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Vol. 28, Nos. 1-50, pp. 1-1400 Jan. 11- Dec. 27, 2010 A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
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Bank system, increase in employers offering, 741
Long-term paid leave, policy perspectives from advocates, DOL, business, 658 Sick leave
See SICK LEAVE
Ga.-Pac. Consumer Prods., ADA, reassignment accommodation requirement (10th Cir.), 661
NewPage, ERISA, delayed plant closure not fiduciary breach, severance pay denial (E.D. Wis.), 524
Qualified tax-free benefits unchanged, 2011, 1384
Earnings penalty contributes to gender pay gap, JEC analysis, 462
Adult child coverage, age 26 rule
College students, HHS recommendations, 461
Insurance providers, interim final rule issued, 511; rules called cleared by practitioners, 545; employer implementation, questions remain, 593; premium costs low under law, 629 Tax treatment, IRS guidance issued, 461 Caps on claims, outlook gloomy for mini-med plans, limited benefit plans, 546 Communication to workers about choices, challenges, 742 Compliance
Appeals process, claims and coverage, interim final rule, 792
Attorneys advise employers to comply, repeals unlikely, 584 Challenges, benefit attorneys on, 341; correction, 433 Collaborative rulemaking on dependent definition, grandfathered plans, 517 Coverage options, employers assessing, IFEP survey, 687 Deadlines, effective dates for tax provisions, chart, 489 Employer-provided plans, long-term viability queried, 1049 Essential health benefits, advice offered, 1330 Health insurance, affordability, analysis, 490 Long-term strategies regarding plan changes, ALI-ABA webcast, 769 Open enrollment season
Appendix: DOL model notices, WFS 31 (8/23/10)
Challenges, WFS 5 (8/23/10) Communications strategies, WFS 22 (8/23/10) Coverage extension, WFS 7 (8/23/10) Exclusions, limitations, requirements, WFS 12 (8/23/10) Health care cost trends, WFS 15 (8/23/10) Impact on future plans, WFS 28 (8/23/10) Step-by-step action plan, WFS 26 (8/23/10)
See Penalties, this heading
Wellness and prevention program incentives, small businesses, attorney speaker, 434 Family health care costs, 2010 Milliman Medical Index, 518 Grandfathered plans
Employer participation, 2011, Mercer survey, 960
Hikes in deductibles or copayments, large benefits cuts barred, DOL, HHS, Treas. Dep't interim final rules, 654; cost-sharing flexibility, AHIP comment letter, 937; guidance, DOL releases FAQs, 1102; EBSA release of fourth set of FAQs, 1186; status retention under interim final rules, 1240; challenges for health benefit plan sponsors, Special Report, 1314 Large firms' 2011 benefit changes, NBGH survey, 904 Losing status, factors, attorney discussion, 1020 Provisions, employer assessment on option-by-option basis, conference, 714 Highly-paid employees, 105(h) nondiscrimination rules, sanctions, 1020; reasonable interpretation of provision urged, 1132; groups express concerns, 1300 Implementation, HR focus, 718 Information collection extensions, EBSA seeks comments, 1355 Insurers, HMOs, 2011 cost increase, survey, 906 Job-based coverage declined since recession, law effects uncertain, EBRI report, 517 Medicare cuts could raise costs for large employers, analyst identifies offsets, grandfather effects, 629 MEWAs, expanded rule enforcement, Borzi comments, 1107 Minimum coverage requirements
Health benefits packages, concepts defined, 546
Liberty Univ., constitutionality under Commerce Clause (W.D. Va.), 1297 Nongrandfathered plans, preventive care services, websites list, 1386 Nursing mothers, breastfeeding
Cheaper to drop coverage and pay fines
Coverage continuation, cost issues, 770
Financial and risk implications, 804 Guidon Performance Solutions, discussion, 573 Multistate, constitution, 2 key claims (N.D. Fla.), 1102 Standing, constitutionality (U.S., rev den), 1215 Health Care Mandate Cost Calculator, online tool from Natl. Retail Fed'n, 572 Tax penalty, constitutionality challenge (N.D. Fla.), 543 Regulations, DOL, HHS, Treas.
