by bobroff | May 2, 2023 | Employee News
On Monday, May 1, 2023, Hesse Martone President and CEO Andy Martone presented a webinar for SIBA members on the “Illinois Paid Leave for all Workers Act,” the new Illinois law which goes into effect on January 1, 2024 and requires employers to offer paid leave to...
by Andy Martone | Apr 14, 2023 | Firm news
On Tuesday, April 11, 2023, Hesse Martone’s President and CEO Andy Martone presented information, advice and guidance on issues facing the construction industry as a result of the legalization of recreational cannabis and employment protections created for cannabis...
by bobroff | Dec 23, 2022 | Firm news
St. Louis University School of Law students Kateri Busiek and Treston Marshall will be joining Hesse Martone as summer associates (although their work with the Firm will actually begin in the winter of 2022!). Kateri Busiek is a candidate for juris doctor in May 2024...
by Andy Martone | Dec 21, 2022 | News
The Teamsters Central States Pension Fund is finally on track to receive $36 billion in Special Financial Assistance, a taxpayer-funded bailout under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 that will prevent Central States from becoming insolvent in the near future. This...
by Andy Martone | Dec 19, 2022 | Developments in the Law, News, Uncategorized
Amendment 3 was officially added to Missouri’s Constitution on Thursday, December 8, legalizing recreational marijuana for adults 21 years of age or older and simultaneously creating legal protections for people who hold medical marijuana cards and test positive for...
by Andy Martone | Nov 9, 2022 | News
For some time, several multi-employer defined benefit pension plans have been in a state of crisis, with a substantial number facing imminent insolvency. While one can argue about the cause of this crisis – and there is plenty of blame to go around – one thing is...
by Andy Martone | Sep 8, 2022 | Developments in the Law, News
On September 6, 2022, the NLRB issued a proposed series of new rules on “joint employer” status that will make it easier for the Board and labor unions to have two separate employers classified as “joint employers.” The actual document (scheduled to be published in...
by bobroff | Aug 15, 2022 | Firm news
Trustees on multi-employer benefit funds owe their Funds a fiduciary duty to act exclusively to the benefit of their Fund and its participants. Fiduciaries who violate this duty can be liable for significant damages, and it is important that all trustees be...
by bobroff | Jul 15, 2022 | Firm news
The Davis Bacon Act of 1931 requires that workers on federally funded public works projects be paid the prevailing area wage rates. On March 18, 2022, the Department of Labor announced a substantial overhaul of the Davis Bacon Act that will be the most...
by bobroff | Jun 30, 2022 | Employee News
Hesse Martone trial paralegal Marney Cullen was elected as the First Vice President – Chair of the Professional Standards and Ethics Committee for the Missouri Paralegal Association. In this important role, Marney will be responsible for creating, promoting and...