The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has announced that it will not seek penalties against employers for failure to meet reporting requirements concerning overtime compensation and cash tips for the 2025 tax year. The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) that President Donald Trump signed into law on July 4, 2025, instituted new IRS reporting requirements and penalties for employers who failed to meet those Read More
Bipartisan Senate Finance Committee Leaders Reintroduce PBM Regulation Bill
A bipartisan coalition of legislators, led by the leaders of the Senate Finance Committee, has reintroduced a major pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) regulation bill in Congress. Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, Senate Finance Committee chairman, and Sen. Ron Wyden, the highest-ranking Democrat on the committee, have introduced the "PBM Price Transparency and Accountability Act" bill in conjunction with a bevy of Republican Read More
NFI Settles for $5.75 Million in Systemic Worker Misclassification Case
A New Jersey federal district court judge has preliminarily approved a $5.75 million settlement between National Freight, Inc. (NFI) and a class of truck drivers working for the company. However, the settlement goes well beyond a mere business dispute. This case strikes at the heart of an industry that has long perpetuated the ongoing, intentional misclassification of truck drivers as “independent contractors” rather Read More
Humana and Mark Cuban Exploring Potential Pharmacy Partnership
Humana Inc. and Mark Cuban recently announced at the Forbes healthcare conference that they are working on a potential pharmacy partnership, which could increase pressure on pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs). Cuban owns Cost Plus Drugs, a company that sells medications to consumers via mail-order and prides itself on transparent pricing. Humana primarily sells Medicare health plans, but its CenterWell Division is Read More
PA State Court Approves $13.5M Settlement Against Bayada in Wage Class Action
A judge for the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas has approved a $13.5 million settlement in a wage claim suit against Bayada Home Health Care. The class, which includes about 11,000 nurses who worked for the company between August 2013 and the present, filed suit alleging that Bayada failed to pay them for work performed while off the clock. The terms of the settlement provide that two named plaintiffs will each Read More
ERIC Urges Eighth Circuit to Reject 401(k) Forfeiture Claims
The ERISA Industry Committee (ERIC) and other organizations filed an amicus brief in Matula, Jr. v. Wells Fargo & Company (Matula), a 401(k) forfeiture case pending on appeal before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. Matula is representative of a recent trend of class action lawsuits challenging retirement plan administrators and employers that use “forfeited” funds to offset plan expenses or Read More
Tentative Settlement of Twitter Ex-Workers’ Severance Suit Faces Roadblock
The parties in a $500 million proposed class action lawsuit over unpaid severance—including terminated Twitter employees, X Corp. (the company formerly known as Twitter), and owner Elon Musk—have reached an impasse in settlement negotiations. Currently, law firms for individual plaintiffs — Lichten & Liss-Riordan PC and Sanford Heisler Sharp McKnight LLP — are arguing in court over how to proceed, with Sanford Read More
DOL Moves to Dismiss Its Appeal of Fiduciary Rule Challenge
The Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) of the U.S. Department of Labor is opting to abandon its appeal of the legal challenges to the so-called fiduciary rule. After insurance industry groups filed immediate legal challenges to the 2024 fiduciary rule proposed by the DOL under the Biden administration, two federal district courts issued stays preventing the rule from taking effect. The cases were Read More
Employers Grapple with Fallout From Worker Commentary on Charlie Kirk Murder
The graphic assassination of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk while speaking at Utah Valley University in September 2025 led to an immediate uproar on social media. Posts from Kirk opponents purportedly celebrating (or at least not mourning) his death led to public backlash from right-wing leaders. The controversy has left employers struggling to deal with public pressure against workers who publicly commented Read More
House Bill Could Affect Health and Labor Regulations
The U.S. House of Representatives is considering the Unfunded Mandates Accountability and Transparency Act of 2025 (“the Act”). This bill would require impact analyses for new rules from the Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), and other federal agencies with an anticipated economic impact of $100 million or more. According to the Congressional Read More