Claims and appeals procedures
External reviews, self-insured plans, interim guidance, 931
Grace period, safe harbor for internal processes, 1016 Time limits for employers, 825 Information collection extensions, EBSA seeks comments, 1047 Preventive services, interim final rules, 765
Drug subsidy tax, ABC urges repeal, 349
Early Retiree Reinsurance Program
See EARLY RETIREMENT
Cost-related anxiety, Chamber survey, 1051
Eligibility, tax credits, calculations, claims, IRS guidance, 543; final guidance issued, 1294 Nonelective contributions, IRS guidance, 486 Paying fines over buying health care coverage, Chamber forum, 825 Reporting requirements, critique, Senate hearing, 1271 Transition relief, IRS FAQ, 376 Strategic questions for employer consideration, list, 1106 Va., constitutional challenge granted (E.D. Va.), 1355
Colo., gender fairness law creates commission, 600
Discrimination
See specific types of discrimination or harassment
Earnings less than men in same job, survey, 917
JEC report, 948 Managers, 2007, GAO report, 1079 Median earnings, occupation, analysis of BLS data, 435 Part-time earnings penalty factor, JEC analysis, 462 Spain, survey, 753 OFCCP's Shiu on new initiative, partnering with EEOC, 881 Paycheck Fairness Act
Bills
BP refinery explosion, record fine, OSHA accord, 876
Hiring illegal aliens Minimum wage
See specific states
PBGC, premium relief, technical update, 657 PPACA Safety and health
Child labor, DOL, 657
Combustible dust, sugar refinery settlements (OSHRC), 738 Mine safety reform
Egregious citations, labor, industry offer differing views on use, 215
Increase for serious violations, states support/nonsupport, 1305 Training, PPE violations, per-employee fines authorized (D.C. Cir.), 439
ADEA
HR manager firing for botched incidents, claim not bias or retaliation (3d Cir.), 1389
Phil., atty. failure to file charge within 300 days (3d Cir.), 1082 FLSA collective actions, state wage law class actions, brief filed (3d Cir.), 95 Human Rights Act, FMLA retaliation, firing after invoking rights (M.D. Pa.), 105 Minimum Wage Act, domestic services exemption (Pa. Comm. Ct.), 1278 Sex bias, retaliation, arbitration compelled for retail worker, may litigate state tortious (E.D. Pa.), 1392 Trade secrets misappropriation, bakery executive bar to competitor employment (3d Cir.), 860
Debt collection method rules, 1218
Defined benefit plans
See generally DEFINED BENEFIT PLANS
Multiemployer plans, extension of notice and reporting rules, comments sought, 1244 Premium filings
Instructions, 2011, 1384
Relief, technical update, 657 Waivers and reporting requirements, 2011 guidance, 1328
Liability-driven investing strategies to avoid risks, 43
Assets, 2009 3d quarter, report, 152
Communication strategies, trends and changes, 229 Contribution limits, 2011, 1161 Defined benefit plans
See ERISA
Fiduciary breach
See FIDUCIARY DUTY
Financial system regulatory reform bill
Comments sought, 963
Election of funding relief, IRS notice, 850
See 401(k) PLANS
Funding relief
Large corporate plans, 2009 gains, Towers Watson analysis, 406
Milliman 100 index, Dec., 2009, 99 S&P 1500 firms, Aug., 2010, 965 Investment advice, class exemption, DOL proposed rule, 237 Liability-driven investing strategies to avoid risks, 43 Middle Class Task Force report, 238 Multiemployer plans Participation rates, 1977-2007, report, 1021 PPA Reform, legislative analysis, 415 Retirement confidence survey, 293 Retirement income gap, $6.6T projection, 1021 Retirement security, Obama policies, legislative proposals, 349 Savings for Am. Families' Future Act
Boost from health care taxes, 378
Contributions, safe harbor, DOL final rule, 71 Options, DOL and AICPA website launched, 1131
USERRA, PIP extension during military leave (1st Cir.), 1195
Use it or lose it policy illegal, damages retroactive (Cal. Super. Ct.), 935
See OIL AND GAS
Astra USA, sexual harassment, CEO libel claims dismissed (U.S., rev den), 542
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharms., age bias, sales rep firing nondiscriminatory (7th Cir.), 1304 Bristol-Myers Squibb Mfg., opposition, assistance to sexually harassed subordinate protected activity (1st Cir.), 884 GlaxoSmithKline
