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- FEDERALLY-LEGISLATED PROCEDURES
Posted May 10, 2010Author: Tod D. Yeslow
In today’s New York Times  an OpEd piece asserts the need for Federally-legislated procedures for insurance carriers to use to justify any proposed premium increases. Of course, the NYT refers to legislation which …
[read more] - IRS Guidance on 2010 Tax Treatment for Coverage Provided to Adult Children to Age 27
Posted April 30, 2010Author: Tod D. Yeslow
On Wednesday, the IRS issued guidance on the tax treatment of adult children to age 27 who will be covered under their parent’s plan. Employers which will not extend this benefit to it employees in …
[read more] - 8th Circuit says ERISA Plan Doc trumps SPD
PostedAuthor: Tod D. Yeslow
On March 19, 2010, the US Circuit Court issued its opinion in Jobe v. Med. Life Ins. Co., 2010 WL 986642 (8th Cir. 2010) http://www.ca8.uscourts.gov/opndir/10/03/083505P.pdf  which speaks to the administration of ERISA-qualified plans.
The court’s …
[read more] - YOU MIGHT BE DISABLED IF . . .
Posted February 22, 2010Author: Brian A. Vandiver
On February 19th, I presented at the Arkansas Bar Association’s 33rd Annual Labor and Employment Law Conference in Little Rock, Arkansas. My presentation covered the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act of 2008 and the …
[read more] - WHAT CAN AN EMPLOYER DO? QUESTIONS RAISED BY THE SHOOTINGS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA – HUNTSVILLE
Posted February 17, 2010Author: Leigh Anne Yeargan
On Friday, February 12, 2010, during a biology department meeting on the campus of the University of Alabama-Huntsville, Dr. Amy Bishop – a member of the department who had recently learned that she was being …
[read more] - THE GOLDEN RULE IN THE WORKPLACE
Posted February 16, 2010Author: Brian A. Vandiver
An employer once asked me, “Brian, what is the single best piece of advice you can give me to keep my employees happy?” My first answer was, sarcastically, “Pay them more.” He did not laugh. …
[read more] - SUPREME COURT GRANTS CERTIORARI TO HEAR CASE INVOLVING EMPLOYEE’S EXPECTATION OF PRIVACY IN TEXT MESSAGES
Posted January 25, 2010Author: Leigh Anne Yeargan
On December 14, 2009, the United States Supreme Court granted certiorari to a case from the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals regarding whether a city employee had a reasonable expectation of privacy in text messages sent …
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