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Amy Gordon and Susan Nash Named Top Authors in JD Supra’s 2017 Readers’ Choice Awards

by McDermott Will & Emery | Jun 9, 2017 | Employee Benefits, Health and Welfare Plans, Labor

Amy Gordon and Susan Nash were recognized as top authors by JD Supra’s 2017 Readers’ Choice Awards for their thought leadership pieces in the Defense & Space Industry and Affordable Care Act (ACA) categories. In addition, Amy’s article, along with Sarah Raaii and Jamie Weyeneth, “Recent Government-Issued FAQs Clarify ACA Employer Mandate, Market Reforms” was in the Top 5 Read Articles in 2016 in the ACA category.

JD Supra’s 2017 Readers’ Choice Awards recognizes firms and authors who achieved top visibility and engagement in the JD Supra platform over the past year. Spanning 25 industries and topics, one firm and 10 authors were recognized in each category for their consistently high readership and engagement for all of 2016.

Read the full list.

House Narrowly Passes American Health Care Act

by McDermott Will & Emery | May 9, 2017 | Benefit Controversies, Employee Benefits, Employment, Health and Welfare Plans, Labor

On Thursday, May 4, 2017, the US House of Representatives passed the American Health Care Act by the slimmest of margins with no Democrats voting in favor of the bill. Amendments to the original bill attracted more support from both moderate and conservative Republicans by the introduction of two amendments: one that gives more leeway to the states to request waivers from the more onerous provisions of the ACA that cannot be changed through the budget reconciliation process, and a second one that adds $8 billion of funding to the bill to help improve the “high-risk pools” that could be set up by states to provide coverage to individuals with pre-existing conditions who cannot find affordable insurance in the open market.

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Upcoming Employee Benefits Innovators Roundtable Series!

by McDermott Will & Emery | May 4, 2017 | Benefit Controversies, Employee Benefits, Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPs), Employment, Executive Compensation, Fiduciary and Investment Issues, Health and Welfare Plans, Labor, Privacy and Data Security, Retirement Plans

McDermott will be holding its annual Employee Benefits Innovators Roundtable Series this month. The roundtables offer experienced benefits professionals an opportunity to discuss cutting-edge, topical employer-driven benefit programs with their peers and members of McDermott’s employee benefits team. We are meeting in four locations this year. Join us in one of the following cities:

May 9 | Silicon Valley, California

May 11 | Los Angeles, California

May 22 | Chicago, Illinois

May 24 | New York, New York

The topics for our roundtable series sessions will include:

The Future of Employee Benefits Under the Trump Administration
Should Your Plan Cover All Drugs? (FDA-Approved/Unapproved, Off-Label, Marijuana, etc.)
ERISA Retirement Plan Fee Litigation – Learning From Recent Class Actions
Paying Off Student Loans as an Employee Benefit
Equal Privacy and Cybersecurity – Now Part of Your Plan’s Independent Audit
Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Equality Index – Opposite-Sex Domestic Partner Benefit

For more information about how to register for one of our roundtables, please contact Erin Nelson.

Employee Benefits Programs in May

by McDermott Will & Emery, Jacob Mattinson, Joseph K. Urwitz, Lisa Loesel, Lisa Schmitz Mazur and Ruth Wimer | Apr 27, 2017 | Employee Benefits, Employment, Labor, Retirement Plans

Join members of the McDermott Employee Benefits team in May at one of these programs covering a variety of employee benefits topics.

The John Marshall Law School The Center for Tax Law & Employee Benefits 14th Annual Employee Benefits Symposium | May 1, 2017 | Chicago, Illinois | Speaker, Joseph S. Adams

Proposed 457(f) Regulations: Opportunities and Challenges | May 3, 2017 | Webinar presented by Mary K. Samsa, Joseph K. Urwitz, Ruth Wimer

M&A Workshop: New Developments and Key Legal and Tax Issues Throughout the Life Cycle of a Deal | May 4, 2017 | Chicago, Illinois | Speaker, Joseph S. Adams

Benefits Emerging Leaders Working Group | May 10, 2017 | Chicago, Illinois | Speakers, Lisa K. Loesel, Lisa Schmitz Mazur, Jacob M. Mattinson, Jeffrey Arnold, Sarah Raaii

