Archives
- 2010.07.29: Employment/ERISA-Ninth Circuit Rules That A Career Agent Is An Independent Contractor For Purposes of Title VII (And Probably ERISA Too)
- 2010.07.28: Employee Benefits-No COBRA Subsidy For Terminations After May 31
- 2010.07.27: Employee Benefits-Government Issues Regulations On New Claims Review Procedures
- 2010.07.23: Employee Benefits-Government Issues Regulations On Preventive Care
- 2010.07.19: ERISA-DOL Issues Interim Final Regulation On Improved Fee Disclosure For Pension Plans
- 2010.07.09: ERISA-Fourth Circuit Determines That Insurer Abused Its Discretion In Terminating Employee's Long-Term Disability Benefits
- 2010.07.07: ERISA-DOL Adopts Amendment To Class Exemption Involving Qualified Professional Asset Managers
- 2010.06.30: ERISA-Seventh Circuit Provides Guidance On How To Avoid A Breach Of Fiduciary Duty
- 2010.06.29: Employee Benefits-EBSA Issues Model Notices For The Patient Protection, No Lifetime Limits And Dependent Coverage Until Age 26 Requirements Under The Affordable Care Act
- 2010.06.28: ERISA-Eighth Circuit Rules That Language In SPD Does Not Entitle Insurer To Deferential Review Of Its Claim Denial
- 2010.06.24: Employment-DOL Clarifies FMLA Definition Of Son And Daughter
- 2010.06.23: Employee Benefits-Government Issues Guidance On New Protections Under The Affordable Care Act
- 2010.06.21: Employee Benefits-IRS Extends Deadline For Restating Pre-Approved Defined Contribution Plans In A Federal Disaster Area
- 2010.06.17: ERISA-Department Of Labor Proposes To Amend Class Exemption For Transactions Involving In-House Asset Managers
- 2010.06.16: Employee Benefits-Government Issues Guidance On What Constitutes A Grandfathered Plan Under New Health Care Rules
- 2010.06.14: Employment-10th Circuit Finds No Vacant Position Available To Accommodate A Disabled Employee Under the ADA
- 2010.06.11: ERISA-U.S. Department of Labor Issues Final Rule On Pension Distributions Under Qualified Domestic Relations Orders
- 2010.06.10: ERISA-Sixth Circuit Holds That Cap Limits Retiree Health Care Contributions
- 2010.06.09: ERISA-Third Circuit Reveal Some Pitfalls In Disability Cases.
- 2010.06.04: Employment/Tax-IRS Reminds Us That Recent Legislation Offers Special Tax Incentives for Small Businesses to Provide Health Care And Hire New Workers
- 2010.05.27: ERISA-Sixth Circuit Upholds An Action For Pension Benefits Based On Equitable Estoppel
- 2010.05.26: ERISA-Supreme Court Announces New "Some Degree of Success" Standard For Award Of Attorney's Fees Under ERISA
- 2010.05.25: Employee Benefits-IRS Says That 2011 Limits/Thresholds For HSAs Are The Same As For 2010
- 2010.05.24: Employment-Eleventh Circuit Upholds Non-Competition And Non-Solicitation Covenant
- 2010.05.20: Employee Benefits-IRS Issues Final Regulations On Diversification Requirements For Defined Contribution Plans Holding Publicly Traded Employer Stock
- 2010.05.19: Employment/Tax-IRS Issues Revised Payroll Tax Form That Employers May Use To Claim Payroll Tax Exemption For New Hires
- 2010.05.19: Employment-Seventh Circuit Rules That Plaintiff May Proceed With Interference and Retaliation Claim Under the FMLA
- 2010.05.18: Employee Benefits-IRS Provides Guidance On New Tax Credit For Health Insurance Contributions
- 2010.05.12: Employee Benefits-Government Issues Interim Regulations Relating To Coverage Of Children Up To Age 26
- 2010.05.11: Employment-DOL Provides Guidance On New Rule Requiring A Health Plan To Cover Children To Age 26
- 2010.05.10: Employment-New York Court Of Appeals Rules That The Faragher-Ellerth Defense Does Not Apply Under New York City Law
- 2010.05.08: Employment-DOL Revises Web Tool To Help Veterans Navigate Web Resources
- 2010.05.06: Employment-DOL Provides A New Web Tool TO Help Employers Understand Disability Laws
- 2010.05.04: Employee Benefits-IRS Provides Guidance For Determining Average Premiums For Purposes Of The New Small Employer Health Insurance Tax Credit
- 2010.04.29: Employee Benefits-IRS Provides Guidance On Tax Treatment Of Health Care Benefits Provided To Children Under Age 27
- 2010.04.28: Employee Benefits-EBSA Updates Its COBRA Page To Reflect The COBRA Subsidy Extension Under The Continuing Extension Act of 2010
- 2010.04.26: Employee Benefits -IRS Reminds Us That The April 30, 2010 Deadline For Adopting And Filing Pre-Approved Defined Contribution Plan Is Approaching
- 2010.04.22: ERISA-Supreme Court Rules That Deferential Standard Of Review Applies To A Plan Administrator's Interpretation of the Plan, Even If An Earlier Interpretation Violated ERISA.
