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The Employee Benefits Practice is pleased to present the Employee Benefits Developments Newsletter for the month of August 2019. Click through the links below for more information on each specific development or case....By: Hodgson Russ LLP

An employee’s lawsuit alleging violations of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) will move forward after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit found the employer’s point system effectively violated the plaintiff’s statutory rights....By: Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

In July, there were three significant developments affecting MEPs.  A MEP, generally speaking, is a plan under which the employees of multiple unrelated employers may be covered. ...By: Hodgson Russ LLP

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued Notice 2019-45, expanding the list of preventive care benefits that may be provided by a high deductible health plan (HDHP). To qualify as a HDHP, the plan generally may not provide benefits for any year...By: Hodgson Russ LLP

It’s not unusual to see an employee terminated or disciplined for workplace harassment to in turn file a charge with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, alleging that the employer’s reasons for the move were pretext for a discriminatory...By: Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

A retirement plan participant’s failure to cash a distribution check is commonplace and gives rise to certain responsibilities on the part of the plan administrator. In Revenue Ruling 2019-19, the Internal Revenue Service analyses the taxation,...By: Hodgson Russ LLP

In an effort to align its legislation with the broader standards of the New York City Human Rights Law, New York State recently passed an amended anti-harassment bill which will significantly impact how employers handle harassment claims. Governor...By: Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP

Four-C-Aire, Inc. was a contributing employer to the Sheet Metal Workers National Pension Fund, a multiemployer pension plan. In 2016, Four-C-Aire ceased to have an obligation to contribute to the Fund as the terms of the Collective Bargaining...By: Hodgson Russ LLP

In this episode, Laura Scully discusses key legislation that the New York State Governor signed on August 12, 2019, as part of his 2019 Women's Justice Agenda....By: K&L Gates LLP

Humans are not unbiased observers and decision makers. I’m not talking here about prejudice based on protected categories. I’m talking more generally about systemic flaws in how our brains interpret and act upon information. Take for example the...By: Fox Rothschild LLP