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Sep 26, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Amy Gordon |Alison Weatherhead
The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has recently published guidance to assist employers in understanding their legal obligations when supporting disabled workers with hybrid working. The new guidance is intended for managers and leaders at small and medium-sized employers. The guidance covers practical steps, conversation prompts, example questions and case studies to enable employers to fully support disabled workers.
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May 22, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Amy Gordon |Leslie Shanklin |Jeffrey Warshafsky
Central District of California dismisses lawsuit alleging that a third-party’s interception of communications over a website’s live chat feature violated California’s wiretapping and eavesdropping prohibitions.
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Mar 20, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Amy Gordon
On 20 February 2024, the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) published a guide on neuroinclusion at work. With Neurodiversity Celebration Week on the horizon (18-24 March 2024), the timely guidance spotlights the need for inclusive practices to accommodate and assist employees with neurodiversity.
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Nov 30, 2023 | 
jdsupra.com | Andrew Bettwy |Ryan Blaney |Amy Gordon
Today, the U.S. Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) issued a final rule aimed to ease compliance with certain aspects of the regulations promulgated under the Corporate Transparency Act. The final rule extends the deadline from 30 days to 90 days for entities created or registered during 2024 that do not qualify for an exemption (“reporting companies”) to file their initial beneficial ownership report (a “BOI Report”).
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Nov 8, 2023 | 
mondaq.com | Amy Gordon |Basil V. Godellas
On October 31, 2023, the United States Department of Labor's
Employee Benefits Security Administration (the Department) released
its most recent proposed amendment to the guidance addressing when
a person would be considered a fiduciary under Title I and Title II
of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) if
it provides investment advice or makes an investment recommendation
to a retirement investor.
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Oct 31, 2023 | 
lexology.com | Amy Gordon
The Employment Relations (Flexible Working) Bill has been granted Royal Assent, meaning that, from 2024, millions of UK employees will have enhanced rights to request flexible working. Fulfilling a pledge from the 2019 Manifesto to promote flexible working, the new Act requires employers to consider and discuss requests made by their employees – who will be entitled to two requests per year – within two months of the request being submitted (down from the previous three months).
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Oct 2, 2023 | 
jdsupra.com | Amy Gordon
This year has seen a tremendous spike in the number of cases alleging violations of the Video Privacy Protection Act (“VPPA”), 18 U.S.C. § 2710, a statute enacted in 1988 in response to the Washington City Paper’s publication of a list of films that then-Supreme Court nominee Robert Bork had rented from a video store.
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Sep 21, 2023 | 
jdsupra.com | Andrew Bettwy |Ryan Blaney |Amy Gordon
In 2021, the U.S. enacted the Corporate Transparency Act (the “CTA”) as part of a multi‑national effort to rein in the use of entities to mask illegal activity. The CTA directs the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) to propose rules requiring certain types of entities to file a report identifying the entities’ beneficial owners and the persons who formed the entity.
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Sep 21, 2023 | 
lexology.com | Andrew Bettwy |Ryan Blaney |Stephanie Heilborn |Jeffrey Horwitz |Seetha Ramachandran |Yuval Tal | +3 more
In 2021, the U.S. enacted the Corporate Transparency Act (the “CTA”) as part of a multi‑national effort to rein in the use of entities to mask illegal activity. The CTA directs the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) to propose rules requiring certain types of entities to file a report identifying the entities’ beneficial owners and the persons who formed the entity.
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Jun 12, 2023 | 
einpresswire.com | Amy Gordon
Clinical stage biopharmaceutical company advancing novel therapeutics to address diseases such as diabetic wounds, severe ischemic heart disease and peripheral artery disease. David G. Armstrong, DPM, PhD, is an internationally recognized leader in the field of podiatric surgery, diabetic foot, limb preservation, and wound healing. DALLAS, TX, USA, June 12, 2023/ EINPresswire.com/ -- Venturis Therapeutics, Inc.
