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PepsiCo, ERISA Litigation, And Modification To Retiree Health Benefits Programs: What Employers Need To Know

Public records indicate that PepsiCo, Inc., may have settled an Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) challenge to its ability to change the terms of its retiree health benefits program.

United States Employment

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Hall Benefits Law

Misrepresentation Of Academic Qualifications Is Just Cause

The Alberta Court of King’s Bench recently released its decision in Tudor v Accurate Screen Ltd., 2026 ABKB 237 (Tudor v Accurate). In the decision, Justice Yamauchi dismissed...

Canada Employment

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Borden Ladner Gervais LLP

What Ottawa’s Skilled Trades Investment Means For Manufacturing Employers

If you run a manufacturing business, you do not need another reminder that skilled labour is tight. You feel it in overtime costs, delayed maintenance, longer lead times, and the reality that one resignation...

Canada Employment

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Lerners LLP

Big Law Redefined: Navigating The Shifting Federal Employment Law Landscape: What Employers Need To Know Now (Podcast)

Federal employment law is undergoing dramatic transformation as the EEOC shifts enforcement priorities and the Department of Labor revisits independent contractor classifications. Meanwhile, state-level changes in DC, Maryland, and Virginia are reshaping non-compete agreements, paid leave, and pay transparency requirements. What do these converging federal and state developments mean for how businesses manage their workforce in 2025?

United States Employment

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Greenberg Traurig, LLP

51 Imperfect Solutions To Noncompete Law: Enforcing Noncompete Agreements After Employees Relocate

United States Employment

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Foley & Lardner

Sixth Circuit Allows Pension Claims Against Kellogg And FedEx To Proceed

United States Employment

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Hall Benefits Law

Episode 34: ICE Approaching: Preparing Your Company And Your People (Podcast)

United States Employment

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Klasko

Is Your Payroll Company Correctly Calculating The "No Tax On Overtime" Rule? Penalties Will Apply For The 2026 Tax Year

United States Employment

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Butzel Long

Human Capital Strategy: AI, Employee Free Speech, And Conflicts Of Laws On DEI

United States Employment

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A&O Shearman

A New DOL Joint Employment Rule? What Franchisors Need To Know

United States Employment

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Foley & Lardner

What’s New In Employment Law? Part II: General Trends (Podcast)

United States Employment

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Lowenstein Sandler

Department Of Labor's New Joint Employer Standard Proposed Rule Would Unify FLSA, FMLA And MSPA Compliance

United States Employment

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Duane Morris LLP

Mintz On Air: Practical Policies — Empathy Meets Employment: Practical Strategies For Managing Employee Stress (Podcast)

United States Employment

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Mintz

Emerging Alternatives For GLP-1 Prescription Drug Coverage: What Plan Sponsors Need To Know

United States Employment

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Bass, Berry & Sims

For Whom The Discovery Tolls: Your Privacy Notice May Help Time-Bar Website Wiretapping Claims

United States Privacy

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Fox Rothschild LLP

Kentucky General Assembly Lends Support For Nuclear Development With Senate Bill 57

United States Energy

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FBT Gibbons

401(k) And IRA Contribution Limits For 2026: Retirement Savings, Adjustments For Inflation, And SECURE 2.0 Changes American Taxpayers Must Know About

United States Tax

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Rotfleisch & Samulovitch P.C.

Bipartisan Group Of State Attorneys General Urge FTC To Combat Hidden Rental Fees

United States Real Estate

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Duane Morris LLP

Federal Circuit: Priority Document That 'Broadly Outlines' Possible Structures Fails To Provide Adequate Written Description Support For Subgenus Of Linkers In Antibody-Drug Conjugate

United States IP

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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

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Boomers To Zoomers: Generational Friction In Litigated Employment Mediations

United States Employment

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JAMS

Evolving Challenges In Employment Mediation: Managing Emotions, Shifting Strategies And Legal Trends (Podcast)

United States Employment

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JAMS

Significant Changes Ahead: New Measures To Limit Temporary Foreign Worker Program In Canada

Canada Employment

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Green and Spiegel

RADIO INTERVIEW – CityNews (Video)

