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The Littler Annual Employer Survey 2021 (PDF)
Littler 
May 12, 2021
23 pages. "Employers planning for a transition to a post-pandemic workplace are faced with a host of novel issues – and addressing a disconnect with employees about what the future of work and the return to physical workspaces looks like is at the top of the list."
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Health Care Reform: What are Key Considerations for Employers?
Littler
Mar. 24, 2010
Excerpt: The new law will impose significant new responsibilities on employers nationwide that could, over time, fundamentally alter the nature of employer-sponsored health care and the employer-employee relationship. As employers look ahead to understand the implications of this sweeping legislation, we have provided questions and answers below to some of the most pressing issues they are likely to face. Additionally, Littler Mendelson is committed to educating employers about this legislation. To this end, we will be providing additional publications relating to how these new rules affect the following[.]
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Illinois Federal Court Holds That Pension Rehabilitation Plan Fund Used an Improper High-Contribution Rate in Withdrawal Liability Calculations
Littler
Apr. 11, 2024
"In a matter of first impression for federal courts, the Northern District of Illinois found that a pension fund cannot use post-2014 contribution rate increases made pursuant to a rehabilitation plan to calculate an employer’s withdrawal liability payment amount. This decision represents a major victory for employers faced with inflated withdrawal liability demands." [Central States, Southeast and Southwest Areas Pension Fund v. Event Media, Inc., No. 22-6133 (N.D. Ill. Mar. 29, 2024)]
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New Oregon Law (Mostly) Aligns OFLA and Paid Leave Oregon to Prevent Employees from Stacking Leave Benefits
Littler
Mar. 18, 2024
"SB 1515, which the governor is expected to sign, provides some relief to employers under the state's various leave laws by amending Paid Leave Oregon and the Oregon Family Leave Act (OFLA) to better align. [The bill] amends Oregon leave laws to mitigate employee leave stacking by eliminating some state leave law concurrency. [It] amends OFLA bereavement leave to a maximum of four weeks in a leave year."
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District Court Grants Preliminary Injunction Against Illinois Equivalent Benefits Law for Temporary Workers
Littler
Mar. 17, 2024
"The court held that the Act conflicted with ERISA by requiring agencies to make judgment calls about eligibility and benefit levels on an individualized and continual basis.... [T]he court did not enjoin, nor did plaintiffs seek to enjoin, provisions of the amendments providing for equal pay to temporary laborers who work for more than 90 days in a 12-month period for the same third-party client." [Staffing Servs. Ass'n. of Ill. v. Flanagan, No. 23-16208 (N.D. Ill. Mar. 11, 2024)]
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What Employers Need to Know About the Consolidated Appropriations Act
Littler
Feb. 18, 2024
"Understanding the new obligations imposed by the CAA can help sponsors of group health plans avoid audits and class-action lawsuits, and can even allow sponsors to take advantage of a new defense against liability.... [T]he new disclosure requirements should provide sponsors with new levels of detail to ensure their plan's fees are reasonable.... [T]he same data may also be used against plan sponsors in suits over the reasonableness of disclosed fees."
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D.C. Circuit Finds Pension Fund May Retroactively Change Its Interest Rate Assumptions
Littler
Feb. 18, 2024
"This decision ... may cause uncertainty in future withdrawal liability disputes by putting at issue how, why, and when a plan actuary changes such a crucial assumption, and whether information provided to a plan actuary after the year-end measurement date was influenced by knowledge available after the measurement date. The decision also creates a circuit court split on an issue that has nationwide impact on employers that contribute to multiemployer funds, and the funds themselves." [Trustees of IAM National Pension Fund v. M & K Emp. Sols., LLC, No. 22-7157 (D.C. Cir. Feb. 9, 2024)
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Puerto Rico Department of the Treasury Announces 2024 Limits on Qualified Retirement Plans
Littler
Feb. 5, 2024
"On January 31, 2024, the Puerto Rico Department of the Treasury issued Internal Revenue Circular Letter No. 24-01 announcing the applicable 2024 limits for Puerto Rico qualified retirement plans. Pursuant to ... the Puerto Rico Internal Revenue Code ... the Secretary of the Treasury is required to publish the applicable limits under Section 401(a) of the [U.S.] Internal Revenue Code ... which are incorporated by reference into the PR Code limits (e.g., annual compensation, annual benefit/contribution limits), once the IRS publishes its retirement plan limits under the US Code."
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Employers Should Pay More Attention to USERRA
Littler
Jan. 16, 2024
"[R]ecent history, including ... pending high-stakes litigation regarding whether employers must provide paid short-term military leave in certain cases, shows that the efforts of employers to comply with USERRA may be more critical today than at any previous point in the law's lifespan.... [Here are ten] reasons employers should pay more attention to USERRA and its expansive protections for service members and veterans."
