This quarter’s issue includes summaries and associated court opinions of selected cases principally decided between May and August 2019....By: Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
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Minnesota employers working to comply with the recently enacted Minnesota Wage Theft Law should be aware of its recently passed Minneapolis counterpart: the Minneapolis Wage Theft Prevention Ordinance, which applies to employers with employees who...By: Fox Rothschild LLP
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Last week, the U.S. Department of Labor issued its Final Rule regarding the salary thresholds that apply to certain exempt white-collar employees. The new salary thresholds will take effect on January 1. The DOL received more than 116,000 comments...By: Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP
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The Internal Revenue Service issued a Private Letter Ruling (PLR) stating that certain genetic testing services and related reports constitute medical care and may be reimbursed as an eligible medical expense under a health flexible spending account...By: Hodgson Russ LLP
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The US Department of Labor (DOL) has announced its proposal to amend its regulations regarding “white collar” exemptions (executive, administrative, and professional) to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) overtime requirements. The DOL estimates...By: Ulmer & Berne LLP
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The U. S. Department of the Treasury recently issued final regulations governing hardship distributions from 401(k) and 403(b) retirement savings plans....By: Ballard Spahr LLP
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In a recent case, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a provision in the Schwab Retirement Savings and Investment Plan (the “Plan”) requiring that any dispute relating to the Plan be settled by binding arbitration. The arbitration provision also...By: Hodgson Russ LLP
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Seyfarth Synopsis: Last week the EEOC submitted a status report in the litigation concerning the EEO-1 Component 2 submissions for 2017 and 2018. While employers scramble to meet the aggressive September 30th deadline imposed by the Court, the EEOC...By: Seyfarth Shaw LLP
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Since the advent of computers there have always been fear of job losses, but new jobs have been created, - will that be case with AI? Forbes reported that “While many reports tout the benefits of AI, there are many risks and unintended consequences,...By: Foley & Lardner LLP
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Top Tidjane Thiam ally Pierre-Olivier Bouee, Credit Suisse’s COO, has resigned in the wake of an internal probe finding that he “ordered the surveillance of the bank’s former wealth-management chief, Iqbal Khan, without discussing it with Mr. Thiam...By: Robins Kaplan LLP
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