Labor & Employment Law Update

The Department of Labor adopted long-awaited final regulations establishing a new default safe harbor for the electronic disclosure of retirement plan information under ERISA.  These final regulations do not drastically differ from the DOL’s proposed regulations which were issued in October 2019.  (For more information on the proposed regulations, click […]

Despite the uncertainty that the COVID-19 crisis has brought to our workplaces, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (“OFCCP”) appears to be operating at near to full strength, issuing several new forms, directives, and programs in the last few months.  Let’s get caught up. OFCCP Issues New Disability Self-Identification […]

For more than half a century, the law has been clear that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 has prohibited employers from discriminating against employees on the basis of sex.  The statutory language, however, does not specifically include, reference, or otherwise address sexual orientation or gender identity […]

Effective today, May 1, 2020, all employers are required to begin using the newest version of the Form I-9. A copy of the Form, both electronic and printable formats, is located on I-9 Central, which is a part of the US Citizenship and Immigration Service website. Be sure to access […]

As waves of employees across the nation are staying home from work to combat the spread of COVID-19, many are doing so on an unpaid basis.  This week, both Iowa and Nebraska announced unemployment insurance relief for both employees and employers amid the COVID-19 crisis. Generally, to qualify for unemployment […]