Human Resources

Employment LawScene Alert: Internal Revenue Code Section 409A Survives Repeal-and-Replace Attempt

Employer sponsors of nonqualified deferred compensation (NQDC) plans, as well as the executives and other service providers, who benefit from…

7 years ago

Employment LawScene Alert: ACA Employer Payment Notices Arriving Soon

Buried in IRS guidance issued on November 2 is news that the IRS will soon be issuing notices to employers…

7 years ago

Employment LawScene Alert: Multi-Month Need for Leave Disqualifies Employee from ADA Protections

Last week, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals issued a decision in which it stated that the Americans with Disabilities…

7 years ago

Employment LawScene Alert: It’s Time to Amend 403(b) Retirement Plan Documents!

If your organization is a public school or university, a tax-exempt charter school or hospital, a church, church-affiliated entity, or…

7 years ago

Employment LawScene Alert: Court Invalidates Expanded Overtime Rule

On Thursday, a federal court in Texas issued summary judgment invalidating the Obama administration’s updated overtime regulations, which raised the…

7 years ago

Don’t Overlook Life-Insurance Conversion Notice Obligations

Employer, Not Insurer, Found Liable for Payment of Life Insurance Benefit A court ruling earlier this month highlights the importance…

8 years ago

Don’t Forget about DOL’s New Overtime Rules Just Yet

In November, a federal court in Texas issued a nationwide injunction blocking the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) from implementing…

8 years ago

QSEHRAs Allow Small Employers to Reimburse Employees’ Personal Health Costs

Although the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA’s) market reforms eliminated the ability of employers to permissibly reimburse employees for individually-incurred health…

8 years ago

Employment LawScene Alert: What President Trump’s Supreme Court Nominee Could Mean for Employers

On January 31, 2017, President Donald Trump nominated Judge Neil Gorsuch of the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals to fill…

8 years ago

Employment LawScene Alert: Executive Order Halts Implementation of DOL Fiduciary Rule

Early this afternoon (Friday, February 03, 2017), President Trump signed an Executive Order directing the Department of Labor (DOL) to…

8 years ago