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Groom Law Group, Chartered

This Week From the Hill (July 13 – July 19, 2025)

Each week while Congress is in session, our Policy team delivers a key update to highlight a topical benefits, health, or retirement news item from the Hill, such as a newly introduced bill, a summary of a committee hearing,...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

Trump Places DOL’s ESOP Proposals in Regulatory Moratorium

On January 16, 2025, the US Department of Labor’s (DOL) Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) released two pieces of guidance that, if finalized, would dramatically change the landscape for fiduciaries responsible...more

Williams Mullen

[Webinar] Forecasting Trump’s Employment and Employee Benefits Legal Landscape - December 18th, 10:00 am - 10:30 am EST

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Please join Williams Mullen attorneys, Laura Windsor and Brydon DeWitt, for a webinar discussion surrounding the anticipated changes in Labor, Employment and Immigration and Employee Benefits laws and regulations under a new...more

Littler

July is Still the New January! Littler’s Workplace Policy Institute’s Mid-Year Legislative Report

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Hot off the press – here is Littler’s mid-year report!  As federal regulators, states and cities continue to pass new workplace regulations through the calendar year, we summarize each state’s notable labor and employment law...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Congressional Leaders Address SECURE 2.0 Act Glitches

The SECURE 2.0 Act made sweeping changes to Internal Revenue Code (Code) and ERISA provisions governing employee benefit plans. In a recent letter to the Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service, the...more

Sullivan & Worcester

Winter 2023 Employment and Benefits Updates

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SECURE 2.0 Act - As part of a large year-end piece of legislation, the provisions known as SECURE 2.0 Act of 2022 (“SECURE 2.0”) were enacted into law. SECURE 2.0 represents a broadly bipartisan piece of legislation that...more

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Top 10 Workplace Law Predictions for 2022

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Workplace law has changed dramatically over the past two years of the pandemic. Unfortunately, 2022 (or is it “2020 too”?) is shaping up to be another year full of new rules and regulations within this volatile area of law....more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

PBGC Issues Interim Regulations on Special Financial Assistance for Multiemployer Pension Plans

Multiemployer pension plans are collectively bargained defined-benefit employee benefit plans that are funded by several unrelated employers for the benefit of unionized employees. In recent years, the crisis of significantly...more

Groom Law Group, Chartered

The HEROES Act: Key Retirement, Health and Welfare, and Tax Provisions

The House of Representatives recently passed a fourth round of legislation in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The bill – called the Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions Act (the “HEROES Act” or the...more

Stinson - Benefits Notes Blog

Give Retirement Options to Workers Act

The Give Retirement Options to Workers Act (Grow Act) was introduced by representatives Phil Roe (R-Tenn.) and Donald Norcross (D-N.J.) on February 14, 2018. According to reports, provisions of the Grow Act were included in...more

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Compass: Insights And Direction For Employers – Winter 2020

With the start of a new year, in-house counsel and human resources professionals will want to be aware of what’s on the horizon for 2020 and beyond. It’s a good time for employers to take a breath and consider what issues...more

Bracewell LLP

SECURE Act Provisions

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Major changes in federal law are in the works that could significantly impact employers’ qualified retirement plans, which could require amending such plans to reflect mandatory and elective changes.  The U.S. House of...more

Robinson+Cole ERISA Claim Defense Blog

Could We See Retirement Reform in a Lame Duck Congress?

As we approach the end of the year and mid-term elections, expectations for meaningful policy from a lame duck Congress are at a record low....more

Carlton Fields

Tax Reform And Accumulated Leave (Aka “Special Pay”) Plans

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Provisions in the current proposed Senate tax reform bill would likely reduce the effectiveness of retirement plan arrangements that regularly receive contributions of unused leave for former employees, commonly known as...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Congress Tackles Federal Paid Leave with Flexible Work Standards Bill

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U.S. Representative Mimi Walters (R-CA) last week introduced bill H.R. 4219, "Workflex in the 21st Century Act," which, if passed, will create a voluntary program through which employers can opt to offer employees a...more

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