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03/30/10 Wage and Hour “Administrator Interpretations” to Replace Opinion Letters; Further Cutbacks in White Collar Overtime Exemptions Expected

LawFlash/Client Alert | Labor and Employment LawFlash
Labor and Employment Practice

On March 24, the Wage and Hour Division (WHD) of the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued its first-ever "Administrator Interpretation." According to the WHD, these broad general pronouncements are designed to... more

03/26/10 Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas Holds “8 and 80” Overtime Formula Violates State Minimum Wage Law

LawFlash/Client Alert | Labor and Employment LawFlash
Labor and Employment Practice

Hospitals, nursing homes, and similar employers throughout the country routinely pay their employees pursuant to an "8 and 80" overtime rule, under which employees are paid overtime for all hours worked in excess of eig... more

03/25/10 Employer Group Health Plans Face Immediate Issues as Healthcare Reform Becomes Law

LawFlash/Client Alert | Washington Government Relations and Public Policy LawFlash
Employee Benefits Practice

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (the Healthcare Reform Law) that President Obama signed into law on March 23 contains a number of items that will affect employer group health plans in the coming months-al... more

03/22/10 Federal Court Rejects Certification of Gender Discrimination Class Action Premised on Novel Theory

LawFlash/Client Alert | Labor and Employment LawFlash
Labor and Employment Practice

On March 12, in Randall et al. v. Rolls-Royce Corporation , No. 06-cv-860-SEB-JMS, the Honorable Sarah Evans Barker of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana denied certification of a putat... more

03/10/10 Courts, IRS Weigh in on Mandatory Conversion of Terminated Participants’ ESOP Accounts

LawFlash/Client Alert | Employee Benefits LawFlash
ESOP and Employee Benefits Practice

Plan sponsors of employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs) that have been submitted for a favorable determination letter know that the IRS is carefully reviewing plan provisions that provide for the mandatory conversion of... more

03/09/10 April 30 EGTRRA Restatement Deadline Approaching for Defined Contribution Plan Documents

LawFlash/Client Alert | Employee Benefits LawFlash
Employee Benefits Practice

Plan sponsors are reminded that April 30, 2010 is the deadline for adopting preapproved master and prototype (M&P) and volume submitter (VS) defined contribution plan documents that have been updated to comply with ... more

03/09/10 Section 162(m) Pitfalls

LawFlash/Client Alert | Employee Benefits LawFlash
Employee Benefits Practice

It's proxy season. For public companies that rely on the performance-based compensation exception to the $1 million annual deduction limit under section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code (Code), that means it... more

03/05/10 New Law Extends, Makes Significant Changes to COBRA 65% Assistance Payment Rules; Requires New and Revised Notices

LawFlash/Client Alert | Employee Benefits LawFlash
Employee Benefits Practice

On March 2, President Obama signed the Temporary Extension Act of 2010 (the Act). The Act extends eligibility for COBRA 65% assistance payments through the end of March 2010, and also makes a number of signific... more

03/01/10 Quality Stores Breathes New Life into Tax Refunds for Severance Pay and SUB-Pay

LawFlash/Client Alert | Employee Benefits LawFlash
Employee Benefits Practice

Last week's federal district court decision in United States v. Quality Stores, Inc. , 2010 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 15825 (W.D. Mich. Feb. 23, 2010), should generate renewed interest and revive hopes throughout the cou... more

03/01/10 Occupational Safety and Health Administration Issues High Injury and Illness Notification Letters

LawFlash/Client Alert | Labor and Employment LawFlash
Labor and Employment Practice

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recently sent letters to approximately 15,000 employers, notifying them that OSHA's data shows that their worksites reported among the highest Days Away, Restrict... more

02/23/10 D.C. Circuit: Ledbetter Law Does Not Apply to ADEA Promotion Claims

LawFlash/Client Alert | Labor and Employment LawFlash
Labor and Employment Practice

Last week, in Schuler v. PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP, Civ. No. 08-7115 (Feb. 16, 2010), the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit held that the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 (FPA), Pub. L. No. 111... more

02/09/10 U.S. Department of Labor’s Proposed 2011 Budget Reflects an Increased Emphasis on Enforcement

LawFlash/Client Alert | Labor and Employment LawFlash
Labor and Employment Practice

On February 1, Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis released the Obama administration's proposed fiscal year 2011 budget for the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL or the Department). Adopting a theme of "good jobs for ev... more

02/04/10 When Representations Regarding the Financial Condition of the Plan Sponsor Become Actionable Under ERISA

LawFlash/Client Alert | Employee Benefits LawFlash
ESOP and Employee Benefits Practice

The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California ruled in December 2009 that statements made by an officer of Delta Star, Inc. (Company) regarding the financial condition and anticipated performance of th... more

01/14/10 Congress Considers Excise Tax Exemption for Collectively Bargained Plans in Healthcare Bill

LawFlash/Client Alert | Labor and Employment LawFlash
Labor and Employment Practice

As the current congressional healthcare debate seemingly draws to a close, organized labor is at the heart of a potential compromise to bridge the divide between the House and Senate legislation. That compromis... more

01/14/10 DOL Releases Revised Model COBRA Notices, Additional Material

LawFlash/Client Alert | Employee Benefits LawFlash
Employee Benefits Practice

The Department of Labor (DOL) released revised model COBRA notices and additional supporting material (including FAQs) this week in response to the COBRA 65% assistance payment changes contained in the Department of Def... more

01/11/10 IRS Issues Document Corrections Program for Deferred Compensation Plans Under Code Section 409A

LawFlash/Client Alert | Employee Benefits LawFlash
Employee Benefits Practice

On January 5, 2010, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued Notice 2010-6 (Notice), which establishes a document correction program for nonqualified deferred compensation programs under section 409A of the Internal Re... more

04/12/07 Key Trends and Issues in 2007 in Nationwide Wage and Hour Class and Collective Actions, presented at the American Bar Association's Section of Litigation Annual Conference, San Antonio

Presentation | Speech
Anne Estevez

March 2007 Presenter, The New Issues in Discrimination Law (Age, Gender, Race, Origin, Cultural, and Beyond), presented for the The University of Houston Law Foundation, Advanced Employment CLE, Dallas and Houston

Presentation | Speech
Stefanie Moll

02/15/07 Fiduciary Issues in S Corporation Companies, presented at the 9th Annual ESOP Association's S Corp ESOP Conference

Presentation | Speech
Erin Turley

02/02/07 IRS Plan Administrator Skills Workshop, presented to the Southwest Benefits Association

Presentation | Speech
Erin Turley