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Annual Report of the Office of the Advocate for Small Business Capital Formation

By EsqSocial Corporation 19/01/21

The Securities and Exchange Commission’s Office of the Advocate for Small Business Capital Formation recently delivered its annual report for FY2020 to the Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs of the US Senate and the Committee on Financial Services of the US House of Representatives,

When Can 401(k) Fiduciaries Get Excessive Fee Suits Dismissed? Anatomy of Two Recent Wins

By EsqSocial Corporation 19/01/21

ERISA fee litigation seems out of control. In fact, the number of lawsuits filed in 2020 was double the number filed in 2018.

2020: What a Year! The Important Keys to Rebuilding a Positive Corporate Culture

By EsqSocial Corporation 19/01/21

Whew!  2020 is over and we can start the New Year with hope – a fresh approach to restoring life “as it was before.”  It is hard to imagine life before 2019 because no matter what – we have been changed forever....

The DOL Releases Opinion Letters Regarding the Participation of Hosts and Hostesses in Tip Pools and the Proper Calculation of Overtime for Certain Tipped Employees

By EsqSocial Corporation 19/01/21

On January 15, 2021, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division released two opinion letters providing guidance on two respective issues pertaining to tipped employees....
By: FordHarrison

New California Labor and Employment Laws for 2021

By EsqSocial Corporation 19/01/21

This Holland & Knight alert highlights selected and significant new California labor and employment laws, regulations governing COVID-19 issues at the workplace by the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA), and the state's increased minimum wage and overtime exempt

DOL Issues Opinion Letter Addressing Requirements of the “Amusement or Recreational Establishment” Exemption

By EsqSocial Corporation 19/01/21

On January 15, 2021, the Wage and Hour Division (WHD) of the U.S.

Teacher Dismissal Upheld for Conduct Not Directly Related to Previous Notice to Remedy

By EsqSocial Corporation 19/01/21

For school personnel administrators, it is a frustrating but typical experience to have a teachers’ union representative object to warnings and directives on the grounds that the warning is too broad, or not directly on point to the misconduct at hand....

Key Takeaways from the Stark Law Final Rule

By EsqSocial Corporation 19/01/21

On January 19, 2021, the final rule modernizing and clarifying the regulations interpreting the Medicare physician self-referral law (Stark Law) takes effect.

2021 Global Venture Capital Guide

By EsqSocial Corporation 19/01/21

World Law Group member firms recently collaborated on a Global Venture Capital Guide that covers more than 30 jurisdictions on investment approval processes, typical investment sectors and investment structures on Venture Capital deals (and more!).

California Supreme Court Reaffirms that ABC Test is Retroactive

By EsqSocial Corporation 19/01/21

On January 14, 2021, the California Supreme Court held in Vazquez v. Jan-Pro Franchising Int'l, Inc. that the ABC test for determining worker classification fashioned in its groundbreaking decision, Dynamex v. Superior Court,2 applies retroactively....

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