- 2010.04.19: Employee Benefits-COBRA Subsidy Extended Again!
- 2010.04.14: Employment-Third Circuit Rules That Employers Could Be Required To Accommodate A Disabled Employee's Commuting Difficulties Under The ADA
- 2010.04.12: Employee Benefits/Tax-Still Time (3 Days) To Make IRA Contributions
- 2010.04.09: Employment-Seventh Circuit Upholds Termination Under Employer's "No-Fault Attendance Policy" Against Claim Of Retaliation Under The FMLA
- 2010.04.08: Employment/Tax- IRS Provides Help For Claiming Special Payroll Tax Exemption For New Hires
- 2010.04.07: ERISA-Eleventh Circuit Rules That Employer's Absence Of Knowledge Causes Employee's Claims of FMLA Retaliation And Interference and ERISA Inteference To Fail
- 2010.04.06: Employee Benefits/Tax-IRS Provides One Page On Its Webiste To Provide Information On The Small Business Health Care Tax Credit
- 2010.04.02: Employee Benefits/Tax: IRS Says That Tax Credit Helps Small Employers Provide Health Insurance Coverage
- 2010.03.30: Employee Benefits-IRS Announces Issuance of Opinion And Advisory Letters, And Opening Of The EGTRRA Determination Letter Program, For Pre-Approved Defined Benefit Plans
- 2010.03.26: Employee Benefits-IRS Reminds Us That The Failure To Distribute Excess Deferrals May Lead To Plan Disqualification Or Double Taxation
- 2010.03.24: Employee Benefits-IRS Provides Guidance On Rollovers To Roth IRAs
- 2010.03.23: Employee Benefits-EBSA Updates Materials To Reflect Extension Of COBRA Premium Subsidy Under TEA
- 2010.03.23: Employment-Third Circuit Holds That An Employee Seeking FMLA Leave May Prove Her More Than Three Days Of Incapacity Through A Combination Of Expert Medical And Lay Testimony
- 2010.03.22: ERISA-Fifth Circuit Upholds Summary Judgment For Plaintiff's Claim For Disability Benefits, Based On Insurer's Failure To Consider Social Security Administration's Determination That Plaintiff Is Disabled
- 2010.03.19: Employment/Tax-Congress Provides Two New Tax Benefits To Aid Employers Who Hire And Retain Unemployed Workers
- 2010.03.19: Employee Benefits-IRS Issues 2010 List of Tax Scams, Including Those Involving Retirement Plans
- 2010.03.18: Employee Benefits-DOL Issues Model COBRA Notices Reflecting Extension Of COBRA Subsidy
- 2010.03.13: Employee Benefits-EBSA Provides Guidance On The COBRA Subsidy, As Recently Extended
- 2010.03.10: Employee Benefits-IRS Offers Some Guidance On Catch-Up Contributions
- 2010.03.09: ERISA-DOL Issues Advisory Opinion On Whether The Assets Held In The TIAA-CREF "Traditional Annuity" Are Plan Assets
- 2010.03.06: Employee Benefits-New Wrinkle To COBRA Subsidy
- 2010.03.05: Employment-Ninth Circuit Rules That Plaintiff May Receive Front Pay, And Possibly Liquidated Damages, For Termination In Violation Of The FMLA
- 2010.03.04: Employee Benefits-Eligibility For COBRA Subsidy Is Extended For One Month
- 2010.03.04: Employee Benefits-Eligibility For COBRA Subsidy Is Extended For One Month
- 2010.03.03: Employment-Second Circuit Rules That Faragher/Ellerth Defense Does Not Automatically Apply Even Though Plaintiff May, But Fails To, Complain To Some One Other Than A Harassing Supervisor
- 2010.03.02: ERISA-EBSA Issues Fact Sheet On Request For Information On Lifetime Income Options For Retirement Plans
- 2010.03.01: ERISA-EBSA Issues Fact Sheet On Proposed Regulation to Increase Workers' Access to High Quality Investment Advice
- 2010.02.25: Employment-Second Circuit Rules That Statements Made In Applications For Disability Benefits Do Not Prevent Claim Under ADA
- 2010.02.24: ERISA-EBSA Announces Outreach And Compliance Assistance For 403(b) Plans
- 2010.02.23: ERISA-EBSA Issues Guidance On Annual Reporting For 403(b) Plans
- 2010.02.22: Employee Benefits-EBSA Posts An Updated Application For Expedited Review Of Denial Of COBRA Premium Reduction
- 2010.02.18: Employee Benefits-Eighth Circuit Denies Deduction For Company Cash Payments Used To Redeem ESOP Stock and Pay Out Participants.
