). This provides employers with guidance on how to address the impact of the virus on the workplace and what employers can and cannot do....By: Laner Muchin, Ltd.

On December 20, 2019, the Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act of 2019 (SECURE Act) was signed into law. The SECURE Act is one of the most significant pieces of legislation impacting retirement plans in the past several years and...By: Laner Muchin, Ltd.

On January 30, 2020, the World Health Organization declared the outbreak of the Wuhan coronavirus a global health emergency. And, as reflected in the news, Chicago is the site where the first person-to-person transmission of the virus has been...By: Laner Muchin, Ltd.

Valid arbitration agreements may prevent class notices from being sent to employees that would otherwise be putative class members in collective action lawsuits according to the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals in Bigger v. Facebook, Inc....By: Laner Muchin, Ltd.

On January 30, 2020, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced it would be implementing the Inadmissibility on Public Charge Grounds final rule (Final Rule) on February 24, 2020. This implementation follows the U.S. Supreme...By: Laner Muchin, Ltd.

A number of changes and new legislation will be impacting your company’s employee benefit plans in 2020.  Here is a summary of the highlights of what is to come in the new year....By: Laner Muchin, Ltd.

Earlier this year, the Social Security Administration (SSA) announced that it would be resuming the process of issuing Employer Correction Request Notices (commonly known as “no-match letters”) to employers. In a letter to U.S. Congressman Jim Costa...By: Laner Muchin, Ltd.

On October 29, 2019, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals held in Shell v. Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway Company that the Americans with Disabilities Act’s (ADA) definition of “disability” is not met “where an employer regards an applicant as...By: Laner Muchin, Ltd.

As previously reported by the Fast Laner, the EEOC announced that it would collect EEO-1 Component 2 data (“Component 2 data”) beyond the September 30, 2019 deadline.  On October 29, 2019, the district court overseeing the collection of Component 2...By: Laner Muchin, Ltd.

In a press release issued on October 16, 2019, Ken Cuccinelli, the acting director of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), announced USCIS’ preliminary Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 statistics, accomplishments and efforts to implement...By: Laner Muchin, Ltd.