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A 401(k) plan is one of the great employee benefits. Within a 401(k) Plan, some options are truly beneficial to plan participants when it comes to increasing retirement savings or allowing access for a participant’s benefit. The problem with these...By: Ary Rosenbaum

On October 8, 2019, the United States Supreme Court heard two oral arguments in three highly anticipated cases centered on the controversial issue of whether sexual orientation and transgender status fall within the protected class of “sex” under...By: Miles & Stockbridge P.C.

The Situation: On January 1, 2020, the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 ("CCPA") goes into effect, with enforcement by the California attorney general ("attorney general") to begin six months after the final implementation of regulations or on...By: Jones Day

Beginning in January 2020, Washington employees can start using new benefits under the Paid Family and Medical Leave Act (PFML). Employees and employers have paid the required premiums on the new paid leave benefits for all of 2019, but the benefits...By: Perkins Coie

ICE is now conducting worksite inspections for STEM OPT employers. ICE’s stated purpose for conducting these inspections, or “site-visits”, is to confirm that STEM OPT students are receiving work-based practical training that directly relates to...By: Shipman & Goodwin LLP

In recent years, some investors have grown increasingly vocal about pay equity issues, with a few investor funds calling on companies to publish compensation data by gender. One of the most notable examples of this phenomenon is Arjuna Capital. That...By: Nilan Johnson Lewis PA

Arizona employers often ask me what kind of flexibility they have in adopting paid time off (“PTO”) policies. Below are some common questions: Can employers have a “use it or lose it” policy where employees will not be paid any PTO upon separation,...By: Jaburg Wilk

Germany has backed international efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and decelerate climate change, yet its energy transition (Energiewende) initiative must clear a number of hurdles before substantial progress can be achieved. Germany’s...By: Global Risk Intelligence

The Superior Court of Connecticut (Judicial District of Hartford) (“Court”) addressed in a September 30th opinion certain issues arising in an asbestos exposure case. See Julian Poce, et al., v. O&G Industries, Inc., et al., 2019 WL 5295545. The...By: Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,

I write a ton of articles as you may know and I will have advisors contacting me and suggesting some topic titles. I have adapted some of these suggestions, but there is the one I had to turn down. I had an advisor who wanted me to write an article...By: Ary Rosenbaum