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Family-friend practices may burden childless workers

Family-friend practices may burden childless workers

BY CINDY KRISCHER GOODMAN, Miami Harold.com

Jennifer Verdeja, a massage therapist at a South Florida spa, talks excitedly about her job, until the conversation turns to the unfairness of her work schedule. “Just because I don’t have children doesn’t mean I should get the Saturday night shift every week.”

As businesses […]

By |March 27th, 2014|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Family-friend practices may burden childless workers|

Updated Data Now Available on Stop-Loss Policies Nationwide

Source | Insurancenewsnet.com

The Self Insurance Institute of America issued the following news:. The Self-Insurance Educational Foundation today announced the release of a new report detailing key policy characteristics found in the U.S. employer medical stop-loss market. “We are pleased to be able to once again provide objective information about stop-loss insurance,” said…

SIMPSONVILLE, S.C., March […]

By |March 27th, 2014|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Updated Data Now Available on Stop-Loss Policies Nationwide|

Reversal on FMLA Retaliation Claim Highlights Importance of Email & Investigations

Reversal on Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) Retaliation Claim Highlights Importance of Email and Investigations

Article By: Katherine L. Goyert – Michael Best & Friedrich LLP – Wednesday, January 29, 2014

The Fifth Circuit once again placed employers on notice: how employers conduct investigations and what management says in email will be held against the […]

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Peering around the corner to 2014

By Karl Ahlrichs | December 2, 2013 | BenefitsPro.com

So, if you were to ask an insurance broker to prioritize their response to the ACA for 2014, what would they say?

I recently did exactly that, asking four of my colleagues at Gregory & Appel for one idea each for employers in general, and for employers […]

“Discouraging” Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) Leave Claim Survives Motion to Dismiss

By Michael J. Soltis |  Jackson Lewis PC | November 30, 2013

Allegations concerning an employer’s pre-FMLA leave comments were sufficient to plead an FMLA “discouraging” claim, according to a federal district court in New York. Bailey Stoler et al v. Institute For Integrative Nutrition and Joshua Rosenthal (S.D.N.Y. November 18, 2013). In this putative […]

Stop-loss insurance could be excluded from health reform law

 

By IFAwebnews Staff | November 19, 2013

Some lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives are looking to exclude the stop-loss insurance used to back up self-funded benefits plans from the definition of health insurance coverage.

Rep. Bill Cassidy, R-La., introduced the Self-Insurance Protection Act, H.R. 3462, which would amend the Public Health Service Act, the […]

Expansion of Family and Medical Leave Act proposed

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y. | WYNMedia.net

Twenty years after Congress enacted the Family and Medical Leave Act, the law continues to evolve.

U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., wants to be part of that evolution. She said Friday that she would help lead the effort to get Congress to pass a paid-leave component as part of her […]

Calif. law restricts sales of stop-loss insurance to small employers

Joanne Wojcik | BusinessInsurance.com | October 2, 2013

California Gov. Jerry Brown on Tuesday signed into law legislation that would make it more difficult for that state’s small employers to self-insure their health benefits by restricting the availability of stop-loss insurance.
The law, which takes effect for policies issued after Jan. 1, prohibits stop-loss insurers […]

Healthcare reform’s workers’ compensation impact: uncertainty rules, for now

Risk & Insurance Insights | October 2, 2013

Healthcare reform’s workers’ compensation impact: uncertainty rules, for now
Since the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) became the law of the land in March 2010, healthcare reform began to significantly change the U.S. healthcare delivery system, though its impact on workers’ compensation has been minimal to […]

City of Cleveland’s lawsuit against workers’ comp bureau could set tone

Attorney dealing with private employers’ claim believes other public bodies could follow; state will respond next month
By JAY MILLER,  August 27, 2013 |  Crain’s Cleveland Business

In the wake of a successful class action by private employers, the city of Cleveland has filed a “me-too” lawsuit against the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation that claims it […]