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The Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) released Letter CCPA2019-l on September 10, 2019 (the letter). The letter determined that for purposes of the Consumer Credit Protection Act (CCPA), Health Savings Account (HSA) employer...By: Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP

The California Legislature has passed Assembly Bill 5 (“AB 5”), which if signed by Governor Gavin Newsom, will codify the California Supreme Court’s decision in Dynamex Operations West, Inc. v. Superior Court, 4 Cal.5th 903 (2018). Dynamex adopted a...By: K&L Gates LLP

In today’s edition of Daily Compliance News: 1. White House fires Homeland Security Deputy GC. (NYT) 2. Netherlands proposes nationwide AML system. (Dipping Through Geometries) 3. Did unprepared pilots contribute to 737 MAX disasters? (NYT) 4. Why...By: Thomas Fox

To almost everyone’s delight, OSHA has filled the vital position of the Director of the Directorate of Construction (DOC). The DOC Director position is always challenging to fill. It requires a high degree of construction safety knowledge, as well as...By: Fisher Phillips

While posting vacation photos on Facebook during a leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) is probably not a stellar idea, the question of whether an employee can take a vacation during FMLA leave may not be so obvious. Two recent court...By: Jackson Walker

The title may be in error: It is not a generally true statement in all circumstances. The plaintiff in the Eighth Circuit’s August 26, 2019, opinion in Tasha McNeil v. Union Pacific Railroad Co., No: 18-2333, provided her employer, Union Pacific,...By: Dickinson, Mackaman, Tyler & Hagen, P.C.

Good news for Postmates delivery drivers…and for gig economy businesses across the country. The company recently announced that it would offer accident insurance benefits to its entire fleet of independent contractor drivers, providing the kind of...By: Fisher Phillips

The withdrawal liability case of the year came to an anticlimactic end on Monday, September 16, 2019, as the Second Circuit docket sheet of New York Times Company v. Newspaper and Mail Deliverers' Publishers' Pension Fund pinged to life with a...By: Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Section 457(f) of the Internal Revenue Code (“Code”) governs “ineligible” deferred compensation plans or arrangements maintained by tax-exempt employers. Section 457(f) does not apply to retirement plans that are qualified under Section 401(a),...By: Thompson Coburn LLP

The Grand Old Party may have just won the dictionary definition of a Pyrrhic Victory. That’s because Republicans’ decade-long assault on the Affordable Care Act his finally showing predictable results, with the share of Americans lacking health...By: Patrick Malone & Associates P.C. | DC Injury