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Benefits Law Advisor

Critical Qualified Plan Fiduciary Issues For Employers To Consider In Light Of Covid-19

By Melissa Ostrower & Stephanie O. Zorn

April 7, 2020

With the business disruptions and market turbulence being wrought by COVID-19, many employers sponsoring qualified retirement plans are facing key decisions about their 401(k), profit sharing, defined benefit, and cash balance plans. From considering potential cost-savings measures such as suspending safe harbor contributions to a 401(k) plan and/or discretionary contributions to a profit sharing plan, to addressing participant requests for distributions and investment education/advice, to considering pension “de-risking” strategies such as realigning trust investments to…

Affirmative Action & OFCCP Law Advisor

New OFCCP Scheduling Letters Finally Approved

By Laura A. Mitchell

April 7, 2020

At long last, OMB has finally approved OFCCP’s request to modify its scheduling letters, as well as approve a scheduling letter for VEVRAA Focused Reviews. At first glance it appears the scheduling letters and itemized listings more resemble OFCCP’s current scheduling letters and not the Agency’s initial requested modifications. Notably, the question requiring contractors to report on their known sub-contractors is not part of the final version of the letters. We will…

California Workplace Law Blog

Judicial Council of California’s Emergency Orders Affecting Employment Actions

By Emilia A. Arutunian & Michael D. Drenan

April 7, 2020

Due to the ongoing impact of COVID-19 pandemic on California’s judicial branch, The Judicial Council of California met yesterday and issued emergency rules related to the COVID-19 Pandemic. Overall, the Judicial Council of California issued eleven different orders, however, three of them will directly affect employment cases. Statute of Limitations Tolls for All Civil Actions Most importantly, pursuant to Emergency Rule No. 9, the statute of limitations is tolled for all causes of action from…

COVID-19 Workplace Law Advisor

AG Barr: Prosecutors, BOP Should Consider COVID-19 Crisis in Determining Bail, Early Release

By Paul V Kelly

April 7, 2020

Several current and former federal officials recently sent letters to the President and the Attorney General urging action to protect persons in custody or facing arrest and detention during the COVID-19 crisis. In response, Attorney General Barr has issued separate directives to all U.S. Attorneys and DOJ Department Heads and to the Director of the Bureau of Prisons (BOP). This guidance comes as justice systems across the United States are dealing with an increasing rate…

COVID-19 Workplace Law Advisor

DHS: Extra H-2B Visas on Hold Because of High Unemployment Due to COVID-19

By Elizabeth A. Evans

April 7, 2020

Extra H-2B visas have been put “on hold” and would not be released “until further notice,” the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has announced. Shortfalls of H-2B visas have been a perennial problem. Used for temporary, seasonal, non-agricultural workers, these visas are relied on heavily by the tourist, hospitality, landscaping, and constructions industries. The statutory limit on the number of H-2B visas available each year is 66,000: 33,000 for the spring/summer period (which starts on…

Immigration Blog

DHS: Extra H-2B Visas on Hold Because of High Unemployment Due to COVID-19

By Elizabeth A. Evans

April 7, 2020

The Corporate Compliance and White Collar Advisor

AG Barr: Prosecutors, BOP Should Consider COVID-19 Crisis in Determining Bail, Early Release

By Paul V. Kelly

April 7, 2020

COVID-19 Workplace Law Advisor

OFCCP Says AAP Data Safe While the Agency Works Remotely

By Laura A. Mitchell & F. Christopher Chrisbens

April 7, 2020

When federal contractors share sensitive data – including pay data – with the OFCCP, data security is always a concern. Is your data any less secure during the COVID-19 pandemic as more compliance officers than usual work from home? Last week, OFCCP addressed this concern with a bulletin entitled, “OFCCP is Committed to Keeping Your Data Safe”. At the heart of OFCCP’s bulletin, the Agency says that OFCCP’s network storage of contractor data is…

Affirmative Action & OFCCP Law Advisor

OFCCP Says AAP Data Safe While the Agency Works Remotely

By Laura A. Mitchell & F. Christopher Chrisbens

April 7, 2020

Affirmative Action & OFCCP Law Advisor

OFCCP Streamlines FAAP Approval Process During COVID-19 Pandemic

By Laura A. Mitchell

April 6, 2020

Consistent with its efforts to encourage federal contractors to consider functional affirmative action plans (FAAPs) as an alternative to establishment AAPs, OFCCP last week issued a bulletin stating it is open for FAAP business. Because FAAPs require OFCCP approval and updating, OFCCP does not want current circumstances to deter contractors from FAAPs. In an effort to streamline FAAP processes, OFCCP says, For FAAP contractors, and contractors interested in entering into FAAP agreements, it is…

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Critical Qualified Plan Fiduciary Issues For Employers To Consider In Light Of Covid-19

New OFCCP Scheduling Letters Finally Approved

Judicial Council of California’s Emergency Orders Affecting Employment Actions

AG Barr: Prosecutors, BOP Should Consider COVID-19 Crisis in Determining Bail, Early Release

DHS: Extra H-2B Visas on Hold Because of High Unemployment Due to COVID-19

DHS: Extra H-2B Visas on Hold Because of High Unemployment Due to COVID-19

AG Barr: Prosecutors, BOP Should Consider COVID-19 Crisis in Determining Bail, Early Release

OFCCP Says AAP Data Safe While the Agency Works Remotely

OFCCP Says AAP Data Safe While the Agency Works Remotely

OFCCP Streamlines FAAP Approval Process During COVID-19 Pandemic

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