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Feb 6, 2024 | Is the Title IX Final Rule Finally Coming?

On June 23, 2022, Title IX’s 50th anniversary, the U.S. Department of Education announced its proposed changes to the implementing regulations concerning how schools must handle sex discrimination matters, including sexual harassment.  Proposed regul...

Jan 25, 2024 | OSHA Electronic Recordkeeping and Reporting Requirements Expanded to Certain Employers

Effective January 1, 2024, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) expands its electronic recordkeeping and reporting requirements for certain employers in designated industries. The regulation, “Improve Tracking of Workplace Injur...

Jan 16, 2024 | New Illinois Law Requires Larger Employers to Give Transit Benefits to Employees

Toward the end of 2023, Illinois enacted the Transportation Benefits Program Act. This Act, which became effective January 1, 2024, requires employers with 50 or more employees to provide their employees with a pre-tax commuter benefit. In this regar...

Jan 12, 2024 | U.S. Department of Labor Implements New Rule to Clarify Worker Classification under FLSA

The US Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division has finalized a new rule to determine whether a worker is an employee or an independent contractor under the Fair Labor Standards Act. This rule will go into effect on March 11, 2024.  The new rule is...

Jan 5, 2024 | IRS Issues Proposed Regulations on Long-Term, Part-Time Employees

Historically, qualified retirement plans have excluded part-time employees from participation. An employer’s ability to do so has now been limited by the Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act (“SECURE Act”) and the SECURE Act 2.0...

Jan 3, 2024 | Is the After School Satan Club Coming to Your School District?

The decision of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania in Satanic Temple, Inc. v. Saucon Valley School District, ___ F.Supp.3d ___, 2023 WL 3182934, 2023 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 75001 (May 1, 2023) is a reminder that if a public sc...

Dec 22, 2023 | Status of DOJ and EPA Policies on Supplemental Environmental Projects

A critical tool in crafting settlement agreements in environmental enforcement cases with DOJ and U.S. EPA has been reauthorized. There have been numerous policy changes at the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) and U.S. EPA during President Biden...

Dec 13, 2023 | Chicago Paid Leave and Paid Sick Leave Ordinance Act Set to Take Effect on December 31

On December 31, 2023, the City of Chicago’s Paid Leave and Paid Sick Leave Ordinance will take effect.  This Act will require Chicago employers to provide each of their employees, including domestic workers, up to 40 hours of Paid Leave for Any Reaso...

Dec 7, 2023 | New Federal Law to Create Reporting Requirements for Most U.S. Entities

Many entities across the United States are about to have increased reporting requirements starting January 1, 2024. After a long anticipated-wait, FinCEN, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, issued a final rule on the Beneficial Ownership Infor...

Nov 13, 2023 | IRS Issues Inflation Adjustments for 2024

The IRS recently announced the 2024 annual inflation adjustments for key tax provisions. Of interest to our clients, Standard Deduction: The standard deduction for married couples filing jointly increases by $1,500 to $29,200. For single taxpay...

Nov 10, 2023 | Ohio Issue 2 Passes: Analysis of Impact on Schools

With the passage of Issue 2 in the November 7, 2023, general election, a new chapter of the Ohio Revised Code will be created: Chapter 3780, Adult Use Cannabis Control. While the new law in Ohio authorizes what is referred to as allowable forms of “a...

Nov 8, 2023 | Ohio’s a Buzz: Impact of Legalization of Recreational Marijuana Use on Employers

Yesterday, Ohio voters overwhelmingly passed Issue 2, legalizing recreational marijuana use. Today employers are wondering, “how does this new law affect the workplace?” The short answer is: not much.  Consistent with current Ohio law regarding me...

Oct 30, 2023 | The National Labor Relations Board Issues Expansive Joint Employer Rule

Do you use a staffing agency to provide workers for your day-to-day operations?   Are you a franchisor that licenses your trademark and business model to franchisees? If you answered “yes” to either of these questions, you should keep reading b...

Oct 10, 2023 | Saving for College While Also Saving for…Retirement?

Thanks to changes in the SECURE 2.0 Act, saving for education can now also help save for retirement. Beginning in 2024, the beneficiary of a 529 education savings plan account may roll certain excess account assets directly into a Roth IRA for his or...

Oct 9, 2023 | Wrangling Continues over Revised WOTUS Conforming Rule Issued in Response to Sackett v. EPA

On September 8, U.S. EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers published a final conforming rule amending the definition of “waters of the United States” in response to the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent Sackett decision. As we have reported over the past...

Sep 1, 2023 | Labor Department Proposes Overtime for Currently Exempt Employees Earning $55,000/Year or Less

The Labor Department released a proposed rule increasing the salary threshold for overtime-exempt employees from the current $35,568/year to $55,000/year. The proposal will be open for public input for 60 days once its official publication in the Fed...

Aug 25, 2023 | Ohio Auditor of State Issues New Guidance on School Board and Employee Involvement in Levies and Bond Issues

The Ohio Auditor of State (“AOS”) issued new guidance on the prohibition in Ohio Revised Code 9.03 against the use of public funds to support levies and bond issues. The guidance consists of answers to frequently asked questions, examples, and best p...

Aug 3, 2023 | Biden Administration Changes to Enforcement Policies

This year, the Biden Administration has ushered in changes to enforcement guidance and policy, including criminal self-disclosures and deference to State regulators. In addition, the Administration has further bolstered its environmental justice prio...

Aug 3, 2023 | Supreme Court of Michigan Alters Premises Liability Law Framework and Open and Obvious Doctrine

On July 28, 2023, the Supreme Court of Michigan significantly changed the framework of premises liability law in Michigan and the open and obvious doctrine, which mainly found application in slip and fall cases. The decision Kandil-Elsayed v. F & E O...

Jul 25, 2023 | Recent Changes to the Ohio Rules Address Remote Attendance, Discovery Disputes, and Service of Process

The following highlights several of the changes to the Ohio Rules of Civil Procedure that went into effect on July 1, 2023. The changes impact, among other things, physical and remote appearance, the rules governing discovery, and service of process....

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