By: Hannah DeLuca , W. Andrew Douglass , and Elizabeth Bray , Polsinelli P.C. This article addresses the steps that plan sponsors and fiduciaries must take to locate and notify missing participants in qualified defined contribution and qualified defined...

By: Michael S. Kun , Jeffrey H. Ruzal , and Kevin Sullivan , Epstein Becker & Green, P.C. This checklist identifies the main risk categories for wage and hour self-audits. To avoid potentially significant liability for wage and hour violations...

By: Jeffrey M. Landes and Ann Knuckles Mahoney , Epstein Becker & Green, P.C. This article provides advice and guidance to employers regarding how to ensure compliance with equal pay laws, particularly the Equal Pay Act of 1963 (EPA). ALTHOUGH...

By: Richard R. Meneghello , Sarah J. Moore , and John T. Lai , Fisher & Phillips LLP This article provides guidance and best practices for counseling employers on the legal implications of integrating artificial intelligence (AI) and robots into...

LABOR DEPARTMENT RESUMES OPINION PROGRAM, REISSUES 17 RESCINDED LETTERS THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR (DOL) HAS REISSUED 17 opinion letters originally issued in January 2009 during the last few weeks of the Bush administration but later withdrawn by...

By: Richard Lieberman , Dykema Gossett PLLC THE TAX REFORM LEGISLATION ENACTED IN LATE 2017, known as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (Pub. L. No. 115-97) (the Tax Act), made relatively few far-reaching and substantive changes in the area of executive compensation...

By: Kathryn T. McGuigan and Justin Hanassab , Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP Introduction In early Fall 2017, the #MeToo campaign exploded into a movement across social media demonstrating the prevalence of sexual assault and harassment in the...

By: Marc E. Bernstein , Paul Hastings LLP This article addresses initial preparations for drafting a separation agreement and common terms that employers ordinarily should include, or at least consider including, in separation agreements. WHEN TERMINATING...

By: Brian M. Murray , Baker & Hostetler LLP This article discusses aspects of Section 510 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) (29 U.S.C. § 1140), which prohibits interference with benefits and retaliation for the exercise...

By: Richard Lieberman , Dykema Gosset PLLC This article addresses fundamental considerations in structuring equity compensation for general and limited partnerships, as well as limited liability companies (LLCs) that are classified as partnerships for...

By: Bret Cohen , Nelson Mullins and Amanda Carozza , Mintz Levin, P.C. THE DEFEND TRADE SECRETS ACT OF 2016 (DTSA), 130 STAT. 376, allows U.S. employers to protect against and remedy misappropriation of trade secret information in federal court. Before...