Employment and benefit-related legislation

The current layoff situation and legislative action to extend periods and deadlines associated with COBRA means that people who would not have considered electing COBRA prior to COVID-19 may choose to do so soon, and in record numbers.

How each presidential candidate tackles workplace-related issues will have long-lasting ripple effects for employers.

Revisions to the Families First Coronavirus Response Act are now in effect.

To protect client nest eggs, advisors must know which savings vehicles are protected — and they’re not all created equal.

Many employers are rethinking their policies in response to COVID-19, Mercer experts say.

If the court ends up making this choice, intended family members may lose out — all for want of filling out a one-page form.

ADA experts discuss the key things to consider before checking your employees’ temperature.

The White House and Democrats aim to strike a deal on virus-relief legislation by the end of the week 一 even though the two sides remain far apart on some key issues.

Four female former employees of Alphabet’s Google are trying to persuade a state court to let them represent more than 10,000 peers in a gender-pay disparity suit against the company, setting the stage for the next big battle over class-action status.

For America’s almost 30 million working-age disabled citizens, the large majority of job opportunities lie in food service, hospitality and retail. But when virus lockdowns brought those sectors to a standstill, workers with disabilities quickly saw their jobs vanish.