"The Connecticut [DOL] released a sample Notice ... Employers must provide the notice to all existing employees on an annual basis -- starting July 1 -- and to all new hires at the time of hire.... [T]he CT PFMLA appears to require individual distribution of the notice."  MORE >>

"Colorado employers must continue to provide paid COVID leave to employees who have public health emergency related leave available. Recently, the federal government extended the public health emergency declaration related to COVID-19 for an additional 90 days."  MORE >>

"A federal judge ... issued in June a stinging indictment of the disability benefit plan that covers both active and former football players who become permanently and totally disabled due to injuries sustained during their professional football playing careers.... The court's opinion cited other decisions involving the plan and former football players, which the court maintained showed a pattern as to how players are treated by the plan." [Cloud v. The Bert Bell/Pete Rozelle NFL Player Retirement Plan, No. 20-1277 (N.D. Tex. Jun. 21, 2022)]  MORE >>

"The federal judge rejected Amazon's main arguments, stating that since Amazon expected its workers to continue working from home after the government imposed stay-at-home orders during the pandemic, the company had to be aware that the employees had necessary personal expenditures to be able to do their jobs.... California law requires employers to reimburse employees for their home office expenses while working from home." [Williams v. Amazon.com Services LLC, No. 22-1892 (N.D. Cal. Jun.1, 2022)]  MORE >>

"[P]reserve any historical records showing the headcount of your full-time employees since 2015.... Do you have a Section 125 cafeteria plan document? ... Do you have enough plan participants that you are required to file Form 5500 and, if so, have filings been timely made? ... Are the owners of your organization receiving Schedules K-1 but also participating in your health and welfare benefits on a pretax basis? Are your perquisites documented as a written policy, and does the policy require documenting the costs and expenses?"  MORE >>

"The threat of abortion-related legal liability in Texas has raised hard-to-answer questions about companies' plans to help employees travel for out-of-state procedures -- including how much sensitive employee information a company could be forced to disclose in court."  MORE >>