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New York City Council Passes Bill That Would Create a Private Right of Action Under the Earned Safe and Sick Time Act
Littler
Jan. 8, 2024
"The proposed amendment to ESSTA would allow employees who allege a violation of their rights to commence a civil action in court. Such an action could seek compensatory damages, injunctive and declaratory relief, attorneys' fees and costs, as well as other relief the court deems appropriate."
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What Would Overruling Chevron Mean for Labor and Employment Law?
Littler
Jan. 8, 2024
"The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on two cases challenging the deference given to federal agencies' interpretations of statutes they are charged with enforcing. If Chevron is overruled or pared back, federal agencies enforcing labor and employment laws will likely face more challenges to their rules and other interpretive guidance. Overruling Chevron may cause agencies to issue fewer new regulations, take more modest positions in the regulations they do issue, or both."
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Massachusetts Revises Paid Family and Medical Leave Guidance to Provide More Discretion to Employers
Littler
Jan. 2, 2024
"The revised guidance allows employers to apply the terms of their policy to control whether and how employees can use paid time under their policy to top up PFML benefits, eliminating a number of administrative complications and making clear that an employer's leave policy will control whether and how an employee can use employer-paid benefits to top off PFML benefits provided by the Commonwealth."
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Updated California Paid Sick and Safe Leave FAQs Address January 1, 2024 Changes
Littler
Dec. 17, 2023
"[C]ertain new FAQs provide insight into practical challenges some employers will face, shed light on issues the Labor Commissioner did not address in previous FAQ iterations, and make known the agency's position on its interpretation of amended provisions applicable to companies with employees covered by a collective bargaining agreement."
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Effective January 1, 2024, Cook County, Illinois Paid Leave Requirements Will Largely Mirror State Law
Littler
Dec. 17, 2023
"Under the previous Earned Sick Leave Ordinance, employers were required to provide 40 hours of earned sick leave per year to all employees in Cook County. Starting on January 1, 2024, the new Paid Leave Ordinance will instead require employers to provide 40 hours of paid leave to be used for any reason."
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Chicago City Council Delays Paid Leave Changes to July 1, 2024
Littler
Dec. 13, 2023
"The delay to July 1, 2024 impacts the following provisions of the Ordinance: [1] Paid sick leave accrual and carryover ... [2] Paid leave accrual ... [3] Collective bargaining agreements in effect ... [4] Medium employer partial payout extended ... The December 13th amending ordinance also modified the Ordinance as follows: [1] Definition of a covered employee ... [2] Written policy in primary language ... [3] Recordkeeping for non-covered employees ... [4] Prerequisites for paid leave private right of action."
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Puerto Rico Extends Maternity Leave for Public Sector Employees
Littler
Nov. 21, 2023
"Act No. 129-2023 increases maternity leave to 16 weeks: 4 weeks for prenatal leave, 8 weeks after birth and 4 additional weeks for childcare. A pregnant employee may choose to use only one week of prenatal leave and use the remaining weeks after giving birth."
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Chicago Enacts New Paid Leave and Paid Sick Leave Ordinance for 2024
Littler
Nov. 14, 2023
"With a total entitlement of up to 80 hours of paid time off per 12-month period, the new Ordinance is one of the most generous paid time off laws in the country and will likely require policy changes for all Chicago employers prior to the end of the year.... The Ordinance applies to all employers with employees in Illinois."
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Illinois Paid Leave: Proposed Regs Offer Employers a Mixed Bag for Compliance
Littler
Nov. 7, 2023
"Proposed regulations include a broad exemption for existing policies that provide 40 hours of paid leave to be used for any reason. Updates to accrual and carryover include fractional accrual calculation and 80-hour carryover cap. New reporting requirements for employers include a customized statement, frontloading notice, and paid leave balance reporting on paystubs."
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California Establishes New Leave for Reproductive Loss
Littler
Oct. 11, 2023
"Senate Bill 848 makes it an unlawful employment practice for an employer to refuse to grant an eligible employee's request to take up to five days of leave following a reproductive loss event.... The law limits the amount of reproductive loss leave to a maximum of 20 days within a 12-month period."
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Michigan District Court Dismisses ERISA Class-Action
Littler
Oct. 6, 2023
"The plaintiffs' bar continues to target retirement plan fiduciaries with ERISA class actions, but precise arguments at the pleading stage that closely track the developing standard and engage not only with the specific facts alleged but also those that are publicly available about alleged comparator funds can successfully defeat imprecise allegations of imprudence." [England v. Denso International America, Inc., No. 22-11129 (E.D. Mich. Jul. 28, 2023)]
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