On December 1, 2016, the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) will make a significant adjustment to the rules governing overtime exemptions for salaried workers under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) which will greatly benefit those workers. In March 2014, President Obama directed the DOL to make this change and, in the interim, the DOL […]
On June 8, 2016, Arbitrator Thomas Maroney ruled that the City of Syracuse violated its collective bargaining agreement with the Syracuse Firefighters, Local 280, IAFF, AFL-CIO, when it unilaterally increased the health insurance premium contributions that hundreds of retired firefighters were required to make to maintain coverage. To read more about this important decision, click […]
Dan Brice, a partner with the Firm, presented “The Effects of the ACA on Medical Expense Accounts (HSAs, FSAs and HRAs)” at a live webcast through the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans on June 23, 2016. The program focused on the essential aspects of HSAs, FSAs and HRAs while comparing strengths and weaknesses of […]
On March 7, 2016, Blitman & King will host its 26th Annual Labor & Employment Law Seminar at Turning Stone Resort Casino. Please contact Susan Sturick at (315) 422-7111 or email seminars@bklawyers.com to RSVP for this free seminar open to all labor organizations and their representatives. For additional information, please click here.
Attached is Kelly Cook’s paralegal profile, which will be included in the “7th edition of The Law of Corporations and Other Business Organization” textbook. This textbook is often used as core material in many paralegal courses. Read Kelly’s full profile here: Kelly Cook Paralegal Profile – February 2016
Inside this issue we cover: IRS EXTENDS DUE DATES FOR 2015 INFORMATION REPORTING UNDER INTERNAL REVENUE CODE (“CODE”) SECTIONS 6055 AND 6056 IRS NOTICE PROVIDES ADDITIONAL GUIDANCE REGARDING VARIOUS HEALTH REIMBURSEMENT ACCOUNT (“HRA”) ISSUES TWO YEAR DELAY OF THE “CADILLAC TAX” PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY COPRORATION (“PBGC”) PREMIUM RATES INCREASE IN 2016 DOL PROPOSES AMENDMENTS TO […]
The New York attorney general’s office and the U.S. Department of Labor Employee Benefit Security Administration (“EBSA”) recently announced that they have entered into an agreement to work together on enforcement of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act and state laws governing health insurance plans. The arrangement will help cover enforcement gaps in state and […]
On September 21, 2015, a National Labor Relations Board Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) ruled that a stone and gravel supplier was obligated to recognize and bargain with the union who represented employees from a company whose assets the supplier purchased. In a case handled by Nathaniel G. Lambright and Bryan T. Arnault , the supplier […]
On August 20, 2015, the National Labor Relations Board rejected an employer’s challenging to “an appropriate bargaining unit” in a representation case handled by Daniel Kornfeld of Blitman & King LLP. The employer argued for a unit covering all production employees, but the Board held that the less comprehesive unit sought by the Union was […]