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Registration is open for an upcoming OSHA meeting on the benefits of using leading indicators in addition to lagging indicators for the tracking of workplace injuries. The agency notes that while many employers track their injury or illness rates...By: Fisher Phillips

Thanks to renewed interest in. multiple employer plans (MEPs), I will always get the phone call from someone interested in setting up a multiple employer plan. That person might be an advisor, third party administrator (TPA), or even a plan sponsor....By: Ary Rosenbaum

HR Solutions Company Fired Employee Because of Mental Disabilities, Federal Agency Charges - HOUSTON - G&A OutSourcing, Inc. doing business as G&A Partners, a Houston-based professional employer organization that provides human resources services,...By: U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

In this edition of our Newsletter, we take a look at a pair of cases that, while unrelated, together remind us of the importance of having clear plan rules in place that reflect the plan sponsor’s intention. The first article takes a look at a Ninth...By: Proskauer Rose LLP

Following San Francisco’s lead, California will soon significantly expand the obligation of most employers to provide break time and a location to express breast milk. The new law, just signed into effect by Governor Newsom on October 10, 2019, will...By: Fisher Phillips

HR Professionals will soon know the answer to this question. The United States Supreme Court is preparing to settle a contentious debate on employee protections under federal employment discrimination laws. On October 7th, the Court returned from...By: Ward and Smith, P.A.

In a market with soaring multiples, private equity buyers are increasingly on the hunt to mitigate high valuations by acquiring platform companies from which they can pursue add-ons at materially lower multiples and with the potential for synergies....By: Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published the Inadmissibility on Public Charge Grounds rule on August 14, 2019, which dramatically revised the regulations governing the application of the public charge inadmissibility ground under INA...By: Proskauer Rose LLP

The United States Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) issued an October 7th news release stating it cited Liberty Casting Company (“Liberty”) for certain alleged violations. Liberty is stated to operate a Delaware, Ohio foundry....By: Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,

What is the Annual Maximum Out-Of-Pocket Limit (“MOOP”)? MOOP is the most a participant must pay for covered services under a group health plan in a plan year. After a participant spends this amount on deductibles, copayments, and coinsurance, the...By: Snell & Wilmer