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SEC Releases Scaled-Down Version of DOL Fiduciary Rule

June 6, 2019

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Predating the reworked and much-anticipated Trump admin fiduciary rule expected in December, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has published Regulation Best Interest, which will be enforced beginning June 30, 2020, and is now undergoing a 60-day public commentary period. The major change from current SEC regulations concerning transactions by broker-dealers with retail customers (...

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New 30-Day Commentary Period Opens for I-9 Reissue

June 5, 2019

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U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has opened a 30-day public commentary period on possible revisions to Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification, in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The commentary period ends July 5, 2019. The act requires both a 60-day and 30-day commentary period for the I-9, whose current version expires Aug. 31, 2019. A 60-day per...

June 3, 2019

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EEOC Wellness Rule Rewrite Pushed Back to December

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has been under court order since 2017 to better explain the rationale behind the incentive portion of the wellness rule it promulgated in 2016. Janet Dhillon, new EEOC Chair The rule governs employer-sponsored wellness programs and allows employers to offer an incenti...

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HHS Releases Fact Sheet on HIPAA Liability of Business Associates

May 28, 2019

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The HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has issued a new fact sheet that provides a clear compilation of all provisions through which a business associate can be held directly liable for compliance with certain requirements of the HIPAA Privacy, Security, Breach Notification, and Enforcement Rules (“HIPAA Rules”), in accordance with the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Heal...

EEO-1 Pay Data Collection Outsourced, Portal Due to Open by July 15

May 28, 2019

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In its latest update to its supervising court, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) on May 24 detailed plans to coordinate the collection of EEO-1 Pay Data (Component 2 of the annual report) with NORC at the University of Chicago, which describes itself as "an objective non-partisan research institution that delivers reliable data and rigorous analysis to guide critical programmat...

May 28, 2019

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HHS Proposes to Reverse Transgender Protections under Obamacare

The Affordable Care Act (ACA, or Obamacare) contains language prohibiting discrimination in health care based on sex, which was expanded under a 2016 rule by the Obama-era Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to include gender identity. Now the Trump HHS has proposed reversing that rule and confining ACA anti-discrimination protections to only the physical definition of sex....

ICE Raids Surge & No-Match Letters Return

May 23, 2019

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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and its two enforcement wings -- Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) -- have ramped up raids and indictments. In 2018, DHS conducted 6,850 worksite investigations compared to 1,700 the prior year. In addition, ICE made 800 criminal arrests in 2018 but just 140 in 2017. Most recently, 200 ICE agents rai...

May 20, 2019

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ADA Lawsuits Soar, Especially for Website Accessibility Issues

Driven in large part by an exponential increase in legal actions over website accessibility, federal courts in 2018 entertained more than 10,000 lawsuits based on alleged violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). According to tabulations by the law firm Seyfarth Shaw, 2018 saw a record high of 10,163 federal ADA lawsuits, up 34 percent from 2017 when there were only 7,663 such...

CT Adopts $15 Minimum Wage Statewide

May 20, 2019

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Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont has pledged to sign legislation passed Friday that would raise the state's minimum wage in stages to $15 an hour in 2023. The move affects about 330,000 state workers. Connecticut State Capitol[/caption] The current minimum wage is $10.10 an hour. The bill increases the minimum wage to $11 on Oct. 1...

OSHA Nominee Withdraws on Cusp of Confirmation

May 15, 2019

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Scott Mungo, poised to win confirmation as administrator of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) after a wait of 17 months, abruptly withdrew his name from nomination on Tuesday. No reason immediately surfaced. Scott Mungo[/caption] The Senate was set to take a final vote on his nomination in the next few we...

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U.S. Department of Labor Officially Restores Prior Overtime Exemption Rules

On May 14th, 2026, the Wage and Hour Division (WHD) of the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced it has officially rescinded the 2024 overtime exemption rules. Specifically, the WHD published a technical amendment to restore previous 2019 regulations that dictated overtime exemptions for...

NLRB General Counsel Takes Action to Tackle Current Case Backlog

On May 6th, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) and NLRB General Counsel Crystal Stowe Carey announced the bulk transfer of thousands of labor practice cases. Specifically, this action fulfills an initiative signed by the NLRB General Counsel earlier this year. Overall, the initiative...

Privacy Agency Invites Comments from Businesses on the CCPA’s Usage of Personal Data

Recently, the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) issued a call for comments on the current state of personal data collection under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). Specifically, the invitation to deliver remarks was issued on April 20th, 2026. The information provided by the...

DOL Proposes New Joint Employer Rule To Unify Standards Under Federal Labor Laws

In April 2026, the U.S. Department of Labor issued a proposed rule to establish a single, clear standard for determining when joint-employer status applies under three major federal laws: the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), and the Migrant and Seasonal...

DOL Updates Enforcement Approach for Employee Benefit Plans: What Employers Should Know

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) recently announced a significant change in its enforcement of employee benefit plan rules. The DOL will now focus more closely on serious violations that harm workers and retirees, meaning compliant employers may face less scrutiny under the updated approach.

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