- 2010.02.15: ERISA-Sixth Circuit Rules That Equitable Lien Does Not Attach To Social Security Benefits
- 2010.02.10: ERISA-Third Circuit Rules That An Amendment To A Welfare Plan Violates ERISA's Anti-Cutback Rule
- 2010.02.09: ERISA-EBSA Announces That It Has Published A Model Notice To Use Regarding Eligibility For Medical Assistance Under Medicaid Or The Children's Health Insurance Program
- 2010.02.04: Employment-Tax Court Rules That Proceeds From A Settlement Agreement Are Not Taxable Under Section 104(a)
- 2010.02.03: Employee Benefits-DOL Adds Fact Sheet On The Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 ("MHPAEA") To Its Website; Regulations Implementing MHPAEA Are Being Published
- 2010.02.02: Emloyment-3rd Circuit Rules That Helicopter Pilots Are Entitled To Overtime Pay
- 2010.01.26: ERISA-9th Circuit Rules That ERISA/Code Survivor Protections Do Not Carry Over To An IRA
- 2010.01.25: Employee Benefits-IRS Guidance On Heart Act Distributions To Military Personnel
- 2010.01.22: Employee Benefits-IRS Issues Guidance On Heart Act Rules
- 2010.01.19: ERISA-DOL Clarifies That Deadline For Depositing Contributions (Including New Safe Harbor) Applies to Plan Loan Repayments
- 2010.01.14: ERISA-DOL Issues Final Safe Harbor Rule On Deadline For Depositing Employee Contributions In Small Employee Benefit Plans
- 2010.01.14: Employee Benefits-Notices Must Be Provided For Extended COBRA Subsidy
- 2010.01.13: Employee Benefits-DOL Adds New FAQs On Extension Of COBRA Subsidy To Its Website
- 2010.01.11: ERISA-DOL Announces That EFAST2 Is Operational
- 2010.01.08: Employment-Court of Appeals For The District of Columbia Circuit Rules That Auto Damage Adjusters Are Exempt From FLSA Overtime Rules
- 2010.01.06: Executive Compensation- IRS Issues Procedures To Correct Section 409A Document Failures
- 2009.12.30: ERISA-Seventh Circuit Overturns A Plan Administrator's Benefit Denial, Since The Plan Administrator Ignored Important Evidence Submitted By The Participant
- 2009.12.29: Employee Benefits-IRS Provides Guidance On Conversions To Roth IRAs
- 2009.12.28: Employee Benefits-The DOL Issues A Fact Sheet Which Discusses The Extension Of The COBRA Premium Reduction Subsidy
- 2009.12.23: ERISA-Third Circuit Rules That A Plaintiff's Release Is Not Void Under ERISA As Being Against Public Policy, And Does Not Bar The Plaintiff From Bringing a Lawsuit Under ERISA
- 2009.12.22: Employee Benefits-U.S. Federal Circuit Court of Appeals Rules That A VEBA May Not Avoid Income Tax By Claiming That It Used Investment Income To Pay Members' Benefits
- 2009.12.21: Employee Benefits-Congress Extends COBRA Premium Reduction Subsidy
- 2009.12.17: Executive Compensation-IRS Provides Guidance On Application Of Section 409A To Changes To Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Plans Made To Comply With An Advisory Opinion Of The Office Of The Special Master For TARP Executive Compensation
- 2009.12.16: Employee Benefits-IRS Extends Deadline For Adopting Certain Amendments For Pension Protection Act And WRERA Requirements
- 2009.12.15: Employee Benefits-IRS Issues 2009 Cumulative List of Changes in Plan Qualification Requirements
- 2009.12.15: Employee Benefits-IRS Delays Effective Date On Rules Pertaining To Use Of Credit/Debit Cards To Provide Qualified Transportation Fringes
- 2009.12.14: Employee Benefits-IRS Announces A Remedial Amendment Period and Safe Harbor Reliance Rules for 403(b) Plans
- 2009.12.11: ERISA-DOL Advises That Assets of Target-Date or Lifecycle Mutual Funds, Which Consist Of Shares Of Affiliated Mutual Funds, Are Not "Plan Assets"
