Employer Was Not Off Base in Disability Cutoff
August 11, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal appellate court has cleared an employer of wrongdoing in the firing of an employee who returned to work while receiving disability...
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Court Moves Forward Eating Disorder Treatment Coverage Suits
August 12, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge has flashed the green light for two class-action lawsuits challenging eating disorder insurance coverage to move forward.
Noncompetes Invalid under California Law
August 8, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The California State Supreme Court has ruled that noncompetition agreements violate state law even if narrowly drawn.
Appellate Court Revives Boeing Sex Harassment Suit
August 8, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal appellate court has breathed new life into a sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit filed against the Boeing Company on behalf of...
CA Lawmakers: Paid Sick Leave Benefit too Costly
August 8, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A California bill that would force employers to provide paid sick leave for workers died Thursday amid business lobbyists' opposition and lawmakers' concern...
Regulators Lay out Rules on Pension Transfers
August 6, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - While declaring that employers cannot transfer their pension plans to an unrelated entity without moving "significant business assets, operations or employees," federal regulators...
Worker's Positive Drug Test not Grounds for Benefits Denial
August 5, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A state of Ohio appellate court has thrown out a decision by the Industrial Commission of Ohio denying an employee who tested positive...
Anti-Semitic Slurs Create Hostile Work Environment
August 5, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The New Jersey Supreme Court has upheld a trial court's ruling that comments made about a former police officer's Jewish ancestry and faith...
House Bill Would Extend Use of Federal E-Verify Program
August 5, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. House of Representatives passed bill H.R. 6633 on July 31, 2008, that would extend the government's voluntary employment verification program for...
Appeals Court Revives Home Depot Company Stock Suit
August 5, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals has revived a lawsuit filed by former participants in a Home Depot 401(k) plan against the...
Hispanic Fired for English Abilities Can Pursue Discrimination Claim
August 1, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A District of Columbia appellate court has ruled that a man fired from a credit union because he could not speak English well...
House Bill Would Help Women Fight Pay Discrimination
August 1, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Legislation that would give women more tools with which to fight pay discrimination passed a U.S. House vote on Thursday.
DoL Sues the Brown Schools for Failure to Forward Employee Contributions
August 1, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Department of Labor has sued fiduciaries of the 401(k) plan of The Brown Schools Inc. of Austin, Texas, for failure to...
PBGC Takes Over Four Plans of NY Hospital
July 30, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The chief of the nation's private-sector pension insurer used the occasion of the takeover of several plans from a New York hospital to...
Plan Violated Fiduciary Duty by Not Fully Revealing Distribution Options
July 30, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The family of a grocery store employee who later died from cancer has won a legal battle with a federal judge's ruling that...
AT&T Agrees on Settlement of Pension Miscalculation Suit
July 30, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Attorneys representing a class of participants in the AT&T Pension Plan announced a settlement agreement has been reached on claims the plan miscalculated...
Xerox Retiree Not Entitled to Benefits Computation Do-Over
July 29, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge in New York has rebuffed a Xerox Corp. employee's challenge of the computation of her pension benefits.
Sexual Impairment Covered under Federal Employee Discrimination Law
July 29, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit has ruled that disabilities that impair the ability to have sex are covered under...
DoL, SEC Ink Information Sharing Pact
July 29, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Department of Labor (DoL) and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Tuesday announced they have signed a memorandum of...
Nevada High Court Sanctions Worker's Comp Claims for Suicide
July 28, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - If a Nevada worker suffers a workplace injury that is sufficiently connected to that person's later suicide, the worker's family can file a...