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The U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania has ruled, in Feistl v. Luzerne Intermediate Unit, that an employee on intermittent leave is not protected by the Family and Medical Leave Act ("FMLA") unless the leave is requested and approved annually....
Morgan Stanley Complex Manager Exits After Allegations ($) - David Gabor, FUNDfire (A Financial Times Service), July 12, 2018
The Ninth Circuit, in Danny P. v. Catholic Health Initiatives, has ruled that a group health plan violated the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 ("MHPAEA") when it denied coverage for room and board at a residential mental health treatment...
The Internal Revenue Service has issued Revenue Procedure 2018-34 to implement index adjustments for 2019 for certain Affordable Care Act ("ACA") contribution percentages used to determine affordability under the employer shared responsibility mandate. Background....
Massachusetts has enacted a mandatory statewide paid family and medical leave program which will be administered by a newly created Department of Family and Medical Leave (the "Department") within the Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development. Beginning in...
Massachusetts has enacted a "grand bargain" minimum wage law that will gradually increase the state's minimum wage from $11 per hour to $15 over the next five years. Simultaneously, it will phase out required time-and-a-half pay for Sundays and certain holidays. Under...
The U.S. Supreme Court recently issued its decision in Janus v. AFSCME Council 31. This case determined that forced payment of dues or fees by public employees to their collective bargaining representative is a violation of the public employees' First Amendment right...
The US Department of Labor ("DOL"), after consultation with the Department of Health and Human Services, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the Department of the Treasury and the IRS, has issued final regulations on association health plans ("AHPs"). ...
A federal district court, in Stolebarger v. Prudential Insurance Company of America, ruled that long-term disability ("LTD") benefits were covered by ERISA because the employer had "endorsed" the coverage. Law. ERISA preempts most state laws that relate to...
The spate of recent settlements between the U.S. Department of Labor ("DOL") and trustees of employee stock ownership plans ("ESOP") is a signal that trustees and other fiduciaries should reassess their fiduciary obligations. While these settlement agreements do not...