A new IRS notice will allow individuals to receive testing and care for COVID-19 without jeopardizing their ability to contribute to a health savings account (HSA). The IRS issued the notice due to the public health threat posed by COVID-19,
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The Rise of Facial Recognition Technology: Mapping the Legal Framework
In January 2020, the Supreme Court decided it would not hear the issue of whether Facebook broke the law in Illinois when it instituted a photo-tagging feature that honed in on users’ faces and tagged them without their consent, and…
The Accountability Pendulum Nudges Back Towards Executives
Several new, highly public developments showcase prominent executives being subjected to significant financial penalties, loss of employment and reputational damage arising from allegations that they bore responsibility for corporate scandals to which they contributed, directly or indirectly.
Even though these…
Coronavirus Resource Center | Preparedness Planning for Businesses
In our global economy, Coronavirus (COVID-19) raises serious concerns for employers in all industries. Workers may be on the front lines caring for patients and developing vaccines, travelling for business, or in close contact with individuals who travel or may…
SCOTUS Holds Proof of ‘Actual Knowledge’ Required Under ERISA Statute of Limitations
The US Supreme Court handed workers a big win by preserving a six-year deadline to file ERISA class actions as the standard, but employers have already seized on language in Justice Samuel Alito’s opinion as a road map for how…
Investor Guidelines for Shared Value Creation in Employee Ownership Transitions Unveiled
One of the big questions for the employee ownership field is, why has the number of US employee-owned firms failed to grow significantly over the last couple of decades?
An upcoming paper from Fifty by Fifty proposes that the barrier…
Flirting at Job Interviews Is Common
One in five job applicants say an interviewer flirted with them during a job interview, and more than half of them flirted back, according to a survey by background-screening firm JDP. Of the 1,997 people surveyed, 58% of the women…
Summary of Commuter Benefit Laws (Current as of Feb. 3, 2020)
An increasing number of jurisdictions around the country, including parts of California, New Jersey and Washington, DC, are mandating that employers provide commuter benefit programs that allow employees to pay for commuting costs on a pre-tax basis. While the requirements…
HIPAA Boss Sees ‘Low-Hanging Fruit’ Ripe For Enforcement
Healthcare providers and insurers are still making tons of rookie mistakes on patient privacy, turning themselves into easy enforcement targets, according to Roger Severino, director of the US Department of Health and Human Services.
Severino made headlines in 2017 for…
Up, Up and Away: 2020 Increased Penalties for Employee Benefit Plans
For 2020, legislation enacted in December of 2019 dramatically increases penalties imposed by the Internal Revenue Code (the Code) for late filing of certain employee benefit plan notices and reports. In addition, a final rule published by the Department of…