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Third Circuit Holds No Deference Due Where Administrator Fails To Articulate An Interpretation Of An Ambiguous Plan Term

In most cases, denials of ERISA plan benefits by administrators who have been granted discretionary authority to interpret and apply the plan are reviewed...

United States Employment

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Proskauer Rose LLP

Clock Is Ticking For California Employers To Distribute The "Workplace Know Your Rights" Notice By February 1, 2026

California employers face an important new compliance deadline under the state's newly enacted Workplace Know Your Rights Act. By February 1, 2026, all California employers must distribute this mandatory "Know Your Rights" Notice to their employees – and, thereafter, must continue to do so annually.

United States Employment

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Proskauer Rose LLP

Key California Labor And Employment Updates For 2026

New California employment statutes include significant changes that will reshape employment agreements, pay equity compliance, notice practices, data governance, and leave administration.

United States Employment

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Winston & Strawn LLP

2026 California Employment Law Updates: What Employers And Employees Should Know

It is a new year in California and that means a new set of updates to the state's labor and employment laws.

United States Employment

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Madison Law

Value For Money: Better Retirement Outcomes And Greater Transparency – Further Consultation On New Framework For DC Pension Schemes

United States Employment

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Mayer Brown

Don't Risk Being Put On The "WALL"(Workplace Accountability In Labor List)

United States Employment

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Wilentz, Goldman & Spitzer

New York City Enacts New Laws To Require Pay Data Reporting

United States Employment

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A&O Shearman

Illinois Employers: Key Changes Already In Effect And What's Coming Later In 2026

United States Employment

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Taft Stettinius & Hollister

A Review Of 2025 Labor & Employment Legislation In California

United States Employment

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Jones Day

Financial Reporting For Employee Termination Events

United States Employment

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Riveron

Washington Employment Law Update: Key Changes Effective January 1, 2026, And High-Risk Compliance Reminders

United States Employment

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Perkins Coie LLP

Proskauer Benefits Brief: Withdrawal Liability – What It Is And Why It Matters (Podcast)

United States Employment

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Proskauer Rose LLP

H-1B Cap Lottery Update: Higher Wages Get More "Entries" Starting FY 2027

United States Employment

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Fennemore

Navigating FMLA: DOL's New Opinion Letter Clarifies Travel Time

United States Employment

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Jackson Lewis P.C.

Banking Industry Outlook: U.S. Banking M&A Surge Arrives In Q3

United States Compliance

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Ankura Consulting Group LLC

Countdown To Jan. 1, 2026: Preparing For California's New AI Training Data Transparency Obligations

United States Technology

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Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz

Food Venture Financing News – Weekly Issue No. 264

United States Commercial

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Davis Wright Tremaine

How The GENIUS Act Is Reshaping Stablecoin Regulation And Emerging Financial Disputes

United States Litigation

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JAMS

Green And Spiegel, U.S. Announces New Initiative To Protect Citizens Overseas

United States Immigration

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Green and Spiegel

Employment Tip Of The Month – January 2026

As we kick off 2026, it is anticipated that wage and hour litigation will continue to increase, particularly disputes over unpaid overtime, misclassification of employees...

United States Employment

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Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP

What Employers Need To Know About How To Track And Report Qualified Overtime Compensation In Compliance With The "No Tax On Overtime" Provision Of The One Big Beautiful Bill Act

On July 4, 2025, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) became law. The Act provides a temporary deduction from federal taxable income for "qualifying overtime compensation."

United States Employment

MO

Mirick O'Connell

NFI Settles For $5.75 Million In Systemic Worker Misclassification Case

A New Jersey federal district court judge has preliminarily approved a $5.75 million settlement between National Freight, Inc. (NFI)...

United States Employment

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Hall Benefits Law

What You Need To Know About New York's Stay-or-Pay Law

In conjunction with our federal and New York State labor and employment 2025 Review and 2026 Outlook, we focus here on one of the key developments under New York law.

United States Employment

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Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

This Week From The Hill (January 11 – 17, 2026)

United States Employment

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Groom Law Group

Labor & Employment Law Roundup: 2025 In Review And 2026 Outlook, Part 2 Of 2

United States Employment

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Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

Deadline Ahead: Pay Data Reporting Obligations For Massachusetts Employers

United States Employment

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Jackson Lewis P.C.

To Z Or Not To Z? CFPB Clarifies The Regulation Z Treatment Of Certain Earned Wage Access Products

United States Finance

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K&L Gates LLP

The State Of Employment Law: Local Laws Can Complicate State Laws Even Further

United States Employment

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Barnes & Thornburg LLP

Labor Laws And Their Influence On Employment In The US

United States Employment

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Miller Shah

2025-2026 Minnesota Labor And Employment Law Update: Key Wage, Leave, Pay Transparency, And Workplace Compliance Changes For Employers

United States Employment

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Dykema

H-1b Vizesi İçin Ücret-Ağirlikli Seçime Geçiş

United States Immigration

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Akalan Law Firm

New Year, New Selection Criteria For H-1B Cap Lottery: DHS Finalizes Rule Prioritizing Higher-Paid Workers

United States Employment

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Ballard Spahr LLP

NYC To Join Other Jurisdictions In Requiring Employer Pay Data Reporting

United States Employment

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Proskauer Rose LLP

2025-2026 Minnesota Labor And Employment Law Update: Key Wage, Leave, Pay Transparency, And Workplace Compliance Changes For Employers

Minimum wage increases at the state, Minneapolis, and St. Paul levels will require multi-jurisdictional employers to reassess payroll practices.