- 2009.12.08: Employee Benefits-DOL Advises That An IRA Owner, Who Provides A Security Interest In His Personal Accounts To Cover The IRA's Debts, Causes A Prohibited Transaction
- 2009.12.07: ERISA-Second Circuit Upholds District Court's Dismissal Of Plaintiff s' Claims Of Breach Of Fiduciary Duty Stemming From Savings Plan Investments and Fees
- 2009.12.02: Employment- EEOC Assumes New Area of Jurisdiction to Protect Confidentiality of Genetic Information
- 2009.12.02: Employment-Second Circuit Rules That A Product Design Specialist Is Entitled To Overtime
- 2009.12.01: ERISA-Eighth Circuit Holds That A Plaintiff Alleging Breach of Fiduciary Duty By Causing A 401(k) Plan To Have Excessive Fees-Due To "Revenue Sharing" Among Other Things- States A Claim For Relief Under ERISA
- 2009.11.30: Employment-DOL Announces An Updated Version Of Its Employment Law Guide
- 2009.11.25: Employment-Second Circuit Rules That An Underwriter Is Entitled To Overtime Pay
- 2009.11.25: Employee Benefits-IRS Announces The Temporary Closing of the Determination Letter Program for Adopters of Pre-Approved Defined Benefit Plans
- 2009.11.24: Employee Benefits-New York's Highest Court Rules In Favor Of Same-Sex Benefits
- 2009.11.23: Employee Benefits-Reminder: November 30 Deadline Approaches For Using IRS Relief For 2009 Required Minimum Distributions
- 2009.11.20: ERISA-DOL Now Withdraws Investment Advice Rules
- 2009.11.18: ERISA-DOL Again Delays The Effective Date Of The Investment Advice Rules
- 2009.11.13: Employment-OSHA Provides Information On H1N1 Influenza Precaution and Protection For The Workplace
- 2009.11.13: ERISA-Seventh Circuit Holds That A Plan Amendment Does Not Violate ERISA's Anti-Cutback Rule
- 2009.11.12: ERISA-Tenth Circuit Rules That Plaintiff Is Not Entitled To Benefits Because She Was Not On The Company's Payroll
- 2009.11.11: ERISA-Mass. High Court Rules That ERISA Preempts A Claim Based On Unjust Enrichment
- 2009.11.10: Employment-NY Issues New Forms For Notifying New Hires of Rates of Pay/Overtime
- 2009.11.06: Executive Compensation-Deadline For Amending Bonus Plans Is Approaching
- 2009.11.04: ERISA-Eighth Circuit Rules That A Participant In A Defined Benefit Plan Cannot Sue The Fiduciaries For Investment Losses And Excess Fees When The Plan Is Overfunded
- 2009.11.03: ERISA-Tenth Circuit Rules That A Plan Administrator's Decision To Deny Benefits Must Be Reviewed De Novo Since It Was Not Made By The Plan's Deadline
- 2009.10.29: Employment-EEOC Revises Its "EEO is the Law" Poster
- 2009.10.22: Employment-Letter From EEOC Says That Health Risk Assessment Violates The ADA
- 2009.10.20: Employment-Second Circuit Rules That The Plaintiff Has Made Out A Prima Facie Case Of Age Discrimination (But His ERISA Claim Fails)
- 2009.10.19: Employee Benefits-Social Security Announces That There Will Not Be Any Cost-of-Living Increase to Social Security Benefits Or Taxable Wage Base for 2010
- 2009.10.19: Employee Benefits-IRS Announces Pension Plan Limits for 2010
- 2009.10.16: Employee Benefits-IRS Reminds Us That It Has Issued Final Regulations on Funding and Benefit Restrictions for Single Employer Defined Benefit Plans
- 2009.10.14: ERISA-Second Circuit Rules That Oral Promises Cannot Vary The Terms Of A Pension Plan
- 2009.10.13: Employment-More Lessons From Erdman
- 2009.10.08: Employment-Seventh Circuit Rules That Plaintiff Has Made Out An ADA Claim Of Failure To Accommodate
