Employee Benefits

’Tis the Season for California’s New Employment Laws: Employer Considerations for 2026

By Vanessa C. Krumbein & Kevin T. May on January 5, 2026

Posted in California, California L&E Group, Compensation, Employee Benefits, Employment Law, Featured, GT Alert, wage theft

As California employers head into another year of compliance planning, the Golden State legislature has not slowed down. From higher wage thresholds and expanded pay-equity rules to sweeping changes affecting…

New Year, New Rules: Illinois Mandates Pay Transparency Requirements in 2025

By Mikaela Shaw Masoudpour on December 10, 2024

Posted in Compensation, Employee Benefits, Employment Law, Featured, GT Alert, Illinois, Labor & Employment, State Law

New pay transparency requirements in Illinois take effect Jan. 1, 2025. Employers will be required to include in any job posting for covered roles the corresponding wage or salary range…

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’Tis the Season for California’s 2023 Legislative Update: Employer Considerations

By Vanessa C. Krumbein on December 15, 2022

Posted in California, California L&E Group, Compensation, coronavirus, COVID-19, drug testing, earned wages, Employee Benefits, Employer, Featured, GT Alert, Legalization of Marijuana, Legislation, Marijuana, Paid Leave, Privacy, Privacy & Cybersecurity, Retaliation, Return to Work, Sexual Harrassment, Sick Leave, State Law, Supreme Court, Unions, Wage & Hour, wages, WARN, Workplace, Workplace Safety

California employers know the holidays bring chilly nights (by California standards), holiday cheer, decked halls, and… ringing in the New Year with a host of new employment laws and compliance…

The Tide May Be Turning on Flood of ERISA Excessive Fee Class Actions

By Jonathan Sulds on September 20, 2022

Posted in Benefits, class action, Employee Benefits, Employment Law, ERISA, ERISA & Employee Benefits Litigation, Featured, fiduciary, GT Alert, Litigation, Supreme Court

The contours of plaintiff pleading requirements for ERISA fiduciary breach claims sketched by the Supreme Court in Hughes v. Northwestern University continue to evolve. Recent cases suggest that plaintiffs may…

FAST Act Becomes Law in California, but Voter Referendum Filed in Response

By Ashley M. Farrell Pickett, Alice Kessler, Timothy Long, Riley Lagesen, David W. Oppenheim & Taylor Hall on September 7, 2022

Posted in California, California L&E Group, Employee Benefits, Featured, GT Alert, Labor, Legislation, Restaurant industry, State Law, Unions, Wage & Hour, wages

On Sept. 5, 2022, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law AB 257, the controversial Fast Food Accountability and Standards Recovery Act, also known as the “FAST Act” (the Act).
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Process Prevails in ERISA Excessive Fee Victories

By Jonathan Sulds on December 29, 2021

Posted in Employee Benefits, ERISA, Featured, GT Alert, Labor, Labor & Employment

California and North Carolina district courts have dismissed major class action challenges to AT&T and Lowe’s 401(k) plan recordkeeping fees based on extensive step-by-step documentation that the plan fiduciaries acted…
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