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Department of Transportation Warns About Employee Use of CBD Products

…evolving. As a result, the United States Department of Transportation (“DOT”) has issued a notice concerning CBD use by DOT drivers. In the notice, DOT makes it clear that testing…

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Employers Need an Infectious Communicable Disease Policy

…a duty to maintain a safe workplace. This “general duty” includes the taking of reasonable measures to prevent the spread of disease. Every employer, therefore, has the general duty to…

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DOL Issues Update on Joint Employment under the FLSA

…employees’ services or interchange employees. One employer acts directly or indirectly in the interest of the other employer in relation to the employees at issue. The employers are not completely…

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Estate Planning with Retirement Accounts Under the New SECURE Act

…inherited Roth IRAs and inherited Roth 401(k)s, both the growth and the distributions were income tax free). The required minimum distributions (“RMDs”) from inherited retirement accounts each year were percentages…

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Mayo discusses potential for government audits at national employee benefits symposium

Poyner Spruill LLP partner Kelsey Mayo recently spoke at the International Society of Certified Employee Benefit Specialists’ Employee Benefits Symposium in New Orleans. She led a program titled “Handling Government…

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Now That We Are SECURE

Reading Time: 4 minutes On December 20, 2019, President Trump signed into law the Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act of 2019 (the “SECURE Act” or “Act”), which…

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Poyner Spruill’s Hagemann receives award for excellence in municipal law from NC Association of Municipal Attorneys

…Attorneys (NCAMA) Summer Conference in Asheville, North Carolina. In addition, Hagemann and fellow Poyner Spruill partner Drew Erteschik were part of a presentation entitled, “Dealing With the Media: Best Practices…

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CCPA Arrives With The New Year: Minimal Tips For Compliance

…plan to meet at least two requirements. First, there is the “Notice at Collection” mandate. Second is the “reasonable measures” requirement. Notice at Collection The “Notice at Collection” mandate requires…

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Cybersecurity Concerns: Hackers, The Seventh Fleet, and Human Error

…some ways, this was the human equivalent of a “brute force” password attack—the hackers essentially kept pounding on the last line of defense until it gave way. Phone companies and…

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Mayo presents on key employee benefits issues at two national conferences

…how they work within a business strategy to control costs and remain competitive in the business world. This included a look at basic design elements, transition concerns, nondiscrimination testing, and…