- 2009.10.07: Employee Benefits-DOL Says That IRA Distributions To A Trust, And Commissions Paid From The Trust, Are Not Prohibited Transactions
- 2009.10.05: Employment-Government Issues Final Rules On GINA
- 2009.10.05: Employment-DOL Provides Fact Sheet On GINA
- 2009.10.01: Employee Benefits-IRS Clarifies That Periodic Payments From A Plan or IRA Should Not Stop, Despite Waiver of 2009 Required Minimum Distributions
- 2009.09.30: Employment-Ninth Circuit Rules That A Physical Capacity Evaluation Is A Medical Exam For ADA Purposes
- 2009.09.29: ERISA-Sixth Circuit Uses De Novo Review To Overturn Plan Administrator's Denial Of Benefits
- 2009.09.25: Employment-Third Circuit Permits Interference and Retaliation Claim Under The FMLA Even Though The Employee Had Not Taken Any Time Off
- 2009.09.24: Employee Benefits-IRS Provides Guidance On Waiver Of 2009 Required Minimum Distributions, Including Sample Plan Amendments
- 2009.09.23: Employee Benefits-IRS Provides Guidance On Contribution Limits For 401(k)/Defined Contribution Plans
- 2009.09.22: Employment-Eighth Circuit Finds That Plaintiff's Evidence Of An ADEA Violation Is Sufficient To Overturn Summary Judgment Against Her Granted By Lower Court
- 2009.09.21: Employment-EEOC Approves Proposed ADA Regulations for Public Comment
- 2009.09.18: Employee Benefits-IRS Introduces Retirement Plans Navigator
- 2009.09.17: Executive Compensation-IRS Says That Salary Advances Could Be Subject to Constructive Receipt, But If Not Could Result In A Violation Of Section 409A
- 2009.09.17: ERISA-Ninth Circuit Upholds One-Year Limit On Bringing Suit Contained In The Summary Plan Description
- 2009.09.16: ERISA-Third Circuit Rules That Retiree Health Benefits Vest Even Though Summary Plan Descriptions Contain Reservation of Rights Clauses
- 2009.09.15: Employment-Second Circuit Holds That Employer Can Be Liable Under ADEA For Actions Of Independent Contractor
- 2009.09.14: Employee Benefits-IRS Says That Unused Paid Time Off May Be Contributed To A Qualified Plan
- 2009.09.13: Employment-New York Employers Must Provide New Employees With Written Notice of Rate of Pay And Overtime Rate
- 2009.09.11: Employment-IRS Provides Information On Making Work Pay Tax Credit
- 2009.09.11: Employee Benefits-IRS Provides Guidance And Sample Amendments For Automatic Contribution Arrangements
- 2009.09.10: Employee Benefits-IRS Issues New 402(f) Safe Harbor Notices And Other Guidance On Rollovers
- 2009.09.09: ERISA-DOL Provides Guidance On Using A Mutual Fund's Summary Prospectus To Satisfy ERISA Section 404(c)
- 2009.09.01: ERISA-Seventh Circuit Discusses Role of Conflict of Interest In Review Of A Fiduciary's Decision To Deny Benefits
- 2009.08.28: Employee Benefits-IRS Posts A Reminder That COBRA Subsidy Recipients Who Later Become Eligible For Other Group Health Coverage Should Notify Their Plan To Avoid A Penalty
- 2009.08.28: Employment-New York Appellate Court Holds That A Disabled Employee's Request For Leave Must Be Treated As A Request For Reasonable Accommodation, So That The Employer Must Engage In Interactive Discussion With The Employee Before Denying The Leave
- 2009.08.27: Employment-New York State Requires Health Care Workers To Get Flu Shots
- 2009.08.27: Employment-District Court Holds That Requiring An Employee to Produce A Doctor's Note For Medical Absences On Three Day's Notice Violates FMLA
- 2009.08.25: ERISA-District Court Extends 404(c) Protection To A Directed Trustee Of A 401(k) Plan, So That The Trustee Will Not Have Liability For Losses Caused By An Investment Advisor
