: Employee Benefits & Compensation

The Treasury Department this week released a "preliminary list" of occupations that may be entitled to claim the "no tax on tips" deduction.

Illinois HB 1616, signed into law on August 15, 2025, has made several important changes to the Employee Blood and Organ Donation Leave Act, but has also left a trail of confusion relating to whether the leave must be paid. In 2023, Illinois amended the Employee Blood Donation Leave Act to include organ donation.

A proposed class action lawsuit filed against Empower last month highlights the importance for 401(k) plan fiduciaries to carefully negotiate their services agreements with recordkeepers and other services providers.

In Iloff v. LaPaille, the California Supreme Court clarified the "good faith" defense to liquidated damages in minimum wage cases — putting the burden on employers to show they made some effort to determine their legal obligation.

A recently filed lawsuit against Northwestern University and its health plan fiduciaries raises novel claims that could be problematic for employers that offer multiple medical benefit options...

As we previously reported in our Client Alert on November 8, 2024, Nebraska voters approved the Healthy Families and Workplace Act ("HWFA"), requiring eligible employees to earn paid sick leave.

Equinix, a data center developer, has agreed to a $41.5 million settlement in a class action lawsuit involving its stockholders. The class alleged that Equinix mischaracterized...

On July 18, 2025, two former employees ("Plaintiffs") of Nokia of America Corporation ("Nokia" or the "Company") filed a class action lawsuit against the Company...

The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (the Act), signed on July 4, 2025, allows a deduction from an individual's personal tax return on Form 1040 for "qualified overtime compensation" as defined in new Code § 225. The amount that can be deducted from the employee's return is capped at $12,500 with the maximum then adjusted down if the employee's AGI exceeds certain limits. This deduction is permitted in 2025.