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Generally, indemnity agreements in construction contracts are a promise by which one party (the indemnitor) agrees to defend, indemnify, or hold harmless the other party (the indemnitee) for acts or omissions related to the project. The...By: Cozen O'Connor

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has proposed a new rule which would exclude undergraduate and graduate students from coverage under Section 2(3) of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). Specifically, students who perform study-related...By: Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP

The Pension Protection Act of 2006 (PPA), the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (TCJA), and the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 (the Budget Act) included statutory changes affecting the hardship withdrawal rules for 401(k) plans. As we reported in our...By: Hodgson Russ LLP

Finally, an employer-friendly law passed in California! Unfortunately, it only affects a small number of employees— but for those employers that are implicated, the law is a welcome reprieve....By: Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP

On March 7, 2019, the U.S. Department of Labor issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“Proposed Rule”) which sought to increase the minimum salary thresholds for the Fair Labor Standards Act’s “white collar” and “highly compensated” overtime...By: Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Welcome to your weekly update from the Allen & Overy Pensions team, bringing you up to speed on the latest legal and regulatory developments in the world of occupational pensions.? Please see full article below for more information....By: Allen & Overy LLP

In re Appraisal of Columbia Pipeline Group, Inc., Cons. C.A. Nos. 12736-VCL (Del. Ch. Aug. 12, 2019). In Columbia Pipeline Group, the Court of Chancery applied the appraisal precepts established by the recent appellate precedent in DFC, Dell and...By: Morris James LLP

Moving Company Unfairly Denied Employment Opportunities to Pregnant Woman, Federal Agency Charges - WASHINGTON - Quality Midwestern Holdings, LLC, doing business as Quality Services Moving, a moving and storage company headquartered in Lorton,...By: U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

The STEM OPT program allows foreign students who have graduated from a U.S. STEM-degree program to gain paid, on-the-job “Optional Practical Training (“OPT”) that supplements and directly relates to the knowledge and skills gained in their academic...By: Shipman & Goodwin LLP

An IT consulting company based in Southern California recently paid $48,193 to one employee after the Department of Labor (DOL)’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) found that the company violated provisions of the H-1B visa program by failing to comply...By: Miles & Stockbridge P.C.