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HR Blog Empowering HR leaders with insightful content. Posted on May 6, 2024 Deborah Grace Remote Employees Participating in Employee Benefit Plans – What’s Local Law Got to Do with It? Recently, a client called about a remote employee who was moving from the company’s primary location to a different state, and would continue working for the company. The company had no other employees in the new state and the client wanted to know if the employee’s new state residence might affect the company’s 401(k) retirement … Continue reading Remote Employees Participating in Employee Benefit Plans – What’s Local Law Got to Do with It?” Posted on April 29, 2024 Jeffrey Beemer and Aleanna Siacon FTC Declares Employees Free from Most Noncompetes, But How Far Does the Ban Go and Will It Last? During an Open Commission Meeting on April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC”) voted 3-2 in favor of issuing the Noncompete Clause Rule (the Final Rule”), which, with limited exceptions, makes it unlawful to enter into noncompete agreements with workers[1] on or after the Final Rule’s effective date, which is 120 days after its publication … Continue reading FTC Declares Employees Free from Most Noncompetes, But How Far Does the Ban Go and Will It Last?” Posted on April 15, 2024 April 26, 2024 Cyndi Moore Why Establish a Fiduciary Committee for Welfare Benefit Plans? Many plan sponsors have read about the lawsuit filed against Johnson & Johnson alleging that it breached its fiduciary duties with regard to the prescription drug component of its group health plan, causing participants to overpay” for their prescriptions. Lewandowski v. Johnson & Johnson (Case No. 1:2024cv00671), filed February 5, 2024, in the federal district … Continue reading Why Establish a Fiduciary Committee for Welfare Benefit Plans?” Posted on April 8, 2024 April 12, 2024 Chelsea Canaday Title IX Update It is now spring, and if you are an educational entity, it is now the season to begin preparations for summer professional development for the upcoming school year. So you may be wondering: 1) What is going on with Title IX? 2) Are we still following the regulations that were released in 2020? 3) What … Continue reading Title IX Update” Posted on April 1, 2024 Brooke Howard A New Era of Maternity Rights: Understanding the PWFA and the PUMP Act Within the past year, the rights of pregnant workers have considerably increased within the workplace. The expansion started with the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA”), which President Biden signed into law in late 2022. The PWFA took effect in June 2023. The PWFA requires that employers provide reasonable accommodations to pregnant employees. Additionally, the Consolidated … Continue reading A New Era of Maternity Rights: Understanding the PWFA and the PUMP Act” Posted on March 11, 2024 Andrew Alvarado No Vaccine, No Employment? Know Your State Law The new Texas ban on vaccine mandates may be just the start. COVID-19 vaccination mandates have been the subject of litigation and the target of state legislation since the vaccines became readily available. While several states enacted laws that prohibited government employers from requiring workers to be vaccinated against COVID-19, private employers had wide latitude … Continue reading No Vaccine, No Employment? Know Your State Law” Posted on March 4, 2024 March 11, 2024 Aaron Burrell The Difficulty of Defining a Disability—Anxiety In today’s world, countless individuals suffer from anxiety in its various forms. According to the World Health Organization, in 2019, 301 million people in the world had an anxiety disorder, which makes anxiety disorders the most common of all mental disorders.”[1] But is anxiety” a disability” in a legal sense? Is someone with anxiety” entitled … Continue reading The Difficulty of Defining a Disability—Anxiety” Posted on November 20, 2023 November 20, 2023 Sara Jodka Growing Pains: Cultivating Effective Workplace Policies in a Recreational Cannabis State With the November 7 passage of Issue 2, effective December 7, 2023, Ohioans will be able to purchase and possess up to 2.5 ounces of cannabis and grow marijuana plants in their home. Ohio is the 24th state to allow recreational marijuana. When Ohio allowed medical marijuana back in 2016, Ohio employers had to learn … Continue reading Growing Pains: Cultivating Effective Workplace Policies in a Recreational Cannabis State” Posted on November 6, 2023 Eric Gregory Mastering Retirement Plan Forfeitures: A Deep Dive into IRS’s 2023 Proposals & Fiduciary Litigation Trends When a participant terminates employment without being fully vested in their qualified retirement plan account, the non-vested portion of the account is a forfeiture.” While forfeitures are a common element of most retirement plans, many plan sponsors remain unclear on how and when forfeitures may be used. This led the Internal Revenue Service (IRS”) to … Continue reading Mastering Retirement Plan Forfeitures: A Deep Dive into IRS’s 2023 Proposals & Fiduciary Litigation Trends” Posted on October 30, 2023 Deborah Grace Avoid the Year-End Rush – 5 Proactive 401(k) Plan Administrative Steps to Take Now Anyone responsible for the administration of a 401(k) retirement plan probably has a to-do” list that never ends. For example, as soon as a plan administrator files the Annual Report Form 5500 for the prior year, it is time to start planning to distribute the Summary Annual Reports and annual fee and QDIA notices to … Continue reading Avoid the Year-End Rush – 5 Proactive 401(k) Plan Administrative Steps to Take Now” Posts navigation Page 1 Page 2 … Page 29 Next page Search for: Search Newsletter Subscription View Survey Categories COVID-19 Department of Labor Employee Benefits Law Human Resources Immigration Labor and Employment Litigation Archives May 2024 April 2024 March 2024 November 2023 October 2023 September 2023 August 2023 July 2023 June 2023 May 2023 April 2023 March 2023 February 2023 January 2023 December 2022 November 2022 October 2022 September 2022 August 2022 July 2022 June 2022 May 2022 April 2022 March 2022 February 2022 January 2022 December 2021 November 2021 October 2021 September 2021 August 2021 July 2021 June 2021 May 2021 April 2021 March 2021 February 2021 January 2021 December 2020 November 2020 October 2020 September 2020 August 2020 July 2020 June 2020 May 2020 April 2020 March 2020 February 2020 January 2020 December 2019 November 2019 October 2019 September 2019 August 2019 July 2019 June 2019 May 2019 April 2019 March 2019 February 2019 January 2019 December 2018 November 2018 October 2018 September 2018 August 2018 July 2018 June 2018 May 2018 April 2018 March 2018 February 2018 January 2018 December 2017 November 2017 October 2017 September 2017 Categories COVID-19 Department of Labor Employee Benefits Law Human Resources Immigration Labor and Employment Litigation Disclaimer The HR Blog is published by Dickinson Wright PLLC to inform the public of important developments within the firm and practice areas. 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