Labor & Employment Law Update

The Nebraska Supreme Court, in a ruling on Friday, held that a Paid Time Off (PTO) plan which is indistinguishable from vacation leave in its drafting and application requires that PTO hours be paid out upon separation from employment under the Nebraska Wage Payment and Collection Act.   Two former […]

Iowa:  A transgender Iowa City woman, born male and presenting as female, recently prevailed in the civil rights complaint she filed with the Iowa Civil Rights Commission after a sheriff’s deputy ordered her to leave a women’s restroom at the courthouse, according to the Iowa City Press-Citizen.  A state administrative […]

The Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Treasury recently issued guidance in the form of frequently asked questions (“FAQs”) that clarify and expand the rules regarding preventive care benefits that non-grandfathered group health plans must provide to a participant with no cost-sharing.  Specifically, the new guidance addresses the […]

Employers addressing the variety of new obligations imposed by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (“PPACA”) should also be aware of the PPACA’s whistleblower protection amendment to the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”).  The U.S. Department of Labor published its interim final regulations governing the employee whistleblower protection of […]

On March 8, 2013, the Department of Homeland Security issued a new version of the Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification (“Form”).  The current version of the Form expired last August; however, implementation of a new Form was delayed when the United States Citizenship and Immigration Service (“USCIS”) received over 6,000 […]