2024 Legal Academy
Date/Time
Date(s) - 03/14/2024
All Day
Location
Tower Club
Categories
Overview of Presentations/Presenters
Virginia Legislative Update 2024 – Presented by Theodora Stringham, Esq., Offit Kurman, P.A.
The Commonwealth’s political landscape continues to evolve after its November 2023 elections, creating new laws and potential new policies for employers. This presentation will focus on related updates from Virginia as well as related issues in Maryland and the District of Columbia.
Wage and Hour Updates 2024: Key Updates – Presented by Sarah Goodman, Esq., Offit Kurman, P.A.
The United States Department of Labor recently announced the finalization of its proposed rule on independent contractors while the National Labor Relations Board announced the finalization its Joint Employer Rule. This presentation reviews navigating these updates and revisiting key wage and hour compliance issues based on recent litigation.
Employee Leave: Piecing the Puzzle of Recent Updates and Addressing Remote Work – Presented by Daniel Trujillo Esmeral, Esq., Offit Kurman, P.A.
Employee leave requirements differ across the United States – with specific complexity in the local DMV region. This presentation will focus on recent updates and how to implement related best practices to cut down on risk – including navigating remote work and secondary employment issues that oftentimes overlap with requests for leave.
Immigration Essentials: What to Know about Recent Updates for HR Managers – Presented by Alfredo Acin, Esq., Offit Kurman, P.A.
The federal government introduced recent updates to immigration updates surrounding the H1-B (relevant for many white-collar fields such as government contractors) and the form I-9 related processes. This presentation will focus on the revamp of the H1-B program and I-9 processes – as well as other immigration updates/potential pitfalls for HR professionals.
SECURE Act 2.0 – Presented by Sid Pailla, Sunny Day Fund, and Kendra Isaacson
With nearly three-fifths of Americans unable to handle a $1,000 emergency, Congress passed Secure Act 2.0 to enable pension-linked emergency savings accounts (PLESAs). More commonly, these accounts are known as in-plan or ERISA-bound sidecar accounts to a 401(k) or similar retirement plan – and 45% of plan sponsors are expected to add some form of emergency savings feature by end of 2024. The Department of Labor and the IRS recently released guidance on how these PLESAs would and should work. In this session, you will learn about PLESAs and their out-of-plan emergency savings counterparts, associated regulatory and tax benefits, and impact to employer and employee based on results from early adopters.