FMLA, demotion after pregnancy leave based on poor performance (11th Cir.), 384
Overtime, sales reps' appeal to outside sales exemption (9th Cir., brief filed), 901 Merck, job cuts, restructuring, 740 Novartis
Overtime, drug reps, FLSA outside sales or administrative exemption application (2d Cir.), 746
Sex bias in pay and promotions, sales reps' class action, punitive damages (S.D.N.Y.), 539; settlement, preliminary approval, 763; oral approval, 1267; final approval, 1299
Plant closings, job cuts, 544
Race bias, monkey remark about project, not plaintiff (6th Cir.), 352; (U.S., rev den), 1184 Stock options inquiry, no fiduciary breach for misstatements (2d Cir.), 946 Purdue Pharma, FCA, severance pay exchange, waiver bars claim (U.S., rev den), 1100 Sales reps' overtime class actions, trends, cost avoidance, BNA Insights, 1087 Sanofi-Aventis, sex bias in hiring, pay and promotions, settlement (S.D.N.Y.), 878 Schering-Plough, ERISA stock drop, class certification requirement (3d Cir.), 20 Wyeth Pharm., PIP extension during military leave (1st Cir.), 1195
Giant, disability bias, reasonable accommodation (4th Cir.), 885
RiteAid, ADA, night driving impairment, day shift accommodation revived (3d Cir.), 408 Walgreens, race bias, retaliation, threatening phone message not adverse action (11th Cir.), 548
Fit-tested respirators, Cal. Pub. Health Dept. guidance, 1222
H1N1, CDC revised guidance, 685; groups offer differing views, 831 HIV/AIDS and TB, United Nations issues guidelines, 1305 Hospital residents work hours, OSHA regulation, 970 Preservation of Access to Care for Medicare Beneficiaries and Pension Relief Act
Safety and training improvements
Airline Safety and Pilot Training Improvement Act
Fatigue rule, FAA flight and duty time limits and rest requirements, updates, 991; rejection of extension requests, 1137; differing views over cost estimates, 1276
Electronically stored information, discovery, analysis of legal holds, preservation, other critical issues, 388
ERISA
Adequacy of class counsel, recertification denial remanded (3d Cir.), 608
Delayed closure not fiduciary breach, severance pay denial (E.D. Wis.), 524 §4062(e), reporting and liability requirements, PBGC clarification rule, 877 Pfizer, 544 Solo Cup, Md., Mass., Mo. facilities, 628 WARN Act
Campaign finance restrictions, PAC funding, Citizenship United
Midterm elections, Obama on bipartisanship message, 1188 Tokenism, Trumka warning on political fallout from Hill handling of health care, jobs, 52
FLSA donning and doffing time
See generally CLOTHES CHANGING
Administrative separation, no breach of settlement or retaliation (8th Cir.), 888
Sex bias, retaliation, breaks policy, vacated (1st Cir.), 549 Sexual harassment, retaliation, untimely internal complaint, denial of equitable tolling (5th Cir.), 75
Electronic, policy adopted (NLRB), 1157
NLRA rights
All employees under NLRB jurisdiction, comments, 1382
DOD, GSA, NASA rule for federal contractors, 1351 OLMS final rule, 539; OFCCP enforcement directive issued, 683
Allen Family Food, donning and doffing (U.S., rev den), 1075
Donning and doffing of protective gear, compensable time, WHD Interpretation, 653 Pilgrim's Pride, illegal hiring practices, accord, 11 Tyson Foods
Clothes changing, injunction for back overtime pay (N.D. Ala.), 595; accord indicates trend for DOL systemic enforcement, 640
Sexual harassment, response to complaint inadequate (6th Cir.), 438
Controlled Substances Act, medical marijuana, federal drug law preempts Or. accommodation law (Or.), 433
ERISA
Breach of contract
Incentives, profit-sharing, 401(k) matching contributions (S.D.N.Y.), 106
N.H., severance-related (D.N.H.), 245 Wis. FMLA leave substitution law, insurer challenge (S.D. Ohio), 1056
Cal. law invalidation of class arbitration waiver (U.S., rev grant), 569; Supreme Court docket, 1069; (oral arg), 1213
Ky., state bar on enforcement of mandatory arbitration clauses (W.D. Ky.), 133
