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Auto parts manufacturer Kelsey-Hayes Co. gave employees a summary plan description of their employee benefits plan stating that health insurance would continue at no cost when they retired. The summary didn’t mention the company had the right to modify or terminate benefits, even though the master health care plan paperwork did. Later, when Kelsey-Hayes informed […]
Handling employee requests for time off due to illness or injury can be one of the most difficult–and frustrating–parts of an employer’s job. That’s because a complicated array of state andfederal laws governing family leave, workers’ compensation, and disability discrimination may come into play–each involving different rules, definitions, and obligations. And complying with one law won’t […]
The U.S. Senate’s July 30 vote to confirm nominees for all five seats of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) means the Board will have a full slate of confirmed members for the first time in more than a decade. Republicans Harry I. Johnson III and Philip A. Miscimarra and Democrats Kent Hirozawa and Nancy […]
The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) recently released a study of revenues needed for PBGC to continue to protect participants in multiemployer plans that are likely to run out of money—and the news isn’t good.
In welcome news for employers, the California Supreme Court has just issued its long-awaited decision on mandatory arbitration agreements. The court spelled out the minimum requirements for such agreements to be valid and clarified which provisions are illegal. We’ll have a full analysis of the impact of the ruling on California employers, along with a […]
Approximately 105 million Americans now have health coverage without lifetime limits on benefits — including 95 million individuals with employer-sponsored health coverage — due to health care reform requirements, according to a new report by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The Affordable Care Act prohibits health plans renewing on or after […]
Each year, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) publishes information about the number and type of discrimination charges employees have filed along with the amount of money it has recovered on their behalf. In fiscal year (FY) 2007, 82,792 private-sector discrimination charges were filed with the agency, and it recovered $345 million in monetary relief […]
A new California appeal court decision underscores how critical it is to make sure your workers’ comp insurance policy stays in force and that you have proof of insurance. Here’s what happened.
Storing employment records electronically involves a whole new set of rules and cautions, compared with doing it on paper. A special October 31 BLR audio conference will tell you what you need to know. As yesterday’s Daily Advisor article on noncompetes pointed out, there are documents that have to do with former employees that can […]
As more 401(k) plan participants look for retirement savings options that resemble traditional pensions, the U.S. Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. has proposed exempting DC-to-DB rollovers from maximum guarantee and five-year phase-in limits. The agency in early April proposed regulations that would amend its rules on allocation of assets and benefits payable in terminated single-employer plans to clarify […]