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As discussed in our prior blog entry, the IRS recently released final regulations making a number of significant changes to the rules applicable to hardship distributions from 401(k) and 403(b) plans. As part of our continuing series on these final...By: Proskauer - Employee Benefits & Executive

Recommendations for employers before new law goes into effect on January 1, 2020 On September 18, 2019, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law a bill making it risky for employers (regardless of size) to classify many types of workers as...By: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Seyfarth Synopsis: the 10th Circuit has held that the FLSA applies to workers in the marijuana industry....By: Seyfarth Shaw LLP

On September 26, 2019, the Senate confirmed labor and employment attorney Eugene Scalia for Labor Secretary, in a 53-44 vote that was divided along party lines.......By: Snell & Wilmer

Employers often allow employees to donate leave to co-workers who are experiencing medical emergencies. If properly structured, these leave transfers can be excluded from the gross income of the donor employee and included in the gross income of the...By: Snell & Wilmer

Shareholder activism remains pervasive in the corporate landscape, as many companies continue to face new, and sometimes more sophisticated, activist situations. Recent activism-related trends indicate that the landscape is continually shifting, and...By: Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Company Fired Employee it Regarded as Disabled, Federal Agency Charges - ORLANDO, Fla. - Pirtek USA LLC, a fluid power system company based in Rockledge, Fla., violated federal law by firing an employee because of a perceived disability, the U.S....By: U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

After much anticipation, on September 24, 2019 the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced a final rule that would change the minimum salary that white-collar employees must be paid to qualify as exempt from the overtime requirements under the Fair...By: Varnum LLP

A mechanic’s lien right is a powerful remedy to secure a contractor’s right to payment. Each jurisdiction’s mechanic’s lien statute is unique and most states strictly interpret/enforce the statutes. For multi-jurisdictional contractors, a common...By: Pierce Atwood LLP

Ohio local hiring laws affecting contractors are destroyed, for now. Municipalities will no longer be able to force local hiring upon contractors for various jobs. This especially impacts large cities and their citizens with the ambition to work in...By: Buckingham, Doolittle & Burroughs, LLC