Ariz. law revoking business license for illegal hiring (U.S., brief filed), 626; preemption key issue, split of authority cited (rev grant), 708; Supreme Court docket, 1069; (U.S., oral arg), 1325
Okla. immigration law, application of E-Verify rules to state contractors (10th Cir.), 122 RLA, N.Y. law challenges to validity of APFA concessions pact barred, no right to sue air carrier (U.S., rev den), 711
Attorneys offer advise for reducing claims, 1257
Cal., janitorial service contractor charged (N.D. Cal.), 991 Ky., ADA, transfer claim revived, not discharge (6th Cir.), 909 Limited leave options, return to work, male replacement less qualified (E.D. Ark.), 1193 Training, HR specialist pretext claim insufficient (D. Kan.), 1334
Pleadings, proof deficient, bank teller's failed claims (8th Cir.), 464
Transfer for business reasons, employer unaware of condition, no adverse action (7th Cir.), 102
Donning and doffing
See CLOTHES CHANGING
Cost trend rates for 2011, report, 1107
Health care reform effects, Medicare-eligible retirees, report, 13 Price hikes between 2000-2008, GAO report, 42
Form 5500 reporting rules, funding relief for single and multiemployer plans, IRS notices, 850; guidance released, 1296
Agency actions
See specific agencies and departments
Bill signings Natl. Comm'n on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, appointments unveiled, 236
Determination requests, mailings, DOL on zip code changes, 264
H-1B program, law firm disqualification for violations (DOL ALJ), 1365
Nahan Printing, religious bias, headwear ban for safety (8th Cir.), 352
Wet Ink d/b/a AlphaGraphics, worksharing accord, state agency's loss of jurisdiction not binding on EEOC, timely suit revived (10th Cir.), 464
Background checks, NASA contractors constitutional right to privacy (U.S., rev grant), 260; Supreme Court docket, 1069
China, Tort Liability Law, medical privacy provision, 54 Company electronics, clear policies urged, 803 Credit history checks for employment
See CREDIT REPORTS
E-mail on company laptop, communication policy vague (N.J.), 355 Electronic monitoring Smoking, employer no-hire policies, bias issues, att'y discussion, 1338 Wiretap Act, no liability without knowledge of illegality (7th Cir.), 1027
Background checks for low-risk NASA contractors (U.S., rev grant), 260; Supreme Court docket, 1069
Race bias, fire department Internet policies violated (11th Cir.), 241
Abusive supervisors, impact on workplace, 148
CFOs, checking in during vacation, survey, 708 Coffee dependency, link to, survey, 1044 Employer-paid household benefit for female scientists, effect, study, 110 Gambling, impact of office pools, workplace policies survey, 161 Gardening-at-work, effectiveness, benefits, 873 Idle time, link with creative individuals, 456 Nonfarm business sector, BLS, 2009 4th quarter, revised, 239; 2010 1st quarter, 603; 3d quarter, revised, 1302 Online shopping during workday, Black Fri., Cyber Mon., tips offered, 1202 Performance bonuses, incentive to cheat, study, 596 Take Back Your Lunch campaign kick off, 651 Tax filing deadline, distraction to workers, 373 Team performance affected by superior competitive attitudes, 176 World Cup Soccer, impact, Challenger report, 681
World Cup Soccer, impact on workplace productivity, Challenger report, 681
Wal-Mart, 2011 automatic contributions end, 1130
Discrimination
See specific types of discrimination
ULPs, nonemployee union reps access to (NLRB), 1242
Newspapers
See NEWSPAPERS
E-Verify, birth certificate, document validity, 992; validity period extension, 1077
National origin and sex bias, doctor's award voided (1st Cir.), 1024
Sex bias
Pay and promotions, Wal-Mart class action, damages claims remanded (9th Cir., en banc), 455; (U.S., rev sought), 931; Supreme Court docket, 1069; opposition brief filed (U.S., brief filed), 1156; (U.S., rev grant), 1324
Pharmaceutical sales reps' class action, record verdict (S.D.N.Y.), 539; settlement, preliminary approval, 763; final approval, 1267
Battery, reduced award (11th Cir.), 46; (U.S., rev den), 1076
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