Labor Days
Health Care Reform–Cadillac Tax and Other Updates
This Advisory supplements our previous advisories dated December 2016, December 2015 (as supplemented in January 2016 ), October 2014, October 2013, November 2012, November 2011, and October 2010, addressing…
Predictive Scheduling: New York (State) of Mind
Retail employers beware: New York City’s predictive scheduling law went into effect on November 26, 2017, and now New York State is now getting in the mix. The New York State Department of Labor (“NYSDOL”) recently…
Employer Vaccine Programs: A Case Where Religion is NOT a Factor
This year flu season came early and with a vengeance. As we mentioned in our October post, The Rise of Employee Religious Discrimination Claims, mandatory flu vaccines present a common pitfall for employers. As…
New Tax Law Impact on Employee Benefits and Compensation
At the end of 2017, President Trump signed into law The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the “Act”) that includes significant changes in the employee benefits area, most of which became effective on January 1, 2018. The…
The Rising Cost of "Hush Money" - Congress Strips Tax Incentives for Sexual Harassment Nondisclosure Agreements
You can count Congress among the institutions caught in the ground swell of the #MeToo movement, and they’re using the tax code to prove it. Buried in the various changes of the new tax bill, Congress included Section…