12 Apr, 2024 Illinois Senate votes to rein in BIPA damages By James Fieweger On April 11, the Illinois Senate voted 49-13 to amend the state's Biometric Information Privacy Act, limiting the number of claims that...
12 Apr, 2024 Coming Soon to an Employer Near You: AI-Driven Compensation Management By Carrie Byrnes Each year, Mercer issues a year-end executive incentive and benefits survey revealing insights gathered from a variety of U.S. public and...
08 Apr, 2024 Pay Transparency is Knocking at Federal Contractor Doors - DoD, GSA, NASA and OFPP Issue Proposed Pay Equity and Transparency Rule By Farrah Rifelj The proposed federal regulation incorporates both prohibitions on seeking an applicant's compensation history and using voluntarily...
04 Apr, 2024 Take Note - EEO-1 Filing Deadline is June 4, 2024 By Farrah Rifelj For anyone who missed it, the EEOC recently announced that its EEO-1 Data Collection will open on April 30, 2024, and that employers must...
04 Apr, 2024 OFCCP Issues VEVRAA 5.2% Benchmark and New Benchmark Resources By Farrah Rifelj All federal contractors with AAP obligations under VEVRAA and who do not calculate their own benchmark must take note of the OFCCP's new...
02 Oct, 2023 SEC Brings Further Actions for Violation of Whistleblower Protection Rule By Iqan Fadaei Betsy Voter Kevin Timken The SEC has brought charges against a private subsidiary of a publicly traded company for using an employee release agreement that...
08 Sep, 2023 OFCCP Publishes 2nd 2023 Corporate Scheduling List By Lyle Gravatt The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) is tasked with holding federal contractors and subcontractors responsible for...
19 Jul, 2023 DOL Requests Input from ERISA Advisory Council on Pension Risk Transfers - Signals Majors Issues Under Consideration By Carrie Byrnes Recent retirement plan legislation mandated that the United States Department of Labor (DOL) review its nearly 30-year-old guidance on...
27 Jun, 2023 Where is Leadership Development Headed? By Michael Best The current and future state of leadership development is front of mind for most employers, and if it isn't, it should be. Companies of...
18 May, 2023 Inflation Brings Changes to Health Plan Limits - More Savings Opportunities (and Spending) Ahead By Carrie Byrnes Looking for a silver lining to the highest annual inflation rate since the early 1980s? Well, here's one: The IRS has announced (in Rev....
28 Apr, 2023 The ABCs of ESG By Michael Best Last week we launched our new limited podcast series, "ESG Insights." Over the next several weeks, we will explore the intersection of...
20 Apr, 2023 The End of "Free" COVID-19 Tests? Preventive Care? By Carrie Byrnes Now that we're at the end of the COVID public health emergency (PHE), employer-sponsored group health plans are no longer required to pay...