In September the Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration published a Notice of Petition for Determination of Preemption asking for comments on what effect California’s meal and rest break requirements have on interstate commerce.  NAW has filed comments with the agency urging them to determine that the State of California’s meal and rest break rules be [...]

The California legislature recently enacted a new and expansive consumer data privacy law.  This new law will require covered businesses to comply with strict requirements on the collection, use and disclosure of “personal information” on California residents.  The law was enacted in late June and will take effect on January 1, 2020. Click here to read NAW’s new Legal Advisory, [...]

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, signed into law last December, provided qualified pass-through businesses with a 20 percent deduction, bringing the effective tax rate for those businesses down to 29.6 percent.   The law established conditions that would have to be met for a company to qualify for the deduction, and it expressly excluded most service businesses. Since enactment of the law, the [...]

Last week the Department of Labor announced that it was fully repealing the "Persuader Rule."  Persuader, an Obama Administration pro-labor rule, would have made it more difficult for businesses, especially small businesses, to obtain legal counsel during a union organizing campaign.  The repeal will take effect in August. NAW participated in the Persuader ruling-making through the Coalition [...]

This week, the House Ways and Means Committee passed legislation to modernize Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) and to further delay the Cadillac Tax until 2022. The National Coalition on Benefits (NCB), which NAW helps manage, spearheaded a letter to Chairman Brady and Ranking Member Neal to ensure that employer-sponsored coverage is strengthened and remains a viable, affordable option for [...]