UK Employment Alert: Gender Pay Gap Reporting: What You Need to Know

by Anthony A. Bongiorno, Katie Clark and Paul McGrath | Mar 16, 2017 | Employment, Labor

McDermott’s “Key Employment Law Events in 2017 and Beyond” update highlighted the upcoming regulations requiring certain employers to report on the gender pay gap in their workforce (Equality Act 2010 (Gender Pay Gap Information) Regulations 2017) (the Regulations). Under these Regulations, from April 2017, large private and voluntary sector UK employers will be required annually to calculate and publish a range of gender pay information regarding their workforce.

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Structuring Private Equity Deals in 2017: Considerations for Buyers While They Wait for the Sun Capital Appeals to Play Out

by McDermott Will & Emery | Feb 28, 2017 | Employee Benefits, Employment, Labor, Retirement Plans

Sun Capital Partners III, LP v. New England Teamsters and Trucking Industry Pension Fund has been analyzed extensively over the past four years, as it has made its way from the US District Court for the District of Massachusetts to the First Circuit Court of Appeals and back again. With the case once again on appeal, we must wait to see how the latest court decision will further influence the structure of private equity deals. In the meantime, private equity funds should use the most recent District Court and First Circuit Sun Capital decisions as a road map for structuring deals where the target portfolio company has defined benefit pension plan or multiemployer pension plan liabilities.

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Understanding Equal Pay Laws and Avoiding and Defending Pay Equity Claims

by Evan A. Belosa | Feb 6, 2017 | Benefit Controversies, Employee Benefits, Employment, Executive Compensation, Labor

The federal government’s focus on pay equity and pay data, and the passage of groundbreaking equal pay laws in a number of states, has been one of the biggest employment law developments of 2016. Litigation involving pay equity claims has also risen in the past year. Given the increased focus on pay equity from these multiple sources, employers are well-advised to examine their compensation policies and practices. Understanding and applying the varying tests for pay equity under federal and state statutes can pose a challenge, however.

On January 24, McDermott hosted an in-depth webinar to discuss the federal Equal Pay Act; state equal pay laws; the EEOC’s pay data rule; how to conduct a pay equity study; and employer defenses to pay equity claims.

To view the archived presentation slides, please click here.

To view the archived webinar, please click here.

Key UK Employment Law Events in 2017 and Beyond

by Anthony A. Bongiorno, Katie Clark and Paul McGrath | Jan 19, 2017 | Benefit Controversies, Employee Benefits, Employment, Executive Compensation, Labor, Privacy and Data Security

Current indications are that 2017 may be a fairly static year as regards to employment law.

Whilst it is anticipated the government will trigger Article 50 to start Brexit negotiations, these are likely to last for at least two years, and existing employment laws are unlikely to feel any ripple effect from leaving the European Union for some time.

In the meantime, the Prime Minister has asked for a review, expected to take around six months, on whether current employment laws are adequate to protect the rights of the growing numbers of atypical workers. It is unlikely though that any resulting changes will come into effect in 2017.

There are, however, a number of key developments that employers will definitely need to get to grips with, or at least prepare for, in 2017.

Read the full article here.

*Cindy LaMontagne (Trainee) contributed to this article.

Understanding the Federal Court Injunction against the DOL’s Revised Overtime Rule and Determining What to Do Next

by McDermott Will & Schulte | Nov 29, 2016 | Employee Benefits, Employment, Labor

A federal district court judge in Texas issued an order granting a temporary injunction late Tuesday against the Department of Labor’s new overtime exemption rule that was scheduled to take effect December 1. This article contains some practical tips on what employers should do next.

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UK Employment Alert: Uber Drivers Uber Happy

by Anthony A. Bongiorno, Katie Clark and Paul McGrath | Nov 17, 2016 | Benefit Controversies, Employment, Labor

As you may have seen from the extensive press coverage, the UK Employment Tribunal has delivered its much anticipated judgment in Aslam and Farrar v Uber. The case was about whether Uber drivers are self-employed contractors, or are “workers” with rights to minimum wage, statutory holidays, sick pay and breaks, amongst other workers’ rights.

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