Canada Employment

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Green and Spiegel

I'm Listening: BC Appeal Court Confirms That Secretly Recording Colleagues Constitutes Just Cause

Canada Employment

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Stikeman Elliott LLP

La Fête Est Terminée : La Colombie-Britannique Annonce L'entrée En Vigueur De Normes D'emploi Pour Les Travailleurs De Plateformes Numériques

Canada Employment

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Stikeman Elliott LLP

Nouvelles de l'Ontario : le projet de loi 149 propose diverses modifications, notamment les obligations de transparence salariale et de divulgation du recours à l'IA dans les offres d'emploi et le projet de loi 79 entre en vigueur

Canada Employment

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Stikeman Elliott LLP

Ontario Updates: Bill 149 Proposes Variety Of Changes Including Pay Transparency And AI Disclosure Requirements For Job Postings, Bill 79 Comes Into Force

Canada Employment

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Stikeman Elliott LLP

The Gig Is Up: British Columbia Announces Incoming Employment Standards For App-Based Gig Workers

Canada Employment

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Stikeman Elliott LLP

AODA Reminder: Approaching Deadline (December 31, 2023) To File Accessibility Compliance Reports

Canada Employment

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Stikeman Elliott LLP

Outsourcing

Moving Production To Mexico: What U.S. Companies Get Wrong

For decades, U.S. companies seeking lower-cost manufacturing went to China. Now many of those same companies are turning to Mexico. Mexico is closer to the United States...

Worldwide Commercial

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Harris Sliwoski

Remote Employees Change Legal Obligations For Employers: Why Location Matters

In this series, we break down the key risks, compliance challenges, and practical considerations every employer should understand.

United States Employment

Metz Lewis Brodman Must O'Keefe

Oracle Knows More About You Than You Think: Lessons From Oracle v. Kelkar

Oracle's lawsuit against a former employee reveals the extensive customer data Oracle collects and uses to drive sales strategy. The case exposes how Oracle tracks deployment details, pricing, contract terms, and usage patterns to maintain informational advantage in negotiations. Companies running Oracle software should understand the implications of this data collection and take steps to level the playing field.

United States Commercial

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Tactical Law Group LLP

Gestión De Riesgos En Modelos De Trabajo Remoto

United States Immigration

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Akalan Law Firm

Şirketler İçin Uzaktan Çalışma Modellerinde Risklerin Yönetimi

United States Immigration

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Akalan Law Firm

Immigration Compliance For Remote Work

United States Immigration

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Akalan Law Firm

The Future Of Procurement: Why AI Agents Will Replace Manual Sourcing, Not Humans

United States Technology

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AlixPartners

Outsourcing vs. Remote Staffing For Law Firms: What’s The Difference?

United States Law Performance

RemoteLegalStaff.com

60 Seconds On Tech & Sourcing: Is Your Outsourcing Contract Ready For The AI Revolution?

United States Technology

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Loeb & Loeb LLP

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Redundancy/Layoff

Employment Essentials: The April 2026 Legislative Changes

April this year brings a shower of employment legislative changes with the vast majority coming into force on 6 April. Here we provide a quick reminder of the changes and the numbers employers need to know.

Canada Employment

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Gowling WLG

Collective Redundancies: Doubling Of The Protective Award

From 6 April 2026, the maximum protective award that an employment tribunal (ET) can make for a failure to comply with collective redundancy consultation obligations will double from 90 days' actual gross pay...

United States Employment

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Womble Bond Dickinson

International Employment — Episode 2: Global Employers’ Guide To U.S. RIF Compliance (Podcast)

Foreign-headquartered companies looking to reduce their workforce in the States face a complex web of U.S. operational, regulatory and reputational risks. Jackson Lewis’ Workforce...

United States Employment

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Jackson Lewis P.C.

