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Fridays with Benefits — Open Enrollment: Last Minute Check-Up

by McDermott Will & Emery | Sep 28, 2017 | Employee Benefits, Employment, Health and Welfare Plans

Anxious about open enrollment? Join McDermott lawyers Judith Wethall and Finn Pressly for a rundown of the top 10 issues to watch as you prepare for the 2018 plan year, including mandatory notices, electronic disclosure, and trends in ERISA litigation.

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Date
Friday October 6, 2017

Time
10:00 am – 10:40 am PDT
11:00 am – 11:40 am MDT
12:00 pm – 12:40 pm CDT
1:00 pm – 1:40 pm EDT

Mark your calendars for the first Friday of the month! McDermott’s Employee Benefits Group will be delivering timely topics in our “Fridays With Benefits” monthly webinar series.

“Back to School” Round-Up of Key UK Employment Law Developments in 2017 to Date

by Anthony A. Bongiorno, Katie Clark and Paul McGrath | Sep 27, 2017 | Employee Benefits, Employment, Health and Welfare Plans, Labor, Retirement Plans

In this “back to school” round-up, we take the opportunity to catch up on the most important UK employment law events and developments in 2017 to date.

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Court Cases Challenge English-Only COBRA Election Procedures

by Anthony A. Bongiorno and Chris C. Scheithauer | Sep 21, 2017 | Benefit Controversies, Employee Benefits, Employment, Health and Welfare Plans

Two pending federal cases could reveal situations in which employers with a significant multi-lingual workforce should provide translated versions of their COBRA election materials.

French Labor Law Reform: A Breakdown of Key Items in the Overhaul

by McDermott Will & Emery | Sep 19, 2017 | Employment, Labor

The French government has announced labor reforms intended to promote flexibility and improved predictability at both the collective and individual level. The decrees should be approved by the president on September 22, 2017, and the parliament would have to ratify the decrees in the coming months. Their ratification is not expected to undergo major hurdles, but we will provide you with updates on this reform and its consequences on companies and employment in France once it has been approved.

US Immigration under the Trump Administration: What We Know and What We Think We Know

by Joan-Elisse Carpentier | Sep 12, 2017 | Employee Benefits, Employment, Labor

President Donald J. Trump recently issued an Executive Order, followed by a proposed bill and other guidance, which would drastically change the current immigration system. Based on these developments, employers should be prepared for immigration hiring changes and may want to consider applying now for immigrant status for affected key employees.

Hurricane Harvey Relief for Employee Benefit Plans

by Allison Wilkerson and Diane Morgenthaler | Sep 7, 2017 | Employee Benefits, Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPs), Employment, Fiduciary and Investment Issues, Health and Welfare Plans, Labor, Retirement Plans

The Internal Revenue Service and the Department of Labor relaxed some deadlines for eligible employee benefit plans and expanded the availability of withdrawals and loans for eligible defined contribution plan participants in the disaster area. However, the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation announced that some of its required filings will not be extended automatically.

Court to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission: “Try Again” on Wellness Rules

by Anthony A. Bongiorno and Megan Mardy | Aug 29, 2017 | Employee Benefits, Employment, Health and Welfare Plans

In October 2016, the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) sued the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) in the US District Court for the District of Columbia seeking an injunction against the latest iteration of wellness program regulations. The final EEOC regulations issued last year offer employers a roadmap for offering employee wellness programs that pass muster as “voluntary” examinations under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 (GINA). In response, AARP argued that the EEOC failed to adequately justify the new rules and abused its regulatory power by reversing course on its long-standing position against wellness programs.

As Federal Progress Stalls, State, Local and Private Initiatives March Towards Pay Equity

by McDermott Will & Emery and Evan A. Belosa | Aug 10, 2017 | Employee Benefits, Employment, Executive Compensation, Labor

Pay equity, the concept that gender differences should not affect compensation, is a concept easy to support, yet has been stubbornly hard to achieve. Federal law has become calcified in addressing the stubborn pay gap between men and women. State and local initiatives, along with private actors, have increasingly taken steps in the past year to address pay equity.

UK Supreme Court Rules Employment Tribunal Fee Regime

by Anthony A. Bongiorno, Katie Clark and Paul McGrath | Aug 3, 2017 | Employment, Labor

A significant judgment delivered on July 26, 2017, by the UK Supreme Court increases the likelihood of employment claims being brought in the future and is of significance to all organizations employing staff in the United Kingdom.

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Legally Mandated Benefit Plan Changes Still Require Bargaining

by McDermott Will & Emery and McDermott Will & Emery | Jun 15, 2017 | Employee Benefits, Employment, Health and Welfare Plans, Labor

A unanimous panel of the NLRB, including Chairman Philip A. Miscimarra, held that ACA mandates do not relieve an employer of its duty to bargain with a union representing its employees regarding certain health insurance benefit plan changes.

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