14 March 2020

Assessing Force Majeure Clauses in Response to COVID-19

***Information and guidance in client updates was up to date at time of publication. During the pandemic, information and guidance has been changing rapidly. If you have any questions about the information contained in a client update, please contact the author(s) or your Miller Johnson attorney.*** In the midst of the global COVID-19 pandemic, it […]


13 March 2020

COVID-19 and Employers: What you Need to Know

***Information and guidance in client updates was up to date at time of publication. During the pandemic, information and guidance has been changing rapidly. If you have any questions about the information contained in a client update, please contact the author(s) or your Miller Johnson attorney.*** Can we ask employees exhibited COVID-19 symptoms to go […]


13 March 2020

Businesses Will Be Impacted By Executive Order Signed By Gov. Whitmer To Mitigate Coronavirus

***Information and guidance in client updates was up to date at time of publication. During the pandemic, information and guidance has been changing rapidly. If you have any questions about the information contained in a client update, please contact the author(s) or your Miller Johnson attorney.*** Miller Johnson’s Coronavirus / COVID-19 Response Team continues to […]


13 March 2020

IDEA Compliance During School Closure

How does a school district provide a free appropriate public education (FAPE) to eligible students during a school closure?  The United States Department of Education (DOE) issued a Q&A addressing some common questions.  The Q&A, while helpful, stresses that it is an informal guidance document, not a binding statement of law. The Q&A confirms that, […]


12 March 2020

IRS Says COVID-19 Testing and Treatment May Be Covered by High Deductible Health Plans with No Participant Cost-Sharing

***Information and guidance in client updates was up to date at time of publication. During the pandemic, information and guidance has been changing rapidly. If you have any questions about the information contained in a client update, please contact the author(s) or your Miller Johnson attorney.*** Employers are scrambling to address the multitude of issues […]


19 February 2020

Happy New Year! Time To Re-Survey Your Workforce for Disability

Welcome to another Two Minute Update.  Today we’re focusing on a federal contractor’s and subcontractor’s duty to survey its workforce for disability information. In 2014, regulations implementing Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act were updated to require federal contractors to invite their employees to voluntarily self-identify as an individual with a disability.  The updates further […]


14 February 2020

USCIS Announces Change in H-1B Visa Lottery

The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) recently announced implementation of a new electronic registration process for the upcoming H-1B visa lottery. Under the new H-1B registration system, employers seeking to file cap-subject H-1B petitions will be required to electronically register each foreign national applicant and pay a registration fee of $10 per applicant. […]


10 February 2020

Judge Orders Collection of EEO-1 Component 2 Data Complete

In Spring of 2019, a federal district court issued an order requiring some 60,000 covered employers to submit detailed pay and hours worked data to EEOC. National Women’s Law Center, et al., v. Office of Management and Budget, et al., Civil Action No. 17-cv-2458 (D.D.C.). The federal judge in Washington, D.C. ordered the Trump administration […]


30 January 2020

The SECURE Act Part 2: Retirement Account Estate Planning Changes

As reported in our January 9, 2020 Client Alert “The SECURE Act Passes: The Future is Now” President Trump signed into law landmark legislation titled the “Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement” Act (SECURE).  Most provisions of SECURE impact tax-deferred retirement plans such as IRAs, 401(k), and 403(b) plans.  Our previous client alert outlined […]


15 January 2020

Budget Spending Deal Contains Changes That Impact Employer-Sponsored Group Health Plans

This client alert summarizes key health benefit changes on several fronts—legislative, regulatory, and in the courts.  Legislatively, President Trump signed the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 (the “Act”) on December 20, 2019 to avoid a shutdown of the federal government.  The Act also contained a number of provisions impacting employer-sponsored group health and welfare plans […]