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With a recession overdue, employee benefits practitioners should be ready when employers face financial distress and should understand how employee benefits are treated in bankruptcy. Recent developments involving executive compensation, pension funding, and withdrawal liability give a glimpse of what ...

The Labor Department issued a final rule Jan. 12 that clarifies when a worker is employed by more than one company, an issue that affects franchise businesses such as McDonald’s and firms that have outsourced services such as cleaning and maintenance. The ...

The National Labor Relations Board recently announced significant changes to its rules regarding representation elections.  The new rules undo many of the controversial 2014 modifications made by the Obama board, as discussed below.  These changes are not scheduled to become effective until ...

When her law firm developed a report on the top topics of concern to boards of directors in 2020, Kerry Berchem knew a key audience would be general counsel as well. “We do try to address topical items directed toward ...