- 2009.08.24: Employment-Sixth Circuit Case Illustrates That Close Proximity Of Firing An Employee To The Employee's Filing A Charge Against The Employer Can Help Establish A Prima Facie Case of Retaliation Under Title VII
- 2009.08.21: Employment-IRS Offers Tips On Determining Whether A Worker Is An Independent Contractor Or An Employee
- 2009.08.18: Employee Benefits-IRS Provides Guidance On Taking Withdrawals From Retirement Plans
- 2009.08.17: ERISA-Tenth Circuit Case Illustrates How To Build A Record To Support An Insurer's Decision To Deny Benefits
- 2009.08.14: Employee Benefits-IRS Seeks Comments On New Combined 401(k)/Defined Benefit Plans
- 2009.08.13: ERISA-Second Circuit Finds That Company Officer Is Not An ERISA Fiduciary, But Is Still Liable For Unpaid Plan Contributions Resulting From Dishonored Checks He Signed
- 2009.08.11: Employee Benefits-Congressman Makes Certain Information About Health Care Reform Available
- 2009.08.10: ERISA-Seventh Circuit Sends Case Back To District Court To Deal With Conflict Of Interest
- 2009.08.10: ERISA-Ninth Circuit Rules That ERISA Fiduciary Responsibility Can Apply To Company Decisions
- 2009.08.06: ERISA-Seventh Circuit Uses A Deferential Review To Uphold An Insurer's Decision to Terminate LTD Benefits
- 2009.08.04: Employee Benefits-Governor Paterson Signs A Law To Extend "Mini COBRA" To 36 Months For New Yorkers
- 2009.08.04: Employee Benefits-Governor Paterson Signs A Law To Allow Dependent Children To Remain Covered Under The Employer's Health Plan Through Age 29 In New York.
- 2009.08.03: Employment-Ninth Circuit Rules That Casino Managers Could Be Liable For Unpaid Wages under the FLSA
- 2009.08.01: Executive Compensation-The Latest On Say On Pay Legislation
- 2009.07.31: Employment-A Good Question: The Second Circuit Asks the New York Court of Appeals Whether The Faragher-Ellerth Defense Is Available Under The New York City Human Rights Law
- 2009.07.29: ERISA-Sixth Circuit Rules That CBA Provides Lifetime Health Care Benefits, But Remands Case To Determine The Scope Of Those Benefits
- 2009.07.28: Employee Benefits-IRS Is Concerned About Tax Scams Involving Retirement Plans
- 2009.07.28: ERISA-The Sixth Circuit Rules That A Program of Insured Benefits To Which An Employer Pays The Premiums For At Least One Employee Is Subject To ERISA As To All Employees
- 2009.07.27: ERISA-Seventh Circuit Holds That Letters Denying A Claim For Disability Benefits Without Refuting Contrary Evidence Were Not Sufficient To Support Summary Judgment
- 2009.07.27: Employee Benefits-Tax Court Case Reminds Us To Be Careful With Plan Loans
- 2009.07.24: Employment-Today is July 24-Remember To Put Up Posters Showing The New Minimum Wage Rate
- 2009.07.24: Employment-New York Reports Highest Unemployment Rate In The State Since 1992
- 2009.07.23: ERISA-Tenth Circuit Holds That The Plan Fiduciary Is Not Liable For The Employer's Failure To Adequately Fund A Medical Benefits Plan
- 2009.07.22: Employee Benefits-Third Circuit Rules That Payments To An ESOP To Redeem Stock Are Not Deductible Due To Code Section 162(k)(1)
- 2009.07.22: ERISA-Tenth Circuit Determines That Elimination Of A Pension Plan's Death Benefit Does Not Violate ERISA's Anti-Cutback Rule
- 2009.07.20: ERISA-DOL Offers Some Relief On Form 5500 Reporting Requirements For 403(b) Plans
- 2009.07.19: Employment-EEOC Provides Guidance On Understanding Waivers Of Discrimination Claims In Employee Severance Agreements
- 2009.07.17: ERISA-District Court Dismisses Stock Drop Case Against Computer Sciences Corp.
