$900 Billion Corona Relief Package Includes Key Workplace Provision
President Trump has signed a bill to include an expansion of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act’s Paycheck Protection Program (PPP).
Month: January 2021
Pittsburgh Ordinance: Employers Must Provide Paid Sick Leave for COVID-19
Pittsburgh’s City Council unanimously passed a Temporary COVID-19 Paid Sick Leave Ordinance, effective immediately (Dec. 9).
Final Rule Gives Boost to Grandfathered Health Plans
Employers with health plan designs that predate the Affordable Care Act (ACA) will find it easier to preserve the grandfathered status of their plans.
DOL Finalizes Less-Restrictive Fiduciary Standard for Investment Advice
New Department of Labor (DOL) guidance eases fiduciary requirements for professionals who recommend investments to 401(k) plan participants.
DACA Program Restored
A federal judge ordered the full reinstatement of the 2012 Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program for undocumented immigrants brought to the United States as children.
DOL Final Rule Limits Proxy Voting by Retirement Plan Fiduciaries
Retirement plan fiduciaries will be barred from casting corporate-shareholder proxy votes in favor of social or political positions that don’t advance the financial interests of retirement plan participants.