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The Securities and Exchange Commission s Investor Advisory
Committee will hold a public meeting on Thursday, March 11, 2021.
The meeting will begin at 10:00 a.m. EST and will be a webcast. The
committee will hold two panel discussions: a follow-on discussion
regarding self-directed individual retirement accounts (IRAs), and
a discussion regarding special purpose acquisition companies
(SPACs). The full agenda is available here.
In addition, the committee will also discuss two
recommendations: one regarding minority and underserved inclusion,
and one regarding credit rating agencies.
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The end of 2020 was not the end of the California
Legislature s focus on employment-related legislation. Just two
months into the new year, the Legislature has already introduced
several bills addressing the workplace that could impact employers
who still may be implementing coronavirus-related legislation. This
article discusses two such bills on the horizon that employers will
want to follow as they work their way through the Legislature.
AB 1179 - Paid Backup Childcare
The Healthy Workplaces, Healthy Families Act of 2014, embodied
in Labor Code Sections 245-249, requires employers of all sizes to
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On December 27, 2020, President Trump signed into law the
COVID-Related Tax Relief Act of 2020, part of H.R. 133, the
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, (the
“Act”). Although the initial political focus was
whether the Act s $600 per individual direct payment was
sufficient, the 5,593-page legislation contains numerous provisions
that will impact employer sponsored benefit plans for years to
come. The Act follows the 2019 SECURE Act and the 2020 CARES Act in
making significant changes to the Tax Code and other federal laws
impacting benefit plans. Below are some of the key provisions
relating to welfare plans, retirement plans and other employer
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Seyfarth Synopsis: If the Senate
Parliamentarian blesses it, the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan
(a.k.a. the latest COVID-19 relief bill) may include multiemployer
pension relief that would provide underfunded multiemployer pension
plans with sufficient monies from the Treasury Department to pay
for all accrued benefits owed to retirees, without reduction,
through the plan year ending in 2051. Notably, any multiemployer
pensions plans eligible for this relief would not have to repay
those monies.
Embedded in the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan
is yet another attempt at multiemployer pension plan reform,
Seyfarth Synopsis: On Monday, the Senate Parliamentarian ruled that the multiemployer pension plan bailout provisions in the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan