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For the first time in our country’s history, today’s workforce consists of five generations working together. Millennials have overtaken the Baby Boomers and Generation X to become the dominant demographic of American labor. Meanwhile, members of the...By: Fisher Phillips

Switzerland has joined the growing list of jurisdictions to introduce legislation to address the gender pay gap. Effective July 1, 2020, employers with 100 or more employees (including part-time and hourly employees) will be required to conduct an...By: Proskauer - International Labor Law

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) on November 6, 2019 announced the following cost of living inflation adjusted dollar limits applicable to tax-qualified plans and other benefit plans for 2020......By: Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Is everything covered by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)? Although we all know the ADA broadly defines the conditions that are protected disabilities, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals’ decision in Shell v. Burlington Northern Santa Fe...By: Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

The Internal Revenue Service announced on Wednesday, November 6, that several contribution limits in qualified retirement plans will increase next year. The IRS announced the increases as part of an annual adjustment for cost-of-living increases as...By: Ward and Smith, P.A.

The IRS has announced the dollar limits for contributions and benefits in retirement plans and certain deferred compensation plans for 2020. We have compiled a chart summarizing the key limits below, including how they compare with those in the...By: Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

The United States Army Corps of Engineers (Little Rock District) (“Corps”) issued a November 6th Public Notice (“Notice”) regarding a Section 404 Clean Water Act application by Schaefers Brothers Farm. The application requests authorization for the...By: Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,

Consider the following provision of in a contract between a general contractor and a subcontractor......By: Allen Matkins

M&A activity in Latin America and the Caribbean proved robust in the third quarter, bucking the global trend of declining deal activity - The value of M&A in Latin America and the Caribbean totaled US$18.1 billion during the three months to the end...By: White & Case LLP

Q: We recently terminated an employee and are paying severance for several weeks; however, the employee has a garnishment. Does it come out of the severance payments?...By: Davis Brown Law Firm