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Abortion laws will now be left up to individual states, 26 of which are certain or likely to ban abortion, according to an analysis by the Guttmacher Institute .

Employers should notify employees that the initial enrollment period is a seven-month window starting around their 65th birthday, and that special enrollment period rules apply if they keep employer coverage after turning 65.

Private employers in Texas, and general employers outside of Texas (including employers outside of Texas who have non-public payrolled workers in that state) must comply, at this time, with the provisions of the overtime rule that were announced on April 23 and went into effect on July 1.

Some National Context Brian Hartstein, a partner in the Chicago office of the Quarles & Brady law firm, explained that national efforts begun at the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) under the Biden administration to ban noncompetes for most employers are currently at a standstill.

How it Affects Employers The proposed rule is expected to curtail the types of investments and investment advice currently available to plans and participants, said Carol McClarnon, a partner at the Eversheds Sutherland law firm.

Under the law, employers do not have to tolerate or permit on-site consumption or consumption during the hours of employment.

Notably, almost 90% are worried about covering basic living expenses — even if they believe their compensation is fair.; ;And, while 75% of employers surveyed by financial and insurance company Prudential believe their benefits help with retirement savings, only 35% said those benefits help with everyday expenses and real-time financial stressors.; With financial fears mounting and employee confidence remaining low , many workers are looking to their employers for assistance.

ANALYSIS The recent explosion of state and local paid leave laws presents a severe administrative burden on large, multistate employers, who must often manage a patchwork of different and conflicting requirements.

Access a Workspan Daily article on this subject: How Employers Can Better Train Managers to Talk About Pay; Challenges Employers Face Despite a lack of strategy, 63% of U.S. organizations in Mercer’s report stated they plan to share pay information both internally and externally over the next two years, but 37% of U.S. employers (and 34% of global respondents) reported a lack of manager capability with understanding and explaining compensation programs and practices to employees as their biggest hindrance.

The highest court in the land tends to follow a presumption of severability, said Lowe, which allows it to strike down one portion of a law as unconstitutional, but allows the remainder of the law to stay in place.