The Employee Retention Credit is expiring at the end of 2021, so there is limited time remaining for companies to claim it if they haven’t already. The IRS and Treasury Department recently issued a delayed guidance focusing on the extension ...
Read More »Novel legal issues to address for colleges, universities
For years advocates for collegiate athletes’ rights have argued that there should be compensation allowed for their participation in intercollegiate athletics. At the very least these advocates have insisted that the athletes should be able to benefit from the use ...
Read More »Are your employee benefits ready for 2022?
There is no denying that time has moved particularly fast over the past year and a half. In the world of employee benefits, the law has changed, adapted and been updated in a multitude of ways to move with the ...
Read More »Federal protection for health care workers raises concerns
A new federal rule that requires health care employers to take certain steps to protect their workers in settings where suspected or confirmed COVID-19 patients are treated has raised concerns. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration published the emergency temporary ...
Read More »So how do we work together now? Reimagine workplace collaboration
There’s been a buzz about post-pandemic work environments – establishing hybrid work models, using new collaboration tools, and finding ways to engage and connect that build a meaningful and satisfying organizational culture. While reading a recent article – “A Once-in-a-Lifetime ...
Read More »Office holiday parties — 2020 style
Is your law firm or business planning a holiday party this season? As labor and employment attorneys, lawyers at my firm have often been called on to advise employers about the dos and don’ts of corporate parties — how to ...
Read More »Work-from-home creates new cybersecurity risk
Is your business information secure? Now that many employees are out of the office and working from home, cybersecurity takes on a new dimension with a workforce environment never before imagined. “On the one hand it’s great we have all ...
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