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KANSAS ESTABLISHES “STAY HOME” ORDER – EFFECTIVE MARCH 30, 2020 On March 28, 2020, Kansas Governor Laura Kelly issued Executive Order No. 20-16 to be effective March 30, 2020.  The order notes that several Kansas counties have already issued differing “stay home” orders and seeks to “create uniformity in the […]

We are still waiting on regulations from the Department of Labor (“DOL”) for the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (the “Act”), which requires most employers to provide paid leave due to COVID-19 issues. However, over the past few days, the DOL has issued several important pieces of guidance that you […]

With more and more employers having to cut employee hours or furlough employees in one form or another due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, it is vitally important that employers review the terms of their employee welfare benefit plans.  This is true for group health plans and non-group health plans […]

The Families First Coronavirus Response Act was signed by the President on March 18 and will take effect no later than April 2, 2020. For a detailed memorandum summarizing the provisions of the Act, please click here. The Act requires most employers with fewer than 500 employees, along with most […]

With the current state of the economy and events happening worldwide, it may be a good time to review your leases to determine the minimum obligations that must be met to maintain them in force and what protections they may provide in the event of business interruptions. Now, maybe more […]

To read this Alert in PDF format, click HERE. At the beginning of 2019 we prepared an Alert summarizing changes that Congress and the IRS have made to the rules governing hardship distributions from 401(k) and 403(b) plans.  (That Alert can be found HERE). As explained in this Alert, many […]

To read this Alert in PDF format, click HERE. At the beginning of 2019, we prepared an Alert summarizing changes that Congress and the IRS had made to the rules governing hardship distributions from 401(k) and 403(b) plans. (That Alert can be found HERE.) Since then, two things have happened:  First, […]

If employees are insured under individual policies of health insurance, can their employer pay the premiums for that coverage?  Right now, the answer is “no,” subject to limited exceptions for certain small employers and S corporations. Beginning January 1, 2020, however, that answer will change and employers of all sizes […]

Since 1986 there has been a cap on “non-economic losses” (pain and suffering damages) in Kansas medical malpractice cases. As recently as 2012 the Kansas Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of K.S.A. 60-19a02. Miller v Johnson, 295 Kan. 636, 289 P.3d 1098 (2012). However, Miller was overturned Friday June 14, […]

Social media allows us to connect and share in ways that previously seemed unimaginable. But the ability to say whatever you want to whoever you want is not always a good thing. The internet is written in ink, and a single, thoughtless social media post could come back to haunt […]