UK HR Two-Minute Monthly: Employment Cases & News – March 2026

United States Employment

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Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

2025 Ohio Labor & Employment Year End Review

United States Employment

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Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP

What's New In Employment Law: March 2026

United States Employment

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Womble Bond Dickinson

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United States Employment

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Shulman Rogers

Upcoming Changes Under The Employment Rights Act 2025

United States Employment

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Mayer Brown

NLRB Region 12 Reinforces Imminent Closure Standard In SolarMovil PR LLC Decision

United States Employment

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Littler Mendelson

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Retirement, Superannuation & Pensions

PepsiCo, ERISA Litigation, And Modification To Retiree Health Benefits Programs: What Employers Need To Know

Public records indicate that PepsiCo, Inc., may have settled an Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) challenge to its ability to change the terms of its retiree health benefits program.

United States Employment

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Hall Benefits Law

Sixth Circuit Allows Pension Claims Against Kellogg And FedEx To Proceed

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit has revived claims by retirees against Kellogg Company and FedEx Corporation over the computation of their pension benefits.

United States Employment

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Hall Benefits Law

ICE Changes Policy On Form I-9 Violations

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) recently changed its policies concerning Form I-9 compliance and violations. These changes include reclassifying several administrative Form I-9 errors as “substantive”...

United States Immigration

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Hall Benefits Law

Class Action Decisions Published March 2026

United States Litigation

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Shook, Hardy & Bacon

Policy Week In Review – May 1, 2026

United States Employment

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Littler Mendelson

US NAIC Spring 2026 National Meeting Highlights: Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) And Alternative Health Coverage (B) Working Group

United States Employment

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Mayer Brown

Benefits Counselor – April 2026

United States Employment

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Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren s.c.

DOL’s Proposed Safe Harbor For Retirement Plan Fiduciaries Selecting Designated Investment Alternatives

United States Employment

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Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren s.c.

Fourth Circuit Vacates Preliminary Injunction Blocking Trump Anti-DEI Executive Orders

United States Commercial

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Hall Benefits Law

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Employee Rights/ Labour Relations

PepsiCo, ERISA Litigation, And Modification To Retiree Health Benefits Programs: What Employers Need To Know

Public records indicate that PepsiCo, Inc., may have settled an Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) challenge to its ability to change the terms of its retiree health benefits program.

United States Employment

HB

Hall Benefits Law

Misrepresentation Of Academic Qualifications Is Just Cause

The Alberta Court of King’s Bench recently released its decision in Tudor v Accurate Screen Ltd., 2026 ABKB 237 (Tudor v Accurate). In the decision, Justice Yamauchi dismissed...

Canada Employment

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Borden Ladner Gervais LLP

April 2026 Global Mobility Recap | EMEA

Clark Hill’s Outbound Immigration & Global Mobility practice guides corporate clients and individuals through complex global immigration challenges worldwide.

Worldwide Immigration

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Clark Hill

What Ottawa’s Skilled Trades Investment Means For Manufacturing Employers

Canada Employment

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Lerners LLP

The Delve Scandal: Why A SOC 2 Report Can’t Be A “Check-the-Box” Exercise For Vendor Management

United States Commercial

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Jackson Lewis P.C.

Resultados de la Lotería H1B: Lo que los Empleadores Necesitan Saber

United States Immigration

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Akalan Law Firm

Lied On Resume But Sued For Wrongful Dismissal Anyway (Podcast)

Canada Litigation

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Gardiner Roberts LLP

Big Law Redefined: Navigating The Shifting Federal Employment Law Landscape: What Employers Need To Know Now (Podcast)

United States Employment

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Greenberg Traurig, LLP

51 Imperfect Solutions To Noncompete Law: Enforcing Noncompete Agreements After Employees Relocate

United States Employment

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Foley & Lardner

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Stringer LLP – 39th Annual Employers’ Conference – Hybrid Edition (Video)

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Stringer LLP

Everything You Need To Know About Your 401(k) In One Video | ERISA Attorney Charles Field

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Sanford Heisler Sharp McKnight

What Do Employers Need To Know About Independent Contractors And California EDD Payroll Tax Audits? (Video)

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Littler Mendelson

LaborSpeak: Washington’s Non-Compete Law (Video)

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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Pay Transparency And The Power Of Preventive Strategies – Episode 5: How Manufacturers Can Manage Worker Equity Expectations (Podcast)

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Jackson Lewis P.C.

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