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The United States District Court for the District of Maine, in Waterman v. Paul G. White Interior Solutions, has ruled that a terminated employee may continue his Family and Medical Leave Act ("FMLA") retaliation claim even though he did not expressly request leave...
The U.S. Treasury Department has received an application by the American Federation of Musicians and Employers' Pension Fund (the "Plan") to suspend benefits under the Multiemployer Pension Reform Act of 2014. Multiemployer pension plans cover union-represented...
The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, in Stone v. Signode Industrial Group, LLC, has upheld a district court's decision that an employer was obligated to continue providing lifetime health care benefits to its retirees, even after the employer terminated the operative...
President Trump has signed into law a spending package which includes the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, (the "Act"), and contains a number of provisions related to employer-sponsored group health plans and the Affordable Care Act ("ACA"). Below is a summary...
In November 2019, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts issued revised regulations imposing a fiduciary standard upon broker-dealers, although the regulations would not apply to a broker-dealer who is a fiduciary under ERISA, a status currently in limbo since the...
The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, in Texas v. United States, has upheld a district court ruling that the individual mandate provision of the Affordable Care Act ("ACA") is unconstitutional. However, the Fifth Circuit has sent the case back to the district court for...
Congress is subject to one of the same vices as many Americans, namely, putting off important activities until the last moment. Earlier this year, the House of Representatives by a 417-3 vote, approved the Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement (SECURE)...
The IRS has issued a set of Qs&As explaining the Individual Shared Responsibility provisions of the ACA after the elimination of the individual shared responsibility penalty. Background. Initially the ACA's individual shared responsibility provisions required most...
A sometimes forgotten issue in a divorce, separation, or other domestic relations proceeding is the division of retirement plan benefits between former partners and/or husband and wife. While the general rule is that ERISA and the Internal Revenue Code do not permit a...
HHS has issued final regulations containing inflation adjustments to the civil penalties for violations of HIPAA's "administrative simplification" rules. Background. The inflation adjustments are required under the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of...