Governor Newsom recently signed into law SB 331 to impose a number of new restrictions on employment settlement, separation, and nondisclosure agreements. Here’s an overview of the new requirements, which apply to agreements entered into on or after January 1,
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To Fund or Not To Fund: Considerations for Employers Impacted by Recent Changes to Pension Plan Funding Rules
By Jason Levy & Inside Jobs
The recently enacted coronavirus economic relief package, the American Rescue Plan of 2021 (“ARPA”), contains the most significant changes in fifteen years to the funding rules of single employer pension plans. These changes have largely has fallen under the radar…
California Employers Required to Provide COVID-19 Supplemental Paid Leave, Retroactive to January 1, 2021
Effective March 29, 2021, California employers with more than 25 employees must provide up to 80 hours of paid sick leave for certain COVID-19-related reasons. The new law, Senate Bill 95 (adding Labor Code Sections 248.2 and 248.3), is retroactive…
New York Employers Now Required to Provide Paid Leave to Take COVID-19 Vaccine
Effective March 12, 2021, all public and private employers in New York must provide each employee with up to four hours of paid leave to obtain a COVID-19 vaccine injection. The new law, which took effect immediately after being…
Final Regulations Under § 4960 Provide Helpful Exceptions for Employees of Related Organizations
Effective for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2017, section 4960 of the Internal Revenue Code imposes a tax at the corporate income tax rate (currently 21 percent) on two types of compensation paid by applicable tax-exempt organizations (ATEOs) to…
Special Mandatory COBRA Subsidy in 2021 for Involuntarily Terminated Employees
Section 9501 of the American Rescue Plan Act, 2021 (“ARPA”) provides for a complete COBRA premium subsidy for all Assistance Eligible Individuals beginning on April 1, 2021, and ending on September 30, 2021. This article discusses who qualifies as an…
Preserving HSA Eligibility With An Extended Health FSA Use-It-Or-Lose-It Period
As we discussed in our previous blog post, Temporary Relief Allows Flexible Spending Arrangements to be More Flexible, Section 214 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, Pub. L. 116-260 (the “Act”), allows employers to offer an extended use-it-or-lose-it and/or…
Temporary Relief Allows Flexible Spending Arrangements to be More Flexible
Section 214 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, Pub. L. 116-260 (the “Act”), allows sponsors of health and dependent care flexible spending arrangements (“FSAs”) to delay forfeitures of unused account balances for 2020 and 2021 plan years and grant participants,…
Five New Ways That Plan Fiduciaries May Locate Missing Participants
By Inside Jobs
On January 12, 2021, the Employee Benefits Security Administration (“EBSA”) of the Department of Labor (“DOL”) announced new guidance on a range of issues related to missing participants:
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California’s AB 685 Expands Employers’ COVID-19 Notification Requirements, Effective January 1
Effective January 1, 2021, California employers will be required under Assembly Bill (AB) 685 to provide detailed notices to employees when there is a COVID-19 case in the workplace and to notify local public health departments of COVID-19 “outbreaks” in…