Do The New Overtime Rules Affect Your Employee Benefit Plans?
On November 18, 2019, we wrote about the Department of Labor’s final rule raising the salary threshold for overtime pay to $35,568 beginning on January 1, 2020. Have you Read More …
Department of Labor Issues Final Rule On Overtime Exempt Salary Threshold
The United States Department of Labor (“DOL”) at last has issued its final rule raising the salary threshold for white-collar overtime exemptions. Originally, a final rule was passed under Read More …
Final Rule Eases 401(k) Hardship Withdrawal Requirements
On September 23, 2019, the IRS published its final rule with respect to 401(k) hardship withdrawal requirements. The final rule articulates a new standard for hardship withdrawals that must Read More …
George T. Cook Presents at the 2019 Dairy Financial Conference
Firm partner George Cook will give a seminar on September 11, 2019 at the 2019 Dairy Financial Conference in Summerdale, Pennsylvania, put on by the Center For Dairy Excellence. Read More …
Pomp and Circumstances: Managing the Legal Pitfalls of Young Adulthood
May and June are full of the signs of coming of age for young adults all across Pennsylvania. Prom, College and High School Graduations all act as symbolic rituals Read More …
Beware Of No-Hire Provisions In Contracts
On January 11, 2019, in Pittsburgh Logistics Systems, Inc. v. BeeMac Trucking, LLC, 2019 PA Super 13 (2019), the Pennsylvania Superior Court held that a no-hire provision in a contract Read More …
New Guardianship Tracking System And Forms In Effect
If you serve as a guardian of an incapacitated person (“IP”) in Pennsylvania, you should be aware of some recent changes to this area of the law which were Read More …
Changes in Partnership Audit Rules: Why Companies Should Review Their Organizational Documents
Overview Effective for tax year beginning January 1, 2018, all entities taxed as partnerships are now subject to new streamlined audit rules which drastically change the procedure for IRS Read More …
Pennsylvania Court Finds Employee Breached Duty of Loyalty And Enforces Other Employees’ Noncompete Agreements
On November 27, 2018, the Pennsylvania Superior Court decided Amquip Crane Rental, LLC v. Crane & Rig Services, LLC, 2018 Pa. Super. 315 (2018). In Amquip, a group of Read More …
IRS Extends Deadline For Form 1095 Distribution
On November 29, 2018, in IRS Notice 2018-94, the IRS extended the January 31, 2019 deadline for employers to distribute 2018 Forms 1095-C or 1095-B to employees. Employers now Read More …