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Federal Agencies Clarify Pathways for Fertility Benefits Offered by Employers
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Federal Agencies Clarify Pathways for Fertility Benefits Offered by Employers

The Departments issued the FAQs in response to a February 2025 Presidential Executive Order (EO 14216), which directs the Assistant to the President for the Domestic Policy Council to submit policy recommendations to protect access to in vitro fertilization (IVF) and aggressively reduce out-of-pocket and health plan costs for IVF treatment.
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SECURE Act 2.0: IRS Issues Final Regulations on Catch-Up Contributions
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SECURE Act 2.0: IRS Issues Final Regulations on Catch-Up Contributions

Recent IRS regulations under the SECURE 2.0 Act significantly affect retirement plan catch-up contributions. Learn about the new Roth rules, “super” catch-up limits and key compliance deadlines for plan sponsors.
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For a variety of reasons, the solar industry has experienced, and will continue to experience, record growth.
Richard Reizen
Partner
Chair, Construction Practice
Eligible borrower application deadline is May 31, 2021.
The IRS announced late last week that the due date for filing 2020 federal individual income tax returns and making 2020 federal individual income tax payments is automatically postponed from April 15, 2021, to May 17, 2021.
Ilana Bley
Partner
Vice Chair, Tax Planning and Structuring Practice
Earlier this month, the IRS provided guidance for employers claiming the employee retention tax credit for 2020.
Ilana Bley
Partner
Vice Chair, Tax Planning and Structuring Practice
The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA, 2021) was signed by President Biden on March 11, 2021 to address the continuing economic impact on employers and employees the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has posed.
In this fifth installment of our Construction Interview Series, Rich Reizen, Chair of Gould & Ratner’s Construction Practice, talks with Tom Bassett-Dilley, Owner of TBDArchitects, about green building and energy efficient design methodologies, including the state of the architectural industry and design focused on sustainability and net zero energy consumption.
Richard Reizen
Partner
Chair, Construction Practice
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has updated the section of its Compliance Manual on religious discrimination in the workplace.
David Michael
Managing Partner
Chair, Human Resources and Employment Law Practice
On January 21, 2021, President Biden issued an “Executive Order on Protecting Worker Health and Safety.”
Construction industry forecasts are difficult in a “normal year” (remember those?), let alone a year following a global pandemic.
Richard Reizen
Partner
Chair, Construction Practice
With the inauguration of Joseph R. Biden as the President of the United States yesterday, we expect to see a different focus, new guidance and new laws. Some of the major changes that may be delivered in the Biden administration include: