Employers fear that the COVID-19 pandemic could undo recent progress towards workforce equity, with women and caregivers leaving the workforce in droves.
In this legal update, our employee benefits team highlights the recently issued 2021 calendar year limits for qualified retirement plans, other retirement arrangements, fringe benefits, and health and welfare plans....
The digital economy has changed the way we live and the way organizations carry on business. It has also raised unique privacy challenges that were not imaginable when Canada’s private-sector privacy laws were originally drafted.
In October 2020, the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) released a public hearing notice announcing proposed regulatory amendments to the Commonwealth’s solid waste management regulations (310 CMR 19.000).
On October 28, 2020, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a notice in the Federal Register announcing the availability of its progress report in meeting its performance measures and goals for pesticide reregistration during fiscal year (FY) 2018 (2018 Report). 85 Fed. Reg.
On October 27, 2020, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) issued its final rule setting the test for determining who the ‘true lender’ is in a loan transaction, including in the context of a lending partnership between a federally-chartered bank and a non-bank third party.
The New York State Paid Sick Leave law technically took effect on September 30, 2020. Practically, however, employers have until January 1, 2021, to prepare for implementation. Still, time is running short.
Back in Episode 95 (May 7, 2020), the Baker Hostetler team broke down the problems with digital advertising taxes, including the Maryland proposal (HB 732).
