Christopher Young

Employers operating across multiple states increasingly face overlapping state and federal leave obligations. While the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) establishes a federal baseline, a growing number of states have enacted broader leave regimes. As employers work to comply with these state laws, they must also consider whether efforts to comply with state leave requirements could create ERISA pre-emption issues for ERISA-covered benefit plans.

If you’re considering selling your company or its assets, there’s a tax issue you need to know about: Section 280G of the Internal Revenue Code. Section 280G can have a significant impact on both the economics of a transaction and on certain service providers who may receive transaction-related compensation. Because these rules can create significant tax consequences, early analysis is critical to understanding who may be impacted and how. What are “golden parachute payments”?

Meredith L. Silliman’s articles from Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner are most popular: within Employment and HR topic(s) in United States with readers working within the Business & Consumer Services industries The IRS recently released an updated set of frequently asked questions (FAQs) governing educational assistance programs under Section 127 of the Internal Revenue Code (FS-2026-10) (the “Revised FAQ”), superseding the prior version published in June 2024 (FS-2024-22) (the “Original FAQ”).