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The City of Los Angeles has put the minimum wage increase for hotel workers on hold. Certain provisions were to take effect on July 1, 2025. This decision comes after a referendum petition against the ordinance was filed...more
Following a public hearing and comment period, on June 3, 2025, New York City adopted the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection’s (DCWP) proposed amended paid prenatal leave rules, which will go into effect on July 2,...more
Washington has amended its Paid Family and Medical Leave (PFML) program by making several key changes. In a significant departure from the former landscape, the amendments extend job restoration rights to employees of...more
Vermont Governor Phil Scott has signed legislation extending the protections of the state’s unpaid family leave law. The expansion extends safe leave, bereavement leave, and qualifying exigency leave to employees of employers...more
On June 4, 2025, Nebraska Governor Jim Pillen signed LB 415, which modifies the Nebraska Healthy Families and Workplace Act (HFWA) in advance of its October 1, 2025 effective date. Nebraska’s HFWA was one of three paid sick...more
On May 23, 2025, a federal court denied efforts to enjoin the Illinois Department of Labor (IDOL) from enforcing key provisions and amendments to the Illinois Day and Temporary Labor Services Act (the “Act”) that were signed...more
On May 13, 2025, the Saskatchewan government passed the Workers’ Compensation Amendment Act, 2024 (Bill 4) and the Saskatchewan Employment Amendment Act, 2024 (Bill 5)....more
The Hong Kong Government has proposed to change the “continuous contract” requirement under the Employment Ordinance (Cap 57) (“EO”) from the current “4-18” requirement to a more relaxed “4-17” or “4-68” requirement....more
At the NAIC Spring National Meeting, the Illustration Subgroup and the Suitability Working Group reported that they are building out the following additions...more
After controlling Minnesota’s House, Senate, and governorship since 2023, the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor (DFL) Party’s legislative and gubernatorial “trifecta” at the state capitol is no more....more
On January 6, 2025, in the wake of the issuance of guidance by the New York State Department of Labor (NYSDOL) about the New York State Paid Prenatal Leave Law, which came into effect on January 1, 2025, the New York City...more
On Election Day, November 5, 2024, Missouri voters will have the opportunity to vote on Proposition A and decide whether Missouri will become the next state to require employers to provide earned paid sick time (PST) to...more
The Department of Labor (“DOL”) recently announced (88 Fed. Reg. 9408, Feb. 14, 2023) that it will reopen the public comment period on proposed amendments to DOL’s Voluntary Fiduciary Correction Program (“VFCP”) and its...more
On January 6, 2023, the Massachusetts Paid Family and Medical Leave Act (“PFML)” revised regulations were issued. These changes center around an employer’s responsibility to maintain health insurance benefits for employees...more
Several important updates to the Massachusetts Paid Family and Medical Leave law (“PFML”) go into effect on January 1, 2023. Background on the PFML - Beginning in 2021, the PFML began providing paid family and medical...more
Important updates to the Massachusetts Paid Family and Medical Leave law (“MA PFML”) are going into effect January 1, 2023. Employers should take steps now to ensure that their payroll systems reflect the revised contribution...more
The Massachusetts Department of Family and Medical Leave has proposed changes to the regulations governing the state’s paid family and medical leave program. The proposed changes are intended to clarify the requirements...more
In the guise of clarifications relating to criminal convictions and misconduct, the Department of Labor (DOL) has proposed major amendments to Prohibited Transaction Exemption (PTE) 84-14, also known as the QPAM exemption...more
On July 26, 2022, the U.S. Department of Labor (the “Department”) issued a proposal to amend prohibited transaction class exemption 84-14 (the “QPAM Exemption”) under ERISA. The QPAM Exemption currently allows a plan’s...more
The US Department of Labor (DOL) published in the July 27, 2022, Federal Register a number of proposed changes to Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption (PTE) 84-14, the so-called “QPAM Exemption.” Investment managers of US...more
On June 26, 2022, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced a proposed amendment to the prohibited transaction class exemption 84-14 (the “QPAM Exemption”). The QPAM Exemption is a broad-based class exemption relied upon...more
On July 27, 2022, the Department of Labor (DOL) proposed a set of amendments to Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption 84-14, the so-called “QPAM Exemption,” which permits an investment fund holding assets of ERISA plans and...more
When the Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Security Act of 2019 (SECURE Act) took effect on January 1, 2020, it changed the rules for retirement plan required minimum distributions (RMDs) to participants and...more
Le 4 février 2021, le ministère des Finances du Canada a publié un avant-projet de loi (l’« avant-projet de loi ») proposant de modifier la Loi de l’impôt sur le revenu (Canada) (la « LIR ») et le Règlement de l’impôt sur le...more
On February 4, 2021, the Department of Finance Canada released draft legislation (Draft Legislation) which would amend the Income Tax Act (Canada) (ITA) and the Income Tax Regulations (Regulations) to provide for, among other...more