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Labor & Employment Law Update: Lessons Learned from COVID-19 and What to Expect under the Biden Administration

By Bass, Berry & Sims
January 12, 2021
Join us for a virtual seminar in which Bass, Berry & Sims’ labor & employment attorneys will discuss anticipated legislative developments and agency guidance changes under the new administration, and provide practical advice for understanding the associated impacts and legal challenges to employers. We will also review the lessons learned from COVID-19, address its continued implications for employers in 2021, and provide guidance for navigating the associated employment issues facing employers, including with respect to:…
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New Relief Bill Does Not Extend FFCRA Requirements but Does Encourage Voluntary Extension

By Robert Horton
December 22, 2020
As passed back in March 2020, the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA)’s Emergency Paid Sick Leave (EPSL) Act and Emergency Family and Medical Leave Act (EFMLA) requirements by which employers with less than 500 employees must provide paid leave for certain COVID-19-related circumstances will expire as of December 31, 2020. The Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act (Supplemental Bill) passed by Congress on December 21 does not extend those requirements beyond the December…
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EEOC Issues Updated Employer Guidance Concerning Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccinations

By Mary Leigh Pirtle
December 17, 2020
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has released updated guidance regarding employers’ and employees’ rights and obligations related to mandatory COVID-19 vaccination. Mandatory Vaccinations are Permitted On December 16, the EEOC released guidance confirming that employers may require employees to be vaccinated for COVID-19, subject to Title VII of the Civil Rights Act (Title VII) prohibiting religious discrimination and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) which prohibits discrimination based on disability.…
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Changes to Section 162(m) Affecting Deferred Compensation Arrangements

By Susie Bilbro, Noah Black, Doug Dahl, Curtis Fisher, Brett Good, Bryan Metcalf, Fritz Richter, Catherine Simpson & David Thornton
October 22, 2020
Public companies maintaining deferred compensation arrangements for their executive officers should consider how recent changes to the regulations under Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code (the Code) may impact the timing of payments to be made to participants and their beneficiaries under such plans – if action is required, the affected plans must be amended before December 31, 2020 to avoid complications or penalties.…
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Labor & Employment Law Update: Recent Developments for Employers

By Bass, Berry & Sims
October 15, 2020
While managing the fallout from COVID-19 has dominated the focus of employers this year, there have been a number of recent employment law developments unrelated to the virus. During this virtual seminar Bass, Berry & Sims labor & employment attorneys will address legislative developments and agency guidance with respect to a number of these issues and provide practical guidance for understanding the associated impacts and legal challenges. Topics will include: Managing political messages in the…
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2020 ERISA Welfare Plan Checklist

By Bass, Berry & Sims
October 1, 2020
We recognize that many of our readers sponsor ERISA welfare benefit plans and are currently undergoing their open enrollment process and issuing related participant communications. To assist with that process, we have prepared an Automatic Participant Disclosures Checklist for use during open enrollment and throughout the plan year. If you have questions regarding the information in this checklist, please contact any of the attorneys in our Employee Benefits Practice Group. …
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Tennessee Pregnant Workers Fairness Act

By Kimberly Veirs
September 28, 2020
On October 1, Tennessee will join a growing list of states providing additional protections to pregnant employees as the Tennessee Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (Act) takes effect. Covered employers include those with 15 or more employees. Under the Act, it is unlawful for an employer to refuse to make reasonable accommodations for medical needs arising from pregnancy, childbirth or other related medical conditions unless doing so would impose an undue hardship on the employer. This…
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DOL Issues Another Round of Guidance on FFCRA

By Lymari Cromwell
September 25, 2020
On September 11, in response to a New York federal district court striking down some of the Department of Labor (DOL) regulations regarding the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA), the DOL issued guidance (Guidance) affirming in part and revising in part, its regulations. While most of the Guidance does not result in any significant change or consequence to employers, the DOL’s revision of its prior definition of “health care provider” significantly impacts how healthcare…
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Labor & Employment Law Seminar: Employer Obligations for Returning to the Workplace Amid COVID-19

By Bass, Berry & Sims
September 11, 2020
As states and cities begin to ease COVID-19 restrictions and organizations return their employees to the workplace, employers are forced to navigate an unprecedented and fluid landscape of post-pandemic compliance issues. This virtual seminar will address the difficult issues facing employers as they return their employees to the workplace and provide practical guidance for understanding the associated legal challenges. Bass, Berry & Sims labor & employment attorneys will present tools for developing and implementing a…
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Court Ruling Invalidates DOL’s Final Rule Related to FFCRA

By Robert Horton
August 4, 2020
On August 3, the federal court for the Southern District of New York (SDNY) issued an order invalidating several significant portions of the Department of Labor’s (DOL’s) Final Rule regarding the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA). The SDNY struck down the following provisions: That work has to be otherwise available to the employee for the employee to be eligible for Emergency Paid Sick Leave (EPSL). The DOL’s expansive definition of “healthcare providers” for the…

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