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April 8th, 2019 Employment Agreements On March 25, 2019, Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin signed legislation (S.B. 7) allowing all of the following: Arbitration, mediation, or alternative […]

April 8th, 2019 Guide to Paid Family Leave In March 2019, the Massachusetts Department of Family and Medical Leave released an employer’s guide to aid with […]

April 8th, 2019 Minimum Wage Increase On March 28, 2019, the Maryland General Assembly overrode Governor Larry Hogan’s veto of legislation that would have increased the […]

April 8th, 2019 Tip Pooling Clarification On March 25, 2019, Maine Governor Janet Mills signed legislation (H.P. 67) clarifying that an employer may establish a valid […]

April 8th, 2019 Minimum Wage Increase On March 1, 2019, New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham signed legislation (S.B. 437) increasing the state’s minimum wage from […]

Ellen Kearns, partner with leading national labor and employment law firm (and ThinkHR strategic employment law partner) Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP, explains proposed regulations clarifying […]

April 2nd, 2019 Today is National Employee Benefits Day! For the past fifteen years, the benefits community has taken a moment each April 2 to recognize […]

Yesterday, a federal district court struck down a Department of Labor (DOL) Rule on Association Health Plans (AHPs). Issued in 2018, the DOL rule aimed to […]

On March 14, 2019, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) released a new opinion letter addressing whether an employer may delay designating Family and Leave Act […]

States that permit carriers to renew medical policies without adopting various Affordable Care Act (ACA) requirements may continue to do so through 2020, according to a […]

March 25th, 2019 Smoking Marijuana for Medical Use Permitted On March 18, 2019, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed legislation (S.B. 182) that redefines medical use of […]