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Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP Raleigh, NC Document Search Results (24) Show: results per page Sort by:  | EEOC Clarifies That Title VII Protects Transgender Employees and Applicants
Kathleen Dodd Barton, Thomas H. Christopher, David C. Lindsay, Corena A. Norris-McCluney, Susan W. Pangborn; Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP;
Legal Alert/Article April 27, 2012, previously published on April 26, 2012 On April 20, 2012, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) adopted the position that employment discrimination against transgender individuals because of their transgender status constitutes sex discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964...
| | OSHA Revises Hazard Communication Standard
John W. Alden, Randall D. Avram, Jill S. Cox, Robert G. Hensley; Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP;
Legal Alert/Article March 27, 2012, previously published on March 26, 2012 The United States Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) has announced a comprehensive update to its 1983 Hazard Communication Standard that will affect employers and workers in more than five million workplaces where hazardous chemicals are...
| | Future Guidance Outlined For Automatic Enrollment, Employer Responsibilities and Waiting Periods
Lois Wagman Colbert, Sarah N. Lowe, Karen D. Martinez, Martha L. Sewell, Mark L. Stember, Mark D. Wincek; Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP;
Legal Alert/Article February 27, 2012, previously published on February 23, 2012 This month, the Departments of Labor (DOL), Health and Human Services (HHS), and the Treasury released yet another page from their Affordable Care Act playbook in substantially identical forms. The Treasury issued its information in Notice 2012-17 which provides several FAQs (the DOL issued...
| | Final Summary of Benefits and Coverage Rules - A Rocky Compliance Road for Employer Plans
Lois Wagman Colbert, Sarah N. Lowe, Karen D. Martinez, Martha L. Sewell, Mark L. Stember, Mark D. Wincek; Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP;
Legal Alert/Article February 21, 2012, previously published on February 20, 2012 On February 14th the Departments of Treasury, Labor and Health and Human Services (the Departments) issued final regulations regarding the Summary of Benefits and Coverage (SBC) Rules under the Affordable Care Act.
| | The NLRB Further Paves the Way for Mini-Bargaining Units
John W. Alden, Randall D. Avram, Richard D. Haygood, Corena A. Norris-McCluney, Susan W. Pangborn, Michael T. Rosenberg; Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP;
Legal Alert/Article February 2, 2012, previously published on February 1, 2012 The National Labor Relations Board (the “Board”) continues to pave the way for unions to organize relatively small, narrowly defined groups of employees (“mini-bargaining units”) within an employer’s workforce. When a union requests an election to establish its status...
| | NLRB Decision Finding Arbitration Agreement Unlawful Affects Unionized and Non-Unionized Employers Alike
John W. Alden, Jill S. Cox, Richard D. Haygood, Robert G. Hensley; Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP;
Legal Alert/Article January 13, 2012, previously published on January 11, 2012 The National Labor Relations Board (the "NLRB" or the “Board”) has ruled that a mandatory arbitration agreement preventing employees from pursuing class or collective claims against their employer is unlawful under the National Labor Relations Act (“NLRA” or the...
| | New Guidance Issued for Reporting the Cost of Health Coverage on Forms W-2
Lois Wagman Colbert, Karen D. Martinez, Martha L. Sewell, Mark L. Stember, Mark D. Wincek; Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP;
Legal Alert/Article January 12, 2012, previously published on January 10, 2012 In March of 2011, the Internal Revenue Service (Service) issued Notice 2011-28 which provided interim guidance regarding the informational reporting to employees of their employer-sponsored group health plan coverage (the 2011 Notice). The Service has now issued Notice 2012-09 (the 2012 Notice)...
| | New Department of Labor Regulations Offer More Investment Advisers the Opportunity to Provide Advice to Participants in 401(K) Plans and IRAs
Matthew S. Chambers, Paul Joseph Foley, Chen Fan Fu, Andrew B. Sachs, Jeffrey T. Skinner, Thomas W. Steed; Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP;
Legal Alert/Article January 10, 2012, previously published on January 6, 2012 On December 27, 2011, new DOL regulations (the New Regulations) designed to encourage more financial advisers to offer investment advice to participants in participant-directed individual account plans (e.g., 401(k) plans) and individual retirement account (IRA) beneficiaries took effect. The New...
| | EPA Issues Clarification of GHG Permitting Requirements As Applied To Semiconductor Industry
Julie R. Domike, Alan H. McConnell, Alec Zacaroli; Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP;
Legal Alert/Article December 20, 2011, previously published on December 19, 2011 EPA issued national guidance responding to questions posed by the Semiconductor Industry Association, the trade association for this industry, related to recent greenhouse gas permitting requirements issued by the Agency. In responding to these questions, EPA agreed that several plants in this...
| | NLRB Authorizes Final Rule Changing Some Union Election Procedures
John W. Alden, Richard D. Haygood, Corena A. Norris-McCluney, Chuck Rice; Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP;
Legal Alert/Article December 6, 2011, previously published on December 2, 2011 In a Legal Alert dated June 29, 2011, we discussed proposed changes to the National Labor Relations Board's rules regarding union representation elections that would have the likely effect of giving unions certain tactical advantages in the election process. The proposed rule changes met with...
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