The IRS Requests Comments on Scope of Determination Letter Program for Individually Designed Plans

Submitted by Ali Law Group PC on April 7, 2018 On April 5, 2018, the IRS announced the potential expansion of the scope of the determination letter program for individually designed plans during the 2019 calendar year. In Notice 2018-24, the IRS requested comments on specific types of plans for which the Treasury Department and … Read more

Proposed Rules Extend Short-Term, Limited-Duration Insurance

Submitted by Ali Law Group PC on April 2, 2018 In response to President Trump’s October 2017 Executive Order, the Departments of Health and Human Services, Labor, and the Treasury issued a proposed rule to amend the definition of short-term, limited duration insurance. The rule proposes to expand the availability of short-term, limited-duration health insurance … Read more

Supreme Court Holds that Employers Must Interpret Collective Bargaining Agreements in Accordance with “Ordinary Contract Principles”

Submitted by Ali Law Group PC on March 31, 2018 Recently, the Supreme Court reversed a Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals decision involving the vesting of retiree medical benefits in employee collective bargaining agreements. In CNH Industrial v. Reese, 583 U. S. ____ (2018), the Court found that the lower court had misconstrued a collective … Read more

Bedbugs in the Workplace!

Submitted by Ali Law Group PC on March 18, 2018 Although usually considered a household bug, bedbugs can be found anywhere that humans live or visit. They can be unknowingly brought into the workplace by employees, customers, clients and other visitors. What happens if bedbugs are discovered in the workplace? What are the employer’s obligations? … Read more

NLRB Vacates Joint-Employer Decision

Submitted by Ali Law Group PC on March 10, 2018 On February 26, 2018, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued an Order vacating its recent decision which overturned the broad standard applied in determining joint employment. As we previously reported, on December 14, 2017, in Hy-Brand Industrial Contractors and Brandt Construction Co., the NLRB … Read more