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There are two major differences that I see in being an attorney when I worked for 9 years. for a third party administration (TPA) firm and the 9 years, I spent at my law firm....By: Ary Rosenbaum

On the heels of September’s final federal decision on increased overtime salary thresholds, Pennsylvania updated its own proposal Thursday that once again will be more generous than the federal rule in determining what employees are entitled to...By: Barley Snyder

Perhaps the biggest news coming out of California’s Legislature this year was the passage of Assembly Bill 5 – the new law that codifies the 2018 Dynamex case and which imposes a new test for determining employee or independent contractor status for...By: Best Best & Krieger LLP

The IRS recently issued guidance on the tax treatment, withholding and reporting for required distributions from tax-qualified retirement plans. Plan sponsors should contact their retirement vendors and trustees to ensure that they implement the tax...By: McDermott Will & Emery

New Decree Law n. 101/2019, effective on September 5, 2019, introduces a minimum legal framework for gig workers, providing the applicability of the discipline of subordinate employment relationships. The remuneration of the riders can be determined...By: Littler

On October 1, 2019, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals decided by majority opinion by Circuit Judge Susan Graber, with a partial dissent filed by Chief Circuit Judge Sidney Thomas, Salazar v. McDonald's Corp. No. 17- 15673 (9th Cir. 2019), holding...By: Cozen O'Connor

LA Specialty Produce is a distributor of produce and other fine and specialty foods. LA Specialty’s employee manual contains, among other rules, a confidentiality rule and a media contact rule. The confidentiality rule states, “Every employee is...By: Cozen O'Connor

On October 11, 2019, Vice Chancellor Kathaleen S. McCormick of the Delaware Court of Chancery dismissed all but one claim arising out of an asset sale by Pro Performance Sports, LLC (“Pro Performance”) to private equity firm Implus Footcare LLC...By: Shearman & Sterling LLP

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled that McDonald’s is not a joint employer with a franchisee under the definitions found in California Wage Order 5-2001, as it did not have direct control over the store employees or “suffer or...By: Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Employers cannot shorten the time period in which employees can file a Title VII claim by contract, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit has ruled....By: Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP