Missing Retirement Plan Participants – Employer Risk
April 11, 2018 Employees leave for one reason or another. Employers know this. It happens. These former employees may move, get married, get divorced, retire, and eventually die. These former employees...
View ArticleGet Ready for the New Jersey Paid Sick Leave Act
April 26, 2018 The New Jersey Paid Sick Leave Act (“NJ PSLA”) was recently passed by the New Jersey legislature and is awaiting signature by Governor Murphy. The NJ PSLA will go into effect 180 days...
View ArticleComplying with FinCEN’s Customer Due Diligence Requirements: Check for a PULSE
May 14, 2018 May 11, 2018, was the effective date of FinCEN’s new Customer Due Diligence Requirements for Financial Institutions (the “Rule”) and banks, broker-dealers, mutual funds and other covered...
View ArticlePlan Ahead for New Jersey’s Equal Pay Act, Effective July 1, 2018
May 18, 2018 New Jersey has enacted the strongest equal pay legislation in the country, the Diane B. Allen Equal Pay Act (“Allen Act”). The Allen Act expands New Jersey’s equal pay protections not only...
View ArticleSalary History Inquiry Bans – Update on the Philadelphia Ordinance and Beyond
May 24, 2018 Update on the Philadelphia Salary History Inquiry Ban Many employers have been wondering about the current status of the Philadelphia ordinance banning salary history inquiries. The United...
View ArticleSupreme Court: Class and Collective Action Waivers OK in Arbitration Agreements
May 25, 2018 In a landmark decision in Epic Systems Corp. v. Lewis, the Supreme Court this week empowered employers by ruling that class and collective action waivers in arbitration agreements are...
View ArticleImplications of Federal Court’s Ruling Allowing AT&T/Time Warner Merger Are...
June 15, 2018 A federal judge in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday cleared the $85.4 billion merger of AT&T and Time Warner, rejecting the claims of the United States Department of Justice that the...
View ArticlePennsylvania’s Proposed Rulemaking Set to Increase the Salary Threshold for...
July 5, 2018 Pennsylvania employers could soon be required to reclassify their current executive, administrative and professional employees (“EAPs”) as a result of a proposed rulemaking issued by the...
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Tax Reporting for Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Plans
July 26, 2018 The reporting of nonqualified deferred compensation plans is complex and depends on several factors, including contributions, vesting and payments, as well as the different rules that...
View ArticleRecent SEC Settlement Reinforces Need for Public Companies to Properly...
August 10, 2018 A recent SEC action that resulted in a penalty of $1.75 million has reinforced the need of publicly traded companies to accurately disclose in their public filings all items of...
View ArticleWhat Employers Need to Know About Delaware’s New Anti-Sexual Harassment Law
September 12, 2018 On August 29, 2018, Delaware enacted H.B. 360, addressing sexual harassment prevention in the workplace. This new law expands the Delaware Discrimination in Employment Act (DDEA) to...
View ArticleCMS Issues Display Copy of Updates to Home Health Agency PPS Rules
November 1, 2018 On October 31, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) released the display copy of the CY 2019 Home Health Prospective Payment System Rate Update and CY 2020...
View ArticlePractical Advice on Attorney-Client Privilege and Attorney Work Product
Litigation is inevitable. From time to time, nearly all businesses have disputes with customers, suppliers, distributors, competitors and/or partners. While most disputes are amicably resolved, some...
View ArticleChanges to HSR Reportability of Nonprofit Affiliation Transactions
The Premerger Notification Office (PNO) of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently published a tip sheet that provides new interpretative guidance on reporting obligations under the...
View ArticleDiagnostic Imaging Service Providers Must Comply With the Pennsylvania...
Effective December 23, 2018, pursuant to the Pennsylvania Patient Test Result Information Act (the “Act”), any entity performing a diagnostic imaging service (i.e., a medical imaging test performed on...
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E. Thomas Henefer, Stacey A. Scrivani and William P. Thornton, Jr. Named...
READING, PA, January 4, 2019 – Stevens & Lee has named E. Thomas Henefer, Stacey A. Scrivani and William P. Thornton as litigation department co-chairs. For more than 25 years, E. Thomas Henefer...
View ArticleNLRB Reverts to Long-Standing Independent Contractor Standard
Introduction On January 25, 2019, the National Labor Relations Board (the “Board”) issued its decision in SuperShuttle DFW, Inc.[1] In doing so, the Board specifically overturned a 2014 decision, FedEx...
View ArticleNew Jersey to Raise Its Minimum Wage to $15 Per Hour
New Jersey will be gradually raising its minimum wage for most workers to $15.00 per hour by 2024. On February 4, 2019, Governor Murphy signed into law a bill that amends the New Jersey State Wage and...
View ArticleDepartment of Labor Releases New Overtime Rule
On Thursday, March 7, 2019, the United States Department of Labor (“DOL”) unveiled its heavily anticipated new overtime rule. The newly proposed rule aims to increase the current minimum salary...
View ArticleNew Jersey Law Expands State Leave Laws
April 1, 2019 New Jersey has continued its recent adoption of employee-friendly legislation by enacting an omnibus law that significantly expands an employee’s right to unpaid and paid leave under New...
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