- 2009.07.16: ERISA-Ninth Circuit Finds That A Participant Has Standing To Sue Under ERISA Even Though His Benefit Has Been Paid
- 2009.07.15: ERISA-Ninth Circuit Applies Abuse Of Discretion Standard To Uphold A Plan Administrator's Identification Of A Top Hat Plan's Beneficiary
- 2009.07.14: ERISA-Second Circuit Upholds Time Period Imposed By Plan For Bringing Suit
- 2009.07.13: Employment-New Jersey Court Rules That An Employee's E-Mails Exchanged With Her Attorney Over The Employer's Computer System Is Subject To Attorney-Client Privilege
- 2009.07.09: ERISA-District Court Rules That Wachovia Did Not Violate ERISA By Announcing A Merger Of Investment Funds
- 2009.07.09: Employment-Sixth Circuit Rules That The Anti-Retaliation Provision Of Title VII Does Not Create A Cause of Action For An Individual Who Has Not Personally Engaged In A Protected Activity
- 2009.07.08: Employment-Third Circuit Rules That Knowledge Of Employees Below Management Level May Not Be Imputed to Employer For Purposes OF Imposing Liability Under Title VII
- 2009.07.07: Employee Benefits-IRS Finds That A Transfer Out Of An IRA Results In A Modification To A Series of Substantially Equal Payments Triggering 10% Penalty, While Tax Court Concludes Differently On A Withdrawal to Pay Higher Education Expenses
- 2009.07.07: Employment-Federal And New York State Minimum Wage Rate Will Increase Effective July 24
- 2009.07.06: Employee Benefits-IRS Revises The Web Page For Its EP Large Case Program
- 2009.07.02: Employee Benefits-IRS Reminds Us That SIMPLE IRA Plans Cannot Be Terminated Once The Year Has Started
- 2009.07.01: Employment-DOL Settles Lawsuit For Back Wages And Damages Against Car Washes For $3.4 Million: Employers Beware-More Action May Be Coming From The DOL
- 2009.07.01: ERISA-District Court Rules That A Waiver Of A Qualified Joint and Survivor Annuity Can Be Challenged Based On The Fiduciary's Breach of Duty To Disclose Material Information
- 2009.06.30: Employment-IRS Confirms Availability Of Making Work Pay Credit For Married Couple Filing Jointly.
- 2009.06.30: Employment-U.S. Supreme Court Rules That New Haven Discriminated Against White Firefighters
- 2009.06.29: Employment-IRS Reminds Taxpayers To Check Amounts Being Withheld As Federal Income Tax From Pay And Pensions
- 2009.06.29: ERISA-7th Circuit Narrows Its Ruling In Hecker v. Deere On Scope Of Section 404(c) Protection
- 2009.06.26: Employment- A Reminder: New Jersey Paid Leave Starts On July 1!