United States Employment

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Dykema

H-1b Vizesi İçin Ücret-Ağirlikli Seçime Geçiş

H-1B Vizesi seçim sistemi, artık başvuruların seçilme olasılığını pozisyon için teklif edilen ücret düzeyine göre ağırlıklandırılmış şekilde belirleyecektir.

United States Immigration

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Akalan Law Firm

New Year, New Selection Criteria For H-1B Cap Lottery: DHS Finalizes Rule Prioritizing Higher-Paid Workers

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has finalized the rule overhauling the H‑1B cap selection process, replacing the longstanding random lottery with a wage-based, weighted selection system.

United States Employment

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Ballard Spahr LLP

NYC To Join Other Jurisdictions In Requiring Employer Pay Data Reporting

After the NYC Council voted to override a veto by former Mayor Eric Adams, New York City will soon require large employers to report pay data by employee race, ethnicity, and gender.

United States Employment

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Proskauer Rose LLP

FMLA Leave Calculation When Employers Close For Weather

United States Employment

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Jackson Lewis P.C.

New York Employers Will Have To Discontinue Seeking Employee Credit Information For Employment Purposes

Effective April 21, 2026, it will be an "unlawful discriminatory practice" for employers in New York to "request or to use" information showing an applicant's or employee's credit worthiness...

United States Employment

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Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC

New Year, New Worries: New Lawsuits Focus On Fiduciary Duties For Voluntary Benefits

On December 23, 2025, Schlichter Bogard LLC, a law firm well-known for filing lawsuits against retirement plan fiduciaries (and recently health and welfare plan fiduciaries), filed separate class action lawsuits...

United States Employment

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Kutak Rock LLP

The State Of Pay: Rethinking Compensation And Benefits For An Evolving Workforce

Workforces are changing rapidly. Millennials and Gen Z now comprise a majority of the global workforce and are projected to approach the three-quarters mark within the next five years.

United States Employment

JD

Jones Day

EEOC's New Guidance Targeting Anti-American Bias: What Employers Should Know

Towards the end of last year, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued a new one-page technical assistance document titled "Discrimination Against American Workers...

United States Immigration

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Klasko

Massachusetts Pay Reporting Deadline: Are You Ready For February 2, 2026?

United States Employment

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Jackson Lewis P.C.

PA State Court Approves $13.5M Settlement Against Bayada In Wage Class Action

United States Employment

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Hall Benefits Law

ERISA Litigation Update - January 2026

United States Employment

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Goodwin Procter LLP

NYSDOL Issues Guidance On Healthy Terminals Act Amendments Effective January 1, 2026

United States Employment

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Littler Mendelson

DOL Issues 6 New Opinion Letters On FLSA And FMLA Compliance

United States Employment

HK

Holland & Knight

Trump's 'One Big Beautiful Bill': Major Tax Changes For 2025-2026

United States Tax

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Holland & Hart

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.

DOL Clarifies Application Of Minimum Wage And Tips Under The FLSA's Commissioned Employee Overtime Exemption

United States Employment

LM

Littler Mendelson

ERIC Urges Eighth Circuit To Reject 401(k) Forfeiture Claims

United States Employment

HB

Hall Benefits Law

US DHS Implements Weighted Selection Process For FY 2027 H-1B Cap Registrations

United States Employment

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

New York's Employers Are Caught In The Middle: Contending With Diverging Federal And State Employment Law Agendas

United States Employment

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

DOL Issues Opinion Letter Regarding Compensability Of Pre-Shift Activities Covered By A Collective Bargaining Agreement

United States Employment

LM

Littler Mendelson

California Employment Law Developments Employers Should Prepare For In 2026

United States Employment

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Ford & Harrison LLP

DOL Opinion Letter Confirms Bonuses Under Predetermined Pay Plans Must Be Included In Regular Rate

United States Employment

LM

Littler Mendelson

$19.4 Million Lyft Settlement Signals Strengthened Worker Misclassification Enforcement In New Jersey

United States Employment

MS

Miller Shah

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

United States Employment

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JAMS

Royalty Income Payments Won't Solve The International Student Athlete Employment Issue

United States Immigration

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Green and Spiegel

U.S. Employers And Workplace Enforcement Actions – What To Expect And How To Prepare

United States Immigration

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Green and Spiegel

Wage And Hour Mediations: Consider Tax Issues Beforehand

United States Employment

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JAMS

The Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act & The Future Of Forced Labor Enforcement

United States Government

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Braumiller Law Group, PLLC

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Pay Transparency + The Power Of Preventive Strategies: Episode 1 — Mitigating The Patchwork (Video)

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Jackson Lewis P.C.

Littler Lounge: Festive Compliance – Unwrapping Holiday Parties, Bonuses, And Workplace Cheer (Podcast)

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Littler Mendelson

The Middle Matters: Leveraging The Middle Of Your Career (Podcast)

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Lowenstein Sandler

Beyond H-1B—Global Parking And Digital Nomad Paths For US Employers (Podcast)

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Mayer Brown

California Gig Worker Misclassification Back In Spotlight With New Legislation (Video)

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Miller Shah

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