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• Questions Remain After IRS Issues Initial Guidance on Temporary Deferral of Employee Payroll Tax Obligations

By, Epstein Becker & Green, P.C. COVID-19:

• Proposed Safe to Work Act Would Provide Businesses Broad COVID-19 Liability Protections

By, K&L Gates LLP

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• Reasonable, Not Required: DOL Says IRS Mileage Rate Is Not Only Expense Reimbursement Method

By, Seyfarth Shaw LLP

• A “Reason to Believe”: DOL Says the Obligation to Determine Remote Employees’ Hours of Work is “Not Boundless”

By, Baker & McKenzie LLP

• Decision by Committee Cannot Overcome Supervisor’s Racist Statements

By, Shawe Rosenthal LLP

• Department of Labor Issues Opinion Letter Clarifying Availability of Fluctuating Workweek Method of Calculating Overtime

By, Squire Patton Boggs

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• State & International Compliance Updates

Is COVID-19 Fakery a Federal Crime?

• By, Constangy Brooks

Return to Work: OSHA Obligations in the Event an Employee Tests Positive for COVID-19

• By, Nutter McLennen & Fish

DOL Issues Final Rule on Fluctuating Workweek Method of Computing Overtime under Fair Labor Standards Act

• By, Littler Mendelson

CDC Issues Reopening Guidance for Offices – “Change the way people work”

• By, Shawe Rosenthal

Fewer Commissioned Employees Eligible for Overtime Under New Employer-Friendly Department of Labor Rule

• By, Greenberg Traurig

OSHA Revises COVID-19 Enforcement and Workplace Illness Recording Policies

• By, Shawe Rosenthal

• CMS Scales Back ACA Nondiscrimination Rules

By, Ballard Spahr LLP

• Supreme Court Holds Employers Cannot Discriminate Against LGBTQ Employees: Are Your Employee Benefit Plans Up to Snuff?

By, Snell & Wilmer

• Department of Treasury and IRS Clarify Tax Treatment of Direct Primary Care Arrangements and Health Care Sharing Ministries

By, Winston & Strawn LLP EEOC

• Will Advance New Wellness Regs By, Katie Keith, in Health Affairs What Employers Should Know about ACA Shared Responsibility Payments

By, Proskauer

Don't Leave Eligible FFCRA Tax Credits on the Table

• By, Frost Brown Todd LLC

• Supreme Court Rules that Title VII Protects Employees from Discrimination on the Basis of Sexual Orientation and Transgender Status

By, Miller, Johnson, Snell & Cummiskey, P.L.C.

• COVID-19 Antibody Testing: Useful Screening Tool or Impermissible Medical Examination?

By, Shawe Rosenthal LLP

• The President Signs PPP Reform Bill: Loosening PPP Use and Forgiveness Standards and Expands Payroll Tax Deferral

By, Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

• COVID-19: OSHA issues Updated Guidance on wearing Masks in the Workplace

By, Duane Morris LLP

• “But I Don’t Want to Come Back to the Office!”

By, Vinson & Elkins LLP

• EEOC issues update on coronavirus and discrimination laws

By, Constangy Brooks, Smith & Prophete LLP

State & International Compliance Updates

• IRS Notice 2020-44: Insured and Self-Insured Health Plans Adjusted Applicable Dollar Amount for PCORI Fee

By, Internal Revenue Service

• New Data on the Cost of COVID-19 Treatment for U.S. Private Insurers

By, America's Health Insurance Plans

• The HEROES Act: Key Retirement, Health and Welfare, and Tax Provisions

By, Groom Law Group

• The Return to the Supreme Court

By, Groom Law Group

• Rethinking Employee Benefits in Light of COVID-19

By, Wilkins Finston Friedman Law Group LLP

• Cases Highlight Importance of Governing Law Clauses in ERISA Plan Documents

By, Haynes and Boone, LLP

• Is COVID-19 Fakery a Federal Crime?

By, Constangy Brooks

• DOL Issues Final Rule on Fluctuating Workweek Method of Computing Overtime under Fair Labor Standards Act

By, Littler Mendelson

• CDC Issues Reopening Guidance for Offices – “Change the way people work”

By, Shawe Rosenthal

• Fewer Commissioned Employees Eligible for Overtime Under New Employer-Friendly Department of Labor Rule

By, Greenberg Traurig

• OSHA Revises COVID-19 Enforcement and Workplace Illness Recording Policies

By, Shawe Rosenthal

• Return to Work: OSHA Obligations in the Event an Employee Tests Positive for COVID-19

By, Nutter McLennen & Fish

• IRS Announces 2021 Limits for Health Savings Accounts and High-Deductible Health Plans

By, McDermott, Will, & Emery

• COVID-19 Deadline Extension Are Not Mandatory for Governmental Plans

By, Ice Miller LLP

• CMS Releases Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2021

By, Frost Brown Todd LLC

• Tenth Circuit Upholds Health Plan’s Denial of Surrogacy Expenses

By, Thompson Reuters Practical Law

• COBRA in the Time of COVID-19

By, Foley & Lardner LLP

• The Cost of Healthcare During Retirement: Expectations and Concerns of Older Workers

By, TIAA Institute

• EEOC Suspends EEO-1 Reporting for 2020 By, Vorys Sater Seymour and Pease LLP
  

• *Updated* Leave Tracking and Recordkeeping Under COVID-19: Adjusting to the New Normal By, Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky, and Popeo
  

• COVID-19 Coronavirus Business Impact: Further Guidance on Holiday Entitlements By, Dechert LLP Coronavirus Economic
  

• Response Update: The Road to Recovery By, Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP Old Rules, “New Normal” By, Porzio Bromberg & Newman, P.C. Key Issues to Consider While Reopening or Partially Reopening

• Federal Agencies Extend Deadlines for COBRA and Health Plan Claims, Appeals, and Special Enrollments By, The Wagner Law Group
• DOL Releases New Model COBRA Notices Amid Wave of Litigation By, Littler
• IRS Reverses Course on the Application of Qualified Healthcare Expenses to Employee Retention Tax Credit By, Squire Patton Boggs

• Text of HHS Fact Sheet on 2021 Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters Final Rule By, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

• IRS Provides Additional Time to Contribute to HSAs By, Fraser Trebilcock

Educational Assistance Programs Allow Employers to Pay Their Employees’ Student Loans with PreTax Dollars By, Boutwell Fay LLP