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COVID-19

New York City Announces Workplace COVID-19 Vaccination RequirementNew York Employers Now Required to Provide Paid Leave to Take COVID-19 Vaccine

Defined Benefit Plans

To Fund or Not To Fund: Considerations for Employers Impacted by Recent Changes to Pension Plan Funding RulesFive New Ways That Plan Fiduciaries May Locate Missing Participants

Defined Contributions Plans

Five New Ways That Plan Fiduciaries May Locate Missing ParticipantsIRS Updates Guidance on Qualified Plan Distributions to State Unclaimed Property Funds

Employee Trade Secret Theft

Learning to Live with Clawbacks: The New, Long String on Executive CompensationWill Cybersecurity Best Practices Morph into Cyber Mandates?

Employment

The Executive Order 11246 Grace Period Ends Today (April 21)Former EEOC Officials Respond to EEOC Technical Assistance Document “What You Should Know About DEI-Related Discrimination at Work”

Employment Tax

Much Ado About Nothing Much New: IRS Issues GLAM Addressing Payroll Taxation of Equity CompensationNew Medicare Tax Makes FICA Errors Harder to Correct

ERISA Litigation

A Closer Look:  Supreme Court Rejects Heightened Pleading Standard for Prohibited-Transaction Claims under ERISA § 406(a)Benefit Plan Record Retention – A Cautionary Tale from Louisiana

Executive Compensation (UK)

New UK Directors’ Remuneration Reporting RegimeWhy Is a Benefits Lawyer Talking about Trade Secret Theft?

Executive Compensation (US)

SEC Enforcement Sweep Reaffirms Focus on Anti-Whistleblower Provisions in Employee AgreementsDOJ on Clawbacks: Compliance and Compensation

Fringe Benefits

Preserving HSA Eligibility With An Extended Health FSA Use-It-Or-Lose-It PeriodTemporary Relief Allows Flexible Spending Arrangements to be More Flexible

Global Equity

German Federal Labor Court Rules on Phantom Shares; What Employers Need to Know5 Questions You Should Ask About Your Global Equity Awards

Global Workforce Solutions

German Federal Labor Court Rules on Phantom Shares; What Employers Need to KnowIncentive Plans and Shareholder Approval After Tax Reform

Health Plans

Employers Can Continue to Cover Telehealth Benefits Before HDHP Deductible Is MetSpecial Mandatory COBRA Subsidy in 2021 for Involuntarily Terminated Employees

International

European Companies Wrestle with U.S. Government’s Anti-DEI PushProposed Changes to UK Law on the Taxation of Payments In Lieu Of Notice

Legislation

It’s That Time Again: New California Workplace Laws for 2025California Joins Growing List of States Prohibiting Employer Action Against Employees Who Refuse Political or Religious Communications

Mergers and Acquisitions

Reduced Risk for International Companies Operating In France: Potential Removal Of Severe Sanctions For Failure to Consult with Works CouncilsA Trap for the Unwary in International Acquisitions: New Information Rights for Employees Prior to Sale of Company in France

Pensions

Auto-Enrollment In Pension Schemes Comes Into Force in UK

Plan Investments

What Employers Need to Know About the Fiduciary Conflict RuleCan You Reduce Your VEBA’s Taxable Income?

Policy

NLRB General Counsel: “Make-Whole Relief” for Non-Competes and No More “Stay-or-Pay”Texas District Court Prohibits the FTC from Enforcing Its Non-Compete Ban Nationwide

Privacy

Twenty-First Century Cures Act Includes HIPAA ProvisionsTwo HIPAA Settlements Follow Stolen Laptops

Retirement Security

Retirement Savings as a Political Cudgel in the Debate over FTTsERISA Advisory Council Urges DOL to Streamline Retirement Plan Disclosures

Uncategorized

European Companies Wrestle with U.S. Government’s Anti-DEI PushConsiderations for Employers Following the EEOC’s Response to the Supreme Court’s Ruling on Race-Conscious College Admissions

United Kingdom

UK Employment Law: Government plans to cut Red Tape for UK BusinessesUK Employment: Top Five Hot Topics in 2023

Welfare Plans

Employers Can Continue to Cover Telehealth Benefits Before HDHP Deductible Is MetSpecial Mandatory COBRA Subsidy in 2021 for Involuntarily Terminated Employees

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Covington’s Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation group addresses all areas of the law relevant to employee benefits and executive compensation, including taxation, fiduciary responsibility, labor relations, employment discrimination, securities regulation, corporate governance, and health care regulation.  We advise companies, directors, and executives on incentive and equity compensation arrangements designed to attract and retain top-level talent.  We handle pension investments and the employee benefit aspects of business transactions, and we provide expert advice on SEC reporting and disclosure requirements.

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