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The Internal Revenue Service on September 23 finalized proposed regulations relating to hardship distributions under an IRC 401(k) plan. The final regulations differ little from the proposed regulations published on November 14, 2018, and, like the...By: Morgan Lewis

Healthcare Provider Fired Jehovah's Witness for Request to Skip Party, Federal Agency Charges - NEW YORK - Pediatrics 2000, which provides pediatric health services at two locations in Manhattan, unlawfully fired an employee who asked to be...By: U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

In Gray vs. Ward, Ward and Gray started a limited partnership where Ward was a limited partner and Gray was a limited partner and the manager of the general partner. No. 05-18-00266-CV, 2019 Tex. App. LEXIS 6992 (Tex. App.—Dallas August 9, 2019, no...By: Winstead PC

The new Massachusetts Paid Family and Medical Leave Act (PFMLA) came into effect on October 1, 2019, requiring employers to begin collecting payroll deductions and matching contributions to be submitted to the state Department of Family and Medical...By: Foley Hoag LLP

The new state law reflects a trend among other states including New Hampshire, Maine, Maryland, Oregon, and Rhode Island to enact noncompetition legislation. Key Points: Under Washington State’s new noncompetition law, effective January 1, 2020:...By: Latham & Watkins LLP

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has established a mandatory Internet-based electronic registration process for employers seeking to file H-1B petitions for beneficiaries that may be counted under the regular cap or advanced degree...By: Vedder Price

On September 23, 2019, Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA), along with Senators Ernst (R-IA), Baldwin (D-WI), and Dubin (D-IL), introduced the Whistleblower Programs Improvement Act (WPIA). The WPIA expands the definition of a whistleblower and modifies...By: NAVEX Global

In This Issue. The U.S. House of Representatives voted to approve the SAFE Banking Act, which would permit banks to serve cannabis-related businesses in states where it is legal; the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted a new rule that...By: Goodwin

The wait for new overtime rules is over. As you may recall, the U.S. Department of Labor released a Final Rule which was to go into effect on December 1, 2016, but, due to a court-issued injunction, followed by change of administration, it never...By: Flaster Greenberg PC

The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled in a California lawsuit that one of the most recognized franchises, McDonald’s, does not exert sufficient direction or control over its franchisees’ employees to be considered a joint employer under...By: SmithAmundsen LLC