- 2009.06.22: ERISA-District Court Rules That ERISA Section 404(c) Protects Employer And Plan Fiduciaries Against Liability For Continuing An Employer Stock Fund
- 2009.06.19: Employment-U.S. Supreme Court Makes It Harder For An Employee To Sue Under The ADEA
- 2009.06.19: Employee Benefits-DOL Requests Additional Comments Pertaining To Procedures For Review Of Denial Of COBRA Subsidy
- 2009.06.17: Employee Benefits-IRS Changes Its Position: No Tax On Personal Use of Employer-Provided Cell Phones
- 2009.06.16: ERISA-The Obligation To Collect Employer Contributions-Potential Liability For Trustees
- 2009.06.15: Employee Benefits-IRS Proposes To Simplify The Rules For Substantiating The Business Use of Employer-Provided Cell Phones
- 2009.06.15: Employee Benefits-IRS Adds More Information On New COBRA Subsidy To Its
- 2009.06.12: Executive Compensation-IRS Issues Guidance on TARP Rules For Executive Compensation and Corporate Governance
- 2009.06.11: Executive Compensation-Treasury Expresses Its Thoughts On How Executive Compensation Should Be Improved
- 2009.06.10: Executive Compensation: IRS ClarifiesThat TARP Transaction Is Not A Code Section 409A Payment Event
- 2009.06.10: Employee Benefits-CMS Makes Available Application To Review Denials of COBRA Subsidy
- 2009.05.22: ERISA-Yet Another Delay Of The Effective Date Of The DOL Regulations Permitting Professional Investment Advice
- 2009.05.22: Employee Benefits-DOL Application For Review Of Failure To Provide COBRA Subsidy Is Now Ready For Use
- 2009.05.19: Employee Benefits-Pennsylvania Insurers Will Be Required To Continue Health Care Coverage For Dependents
- 2009.05.19: Employee Benefits-IRS Allows Employers To Stop Making Safe Harbor Nonelective Contributions
- 2009.05.14: IRS Issues New Tables To Make Up For Under Withholding on Pension Payments
- 2009.05.12: Employment-DOL Clarifies Employee Notification Procdures Under The FMLA
- 2009.05.09: Employment-EEOC Issues Guidance On ADA-Compliant Action By Employers For Handling Swine Flu
- 2009.05.09: Employee Benefits-DOL Proposes Application Form On Which Claims For Denied COBRA Subsidy May Be Filed
- 2009.05.08: Employment-EEOC Says (Informally) That A Health Risk Assessment Violates The ADA
- 2009.05.07: ERISA-PBGC Offers Calming Words About The New Funding Notice
- 2009.05.05: Employee Benefits-Connecticut Joins Efforts To Clean Up Public Retirement Funds
- 2009.05.05: ERISA-Eighth Circuit Applies Supreme Court's Standard Of Fiduciary Review To Find Unum Liable For Disability Benefits: Is This Part Of A Trend?
- 2009.05.04: Employee Benefits-More On Public Retirement Fund Scandals
- 2009.05.01: ERISA-Current Status of Chrysler Pension Plans Explained
- 2009.04.29: Employment Law-Employers Should Be Prepared For The Swine Flu
- 2009.04.28: Employee Benefits-IRS Provides Helpful Explanation of HSAs
- 2009.04.25: ERISA- Congressmen Andrews and Miller Introduce Legislation To Require Improved Fee Disclosure To 401(k) Plan Participants
- 2009.04.24: ERISA-Congressman Andrews Introduces Legislation To Prevent Giving Conflicted Investment Advice To Plan Participants
- 2009.04.23: Employee Benefits-New York State Controller Bans Involvement Of Placement Agents And Others In Connection With Investments Made By The New York State Common Retirement Fund (CRF)
- 2009.04.22: Employment-IRS Announces Changes to 2009 Publication 15 (circular E), Employer Tax Guide, Which Refer To New Tax Withholding Tables
- 2009.04.19: Is It Becoming Easier To Find that Retiree Health Benefits Have Vested?
- 2009.04.16: ERISA-Next Up: Annual Funding Notice Due April 30!
- 2009.04.15: Employee Benefits-News on 403(b) Plans: Compliance With Written Plan Requirement
- 2009.04.14: Employee Benefits-IRS Cautions Against Tax Scams Using Retirement Plans
- 2009.04.13: Employee Benefits-Reminder On New Rules For Reporting Distribution of Excess Contributions/Excess Aggregate Contributions
- 2009.04.10: IRA Contributions For 2008-Its Not Too Late!
- 2009.04.05: Reminder For All Employers-New Form I-9 Must Be Used On And After April 3
- 2009.04.04: Employee Benefits-DOL Updates Its Guidance on Model Notices for New COBRA Subsidy
- 2009.04.01: IRS Issues Guidance on COBRA Premium Subsidy
- 2009.03.31: Employment Law Could Become More Complex With Paid Family and Medical Leave Act
- 2009.03.27: New IRS Tax Withholding Tables Need To Be Used by April 1!
- 2009.03.25: New Rules Allowing Special Enrollment in Group Health Plans Become Effective April 1!
- 2009.03.24: April 18 Deadline For New COBRA Notices Is Approaching!
- 2009.03.23: Employee Benefit Plans and IRAs-Minimum Required Distributions Must Be Taken By April 1!
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