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Broad Street Brief: Teachers Union Reaches Tentative Contract

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Teachers Union Reaches Tentative Contract as School Year Begins - The Philadelphia Federation of Teachers secured a tentative three-year deal with the School District that includes economic provisions, potential parental...more

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Indiana Mandates Employee Leave for School Meetings

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Effective July 1, 2025, Indiana generally requires all employers provide unpaid leave for employees to attend school conferences and meetings for their children. Employers are prohibited from taking adverse action against an...more

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General Assembly Expands Eligibility for CT Family Medical Leave Act and CT Paid Leave

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Effective October 1, 2025, access to the Connecticut Family Medical Leave Act (“CT FMLA”) and Connecticut Paid Family Medical Leave Insurance (“CT Paid Leave”) will be expanded to include all non-certified school employees at...more

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Second Circuit Clarifies Standard for Reasonable Accommodation Requests Under the ADA

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The Second Circuit's decision in Tudor v. Whitehall Central School District is a significant ruling that clarifies the standard for reasonable accommodation requests under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). This...more

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What School Districts Need to Know About New Georgia Law on Benefit Requirements for PTSD

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A Georgia law that became effective January 1 creates new coverage requirements and mental health benefits that could impact school districts and certain of their employees....more

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[Webinar] K-12 Education Legal Update: What you need to know before the 2023-2024 school year - July 31st, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EST

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Please join Bricker Graydon K-12 Education Attorneys for a free webinar addressing legal updates on what you need to know heading into the 2023-2024 school year. Attendees will hear updates on a variety of topics, including...more

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Illinois Teachers’ Retirement System Supplemental Savings Plan Update

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On January 10, 2022, teachers will be able to begin submitting applications to the Illinois Teachers’ Retirement System (TRS) to participate in TRS’s new Supplemental Savings Plan (SSP) which is a tax-deferred compensation...more

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TRS Supplemental Savings Plan November Update

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Last week TRS published Employer Bulletin 22-15 on its Supplemental Savings Plan (SSP), a new SSP Employer Participation Agreement, and a form of resolution for adoption by school boards to approve the Participation...more

Fisher Phillips

July 2021: The Top 14 Labor And Employment Law Stories

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It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, there have been an unprecedented number of changes for the past few years—and this past month...more

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Illinois TRS Supplemental Savings Plan Update

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Since our last alert on the Illinois Teachers’ Retirement System’s Supplemental Savings Plan (SSP), we have submitted to TRS, in consultation with IASA and IASBO, proposed changes to the TRS’ SSP document to address the...more

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Illinois Teachers’ Retirement System’s Supplemental Savings Plan Update

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Since our previous alert regarding the Teachers’ Retirement System’s Supplemental Savings Plan, we have had productive discussions with many business managers, IASA, IASBO, and TRS about problems with the Plan and the...more

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Back-to-School during COVID-19: A Pierce Atwood Q&A for Employers

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As schools throughout New England finalize their plans for the fall semester, many employees are faced with an ongoing need to care or facilitate education for their school-aged children on a part-time or even full-time...more

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DOL Updates FFCRA Leave and PUA Unemployment Benefits Q&A's to Address Eligibility When Schools Go Remote

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Who Needs to Know - Employers covered by the FFCRA with employees requesting leave to care for children whose schools are implementing total or partial virtual instruction models and/or individuals potentially eligible...more

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As Schools Reopen, U.S. Department of Labor Issues FAQs on Childcare Leave Under the FFCRA

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The beginning of the school year has added to a mire of uncertainty of how to manage work and family in our current COVID-19 world. Some schools have reopened to full-time in-person classes, while others have adopted...more

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DOL Adds FAQs On School Reopening and FFCRA

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Today the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division published responses to three new frequently asked questions for regarding qualifying for paid leave under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) in...more

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School’s Out For Summer: Unavailability Of Child Care And The FFCRA

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As more and more businesses plan their re-openings heading into the summer months, many employers are trying to determine how to handle employee requests for leave under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA)...more

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IRS Sets March 31, 2020 Deadline for 403(b) Plan Document Compliance

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The United States Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) has released Revenue Procedure 2019-39, which sets forth a March 31, 2020 deadline by which tax-qualified 403(b) plans must have plan documents that fully comply with the...more

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Retired Teacher’s Same-Sex Spouse Entitled to Retirement Benefits

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Last Month, in Gateway Sch. Dist. V. Gateway Educ. Ass’n, 783 C.D. 2017 (Pa. Commw. Ct. Feb. 28, 2018), a Pennsylvania court affirmed an arbitration decision holding that a retired teacher could add his same-sex spouse to his...more

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Vermont Legislative Preview 12-27-2017 - An analysis from DRM's Government & Public Affairs Team

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Gov. Phil Scott and Democratic lawmakers spent much of the last legislative session circling each other like wary boxers, taking short jabs but each side reluctant to fully engage. Democrats seemed to be genuinely perplexed...more

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School Employee Who Resigned After Her Hospitalization Coverage Was Reduced Entitled To Unemployment Compensation

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Forbes Road School District V Unemployment Compensation Board of Review, Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania, Case No. 1814 C.D. 2016 - Claimant was hired as a paraprofessional at $10.15 an hour. She completed health...more

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Connecticut gets it right for Non-ERISA 403(b) plans

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One of the things that most people forget about fee disclosure as it pertains to retirement plans is that it’s only applicable to ERISA based retirement plans. So non-ERISA 403(b) plans have no fee disclosure requirements and...more

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