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Seyfarth Synopsis: The New York City Council voted to expand the anti-discrimination and retaliation provisions of the Human Rights Law to freelancers and independent contractors. The bill is awaiting the Mayor’s signature. New York City employers...By: Seyfarth Shaw LLP

The Ninth Circuit, in back-to-back opinion and memorandum decisions in Dorman v. Charles Schwab Corp., overruled long-standing precedent that ERISA claims are not arbitrable. The plaintiff, a former Schwab employee, filed a class action suit alleging...By: Carlton Fields

A new California law requires employers who sponsor flexible spending accounts (FSAs) to notify employees of any deadline that requires them to withdraw FSA funds before the end of the plan year. Although the law is only three sentences long, it...By: Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

In Travelers Property Casualty Co. of America v. WCAB (CIGA) (Filed 9/18/19; Certified for Publication 10/2/19), the Court of Appeal for the 2nd District of California determined that in a workers’ compensation policy the absence of an employer’s...By: Haight Brown & Bonesteel LLP

In the next chapter of the pay data reporting saga, the EEOC has filed a Motion with the court seeking an order “determining that the EEO-1 Component 2 data collection is deemed complete.”...By: Jackson Lewis P.C.

On September 23, 2019 the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) issued final regulations amending the rules for hardship distributions from 401(k) and 403(b) plans (the “Final Regulations”)....By: Stinson - Benefits Notes Blog

Medical marijuana has finally arrived. Over 53,000 Ohio residents have applied for and received medical marijuana cards. Ohio’s first dispensaries have opened and begun selling marijuana recommended by physicians for the treatment of 21 different...By: Roetzel & Andress

On Monday, October 7, 2019, the Department of Labor (DOL) proposed a new 80/20 rule and tip pooling regulation. First, the proposed regulation, if finalized, will permit employers to take a tip credit regardless of the amount of non-tip generating...By: FordHarrison

The Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018, signed into law in February 2018, made several changes to the rules governing hardship withdrawals from 401(k) and 403(b) plans. Questions regarding these new rules were finally resolved when the Internal Revenue...By: Dentons

We recognize that many of our clients sponsor ERISA welfare benefit plans and are currently undergoing their open enrollment process and issuing related participant communications. To assist our clients with that process, we have prepared an...By: Bass, Berry & Sims PLC