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Every Little Thing … Employer Considerations as New 401(k) Lawsuit Includes Extensive Claims

by Alex Smith A recently filed lawsuit related to Swiss Re’s 401(k) plan stands out because of the extensive assortment of allegations...more

Mayer Brown

UK: Pensions – Updated Guidance on Employer Covenant Assessment

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AT A GLANCE - A new funding regime for defined benefit pension schemes in the United Kingdom came into force in September 2024. The new regime introduces a legal requirement for trustees to assess the strength of the...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

How to Protect Your ESOP from Lawsuits Over Cash Holdings

At least four lawsuits have recently been filed against employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) fiduciaries alleging a failure to prudently invest cash held in the ESOP trust. While scrutiny of investments in company stock has...more

A&O Shearman

Pensions in dispute - March 2025

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Welcome to our quarterly pensions litigation briefing, designed to help pensions managers identify key risks in scheme administration, and trustees update their knowledge and understanding. This briefing highlights recent...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

Special Report - Examining Group Health Coverage Alternatives for Small Employers

Small employers seeking to offer robust major medical coverage to employees and their dependents face daunting price and transparency hurdles. Employers with 50 or fewer full-time equivalent employees, so-called “small...more

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Ep. 49 – Seek Legal Advice Before Implementing an Employee Discount Program

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It is not uncommon for healthcare providers to want to offer employees a discount on their services as a way to show their appreciation and as an added benefit to retain and attract candidates. While these discount programs...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

Special Report: Examining Group Health Coverage Alternatives for Small Employers

Small employers seeking to offer robust major medical coverage to employees and their dependents face daunting price and transparency hurdles. Employers with 50 or fewer full-time equivalent employees, so-called “small...more

Baker Donelson

Ensuring Compliance With Pay Transparency Laws in 2025

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As 2025 begins, multistate employers should be aware of several states where employers will now be required to include salary ranges in job postings. In 2025, new pay transparency laws will take effect in five states:...more

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Doing Business in California Guide Updated for 2025

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The allure of doing business in California is undeniable. It is the world’s fifth (and moving towards fourth) largest economy and a market of over 39 million people. For employers, however, California presents unique...more

Mayer Brown

TPR Report: Key Steps Trustees Should Take if a Cyber Security Incident Occurs

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The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has published a regulatory intervention report outlining how they worked with Capita following a cyber incident last year (see our legal update), and detailing the key steps trustees should take...more

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Employment Law Horizon Scanning - Publication 5

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In the fifth iteration of our 2022 Employment Law Horizon Scanning blog, we consider why employers might start providing or assisting employees with housing and accommodation. We also consider where this trend originates from...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

Post-Roe Risk Mitigation Checklist - Are you Protecting Your Organization?

The Dobbs decision has triggered widespread legal uncertainty concerning the delivery of reproductive and family planning services. About half of the U.S. states already prohibit or heavily limit abortion services or are...more

Robinson+Cole Manufacturing Law Blog

Is Your Business Prepared for the Legal Risks of the Company Picnic?

With the arrival of summer, employers may be planning summer activities and offering other benefits or incentives to their employees. Manufacturers, whose employees have been frontline workers for over two years, may be...more

Williams Mullen

[Webinar] COVID-19 Comeback Convention - December 3rd, 8:30 am - 11:00 am ET

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Insights and Ideas to Expedite Your Business Recovery in 2021 - Join us for the COVID-19 Comeback Convention, a virtual convention comprised of brief presentations tailored to meet the needs of senior executives and...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19): Employer FAQs

- The continued spread of COVID-19 presents employers with an array of unprecedented workforce management and public health challenges. - Decisions that employers may be called upon to make implicate a variety of...more

Fisher Phillips

Comprehensive And Updated FAQs For Employers On The COVID-19 Coronavirus

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Fisher Phillips has assembled a cross-disciplinary taskforce of attorneys across the country to address the many employment-related issues facing employers in the wake of the COVID-19 coronavirus – especially now that the...more

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Canadian Employers and the Coronavirus

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At the time this Insight was prepared, there were eight reported cases of the coronavirus in Canada; three are in Ontario and five in British Columbia.  The first of these cases was confirmed on January 25 and the last was...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

Delaying COBRA Notice Past Eligibility Date Risks Insurer Refusing to Pay Claims

During the past year, we have encountered a number of situations where employers have allowed current and former employees to remain on their group medical insurance plans well past the date that they should have been placed...more

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Welcome to the Holiday Season! Reminders for Hiring Seasonal Employees

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Last week, the Wall Street Journal reported that holiday season hiring started as early as June this year. If your company is one of the many that substantially increases its workforce for the holidays, keeping the following...more

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