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Tax-Advantaged Employer Matching Contributions To Trump Accounts Now Available
The U.S. Department of Treasury has issued guidance on employer-sponsored Trump Account contribution programs, creating new tax-advantaged opportunities for employers to support employee savings for their children's future. Employers must navigate complex requirements analogous to dependent care assistance programs, including nondiscrimination rules, written plan documents, and compliance obligations under both the Internal Revenue Code and potentially ERISA. What are the key design considerations, tax impl
United States Employment
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Ford & Harrison LLP
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Robbie Mashburn Discusses 401(k) Investment Rules In The Wall Street Journal
The Labor Department faces a regulatory dilemma as it moves to restrict ESG considerations in 401(k) plans while simultaneously seeking to expand access to private-market investments. This tension creates uncertainty for plan sponsors who must navigate conflicting policy objectives, particularly as many private investment strategies inherently incorporate both financial returns and social or environmental goals.
United States Employment
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Liskow & Lewis
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One Year Of McDaniels: Florida’s Private Employers Retaining Right To Reasonable Firearm Restrictions In The New Open Carry Landscape
Florida's 2025 McDaniels decision and permitless concealed-carry law have fundamentally altered the state's firearms landscape, creating new challenges for private employers navigating the intersection of constitutional rights, workplace safety, and property control. How can businesses protect their employees and customers while complying with evolving legal requirements around open carry, parking lot protections, and firearm restrictions?
United States Employment
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Jackson Lewis P.C.
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California Finally Modernizes First Aid Requirements: What Employers Need To Know
The California Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board has approved significant revisions to California’s workplace first aid requirements for both construction and general industry. For general industry employers, the most notable change is the elimination of the longstanding requirement that first aid kit contents be approved by a consulting physician. Instead, employers may now comply by providing a first aid kit meeting ANSI/ISEA Z308.1-2021 Class A requirements.
United States Employment
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Seyfarth Shaw LLP
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DOL Hands Employers A Mental Health Parity Roadmap
The DOL's latest MHPAEA guidance provides plan sponsors with a practical roadmap for mental health parity compliance reviews, highlighting three key enforcement focus areas and identifying red flags in both written plan provisions and operational practices. While offering limited nonenforcement relief for certain portions of the 2024 Final Rule, the agency emphasizes continued enforcement of core statutory requirements...
United States Employment
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Seyfarth Shaw LLP
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NLRB Division Of Advice: Employee Gaza Protests Are Not Protected Activity
The National Labor Relations Board's Division of Advice recently issued a memorandum concluding that a major software company lawfully terminated employees who organized a Gaza war protest at company headquarters. The Division determined that the protest lacked sufficient connection to workplace conditions to qualify as protected concerted activity under federal labor law, despite employee claims that the company's Israeli government contracts affected their working environment.
United States Employment
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Ballard Spahr LLP
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CSBS Releases Artificial Intelligence Supervisory Framework For State Examiners
The Conference of State Bank Supervisors (CSBS) on September 16, 2026 released an Artificial Intelligence Supervisory Framework designed to help state financial examiners identify and understand how the bank and non-bank institutions they regulate are using artificial intelligence, assess the associated risks, and determine when a more in-depth review may be appropriate.
United States Commercial
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Ballard Spahr LLP
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