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Pension plans that are not fully funded for PBGC purposes have two parts to their PBGC premium. One part is a flat rate premium of $83 per participant in 2020 ($80 for 2019). The other is a variable rate premium that looks to the value of the plan’s...By: Morgan Lewis - ML Benefits

Recently, OSHA announced its intention to hold a stakeholder meeting in Washington D.C. next month to obtain information to create tools to help employers with developing and using leading indicators for safety and health. OSHA has long focused on...By: Jackson Lewis P.C.

Join in-house legal counsel, business leaders, human resource executives and other professionals for Hinshaw's 24th Annual Labor & Employment Seminar, an informative, one-day program that examines and analyzes a wide range of current issues affecting...By: Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP

Join FordHarrison attorneys for a program featuring timely and detailed update on emerging concerns in labor and employment law at the federal and state levels, including the following topics: • Up in Smoke – Medical Marijuana, Drug Testing, and the...By: FordHarrison

Female Nurses Paid Less Than Less Experienced Male Counterpart, Federal Agency Charged - CASPER, Wyo. - Interim Healthcare of Wyoming will pay $50,000 and furnish other relief to settle a pay discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal...By: U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

We have all admired (or perhaps been one ourselves) the multitasking, be everywhere and do everything restaurant server. But one question that has long vexed employers in the service industry is how to properly compensate servers who bounce between...By: Foley & Lardner LLP

The workers’ compensation statute in many states provides that the workers’ compensation benefits received by an injured employee is the employee’s exclusive remedy. The benefits are paid based on a no-fault basis and the injured employee is barred...By: Pierce Atwood LLP

Japan sets both regional minimum wage and industrial minimum wage. The regional minimum wage is reviewed and revised, as needed on an annual basis. Each prefectures in Japan (i.e., total 47 prefectures) sets its own minimum wage, which becomes...By: Littler

More than a year ago, in June 2018, the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry (DLI) proposed new regulations under the Pennsylvania Minimum Wage Act (PMWA) that would increase significantly the minimum salary requirement for the white-collar...By: McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC

Outlook for This Week in the Nation's Capital - Senate Appropriations. The Senate plans to bring up two House minibus appropriations bills this week according to Senate Majority Leader McConnell (R-KY)....By: Clark Hill PLC