Thu.Jun 10, 2021

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EEOC Gives Green Light to Employers’ COVID Vaccine Incentives, With Important Caveats

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What You Should Know About COVID-19 and the ADA, the Rehabilitation Act, and Other EEO Laws (May 28, 2021). Available at [link]. The EEOC has updated its guidance on COVID-19-related compliance issues under the ADA, GINA, and other employment laws. In addition to modifying and expanding earlier guidance on employer vaccination programs, the updated guidance adds six Q&As addressing ADA and GINA considerations for employer-provided COVID-19 vaccination incentives for employees and their fami

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Green Bonds?

Essentials of Corporate Finance

During 2020, a record $270 billion in green bonds were issued, and green bond issuance is on pace to surpass that record this year. And while we discussed covenants and the ability of bondholders to undertake legal action against the bond issuer for violating these covenants, as a recent article in the Wall Street Journal highlights, green bond investors have little to no recourse if the bond issuer does not use the bond proceeds for green projects.

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Former Employee’s Recollection of “Christmas Card List” Was Insufficient to Defeat COBRA’s Small Employer Exception

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Gorman v. Acteon Networks, LLC, 2021 WL 2156359 (E.D. Pa. 2021). Available at [link]. As part of an employment discrimination lawsuit, a former employee claimed that her employer improperly discontinued her medical benefits in violation of COBRA. The employer asked the court to dismiss the claim, arguing that it did not have enough employees to be covered by COBRA.

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Three steps to energizing your CPA firm staff after a year of change

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CPA firms are understandably exhausted after the past year, however, there is a tremendous opportunity for the accounting profession to reflect, reset, and energize staff with a fresh perspective infused with learnings from the 2020 tax season. In the latest episode of Pulse of the Practice, “ A Conversation with Carrie Steffan ”, Paul Miller, Owner of Business by Design , and I discuss how to inspire and mobilize CPA firm staff in the year ahead with insight from Carrie Steffen of The Whetston

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How to Leverage Intent Data for Better Outcomes

Speaker: Susan Spencer, Principal of Spencer Communications

Intent signal data can go a long way toward shortening sales cycles and closing more deals. The challenge is deciding which is the best type of intent data to help your company meet its sales and marketing goals. In this webinar, Susan Spencer, fractional CMO and principal of Spencer Communications, will unpack the differences between contact-level and company-level intent signals.

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Court Limits Fiduciary Breach Lawsuit to Claims Against Plan Sponsor and Plan Committee

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Luense v. Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc., 2021 WL 2103231 (D. N.J. 2021). Available at [link]. A federal trial court has dismissed portions of a putative class action lawsuit brought by participants in a 401(k) plan alleging that various individuals and entities violated their fiduciary duties relating to investment fund selection. The participants sued the plan sponsor, the sponsor’s board of directors and its individual members, the plan committee and its individual members, a

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To What Extent Does WHCRA Require Coverage of Reconstructive Surgery Performed by an Out-of-Network Provider?

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QUESTION: We understand that the Women’s Health and Cancer Rights Act (WHCRA) requires our plan to cover reconstructive surgery following a mastectomy. Can we impose limitations on the plan’s reimbursement of services performed by an out-of-network provider? ANSWER: Although WHCRA requires group health plans that provide medical and surgical benefits for mastectomy to also provide certain additional mastectomy-related benefits, including reconstructive surgery, it specifically provides that co

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