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New Executive Order Seeks to Expand Small Business Access to Retirement Plans

Date:

September 17, 2018

President Trump has signed an Executive Order instructing the Department of Labor (DOL) and the Treasury Department to consider regulations to make it easier for small businesses to offer retirement savings plans.
IRS Allows Student Loan Benefit in 401(k) Plan

Date:

September 4, 2018

In a private letter ruling, the IRS approved an employer's proposed program to add a student loan benefit to its 401(k) plan by making matching contributions for employees who make student loan repayments.
Supreme Court Nominee Kavanaugh's Past Rulings Signal Employer-Friendly Approach

Date:

July 10, 2018

Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh has compiled a largely pro-employer record in his 12 years on the DC Circuit Court of Appeals. But a contentious Senate confirmation process likely awaits him.
Hawaii Passes Several New Employment Laws

Date:

July 9, 2018

Hawaii governor David Ige signed a flurry of bills into law on July 5, including several affecting employers. The measures included a salary history inquiry ban, a law preserving certain Affordable Care Act benefits under state law, authorization for a study to analyze and propose a paid family leave law, and a bill increasing certain workers' compensation benefits.
SHRM Survey Shows Marked Increase in Employee Benefits

Date:

July 3, 2018

As the labor market has tightened, employers increasingly are leveraging the benefits they offer to attract and retain employees, according to the newly released SHRM 2018 Employee Benefits Survey.
Justice Kennedy Retires From Supreme Court, Setting Stage for Likely Confirmation Battle

Date:

June 27, 2018

Kennedy's retirement could lead to a "durable conservative majority of votes for the foreseeable future," which will have a transformative effect on labor and employment law, one expert predicted.
DOL Releases Final Rule Governing Association Health Plans

Date:

June 22, 2018

The new rule provides an added mechanism for meeting the definition of employer under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) and could affect an estimated 3.2 million enrollees in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) individual and small group markets.
Iowa Law Takes Pathway Around Affordable Care Act

Date:

April 27, 2018

A new Iowa law, providing that not all health plans actually qualify as health insurance, appears to be an end-run around the Affordable Care Act's requirements.
"Cadillac" Health Plan Tax Delayed

Date:

January 24, 2018

The start of a tax on "Cadillac" health plans has been delayed from 2020 until 2022.
Federal Courts Block President Trump's Roll Back of Contraceptive Coverage

Date:

December 22, 2017

Two federal courts have issued nationwide injunctions blocking the Trump administration's attempt to make it easier for employers to refuse to provide coverage for certain birth control methods if they cite moral or religious objections to contraception.

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New Executive Order Seeks to Expand Small Business Access to Retirement Plans

IRS Allows Student Loan Benefit in 401(k) Plan

Supreme Court Nominee Kavanaugh's Past Rulings Signal Employer-Friendly Approach

Hawaii Passes Several New Employment Laws

SHRM Survey Shows Marked Increase in Employee Benefits

Justice Kennedy Retires From Supreme Court, Setting Stage for Likely Confirmation Battle

DOL Releases Final Rule Governing Association Health Plans

Iowa Law Takes Pathway Around Affordable Care Act

"Cadillac" Health Plan Tax Delayed

Federal Courts Block President Trump's Roll Back of Contraceptive Coverage

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