The headlines from the American Rescue Plan Act are all about the $1400 recovery rebate credits.
But for employers, there are a lot more details about the tax issues and employee benefit issues that are contained within ARPA.
My colleagues have prepared a thorough summary on our sister blog, Employment Law Letter. One item that
So yesterday, I made a convincing case that employees who smoke outside the workplace can’t be treated differently than your non-smokers.
But what about your health insurance plans? Doesn’t the state law prohibit your plan from imposing higher premium costs on those smokers?
Well on first glance it appears yes. The state law would seem
For a few years now, I’ve been following the case if CIGNA v. Amara – an important employee benefits case that went before the U.S. Supreme Court last December. You can find all the posts here.
Today, in an 8-0 decision (download here), the Court clarified an area of the law in need of
It’s rare for a case from Connecticut to make it all the way to the United States Supreme Court. But this week, a case did just that.
I’ve previously discussed the case of Cigna v. Amara in many posts which you can read here. The case ultimately concerns the receipt of retirement benefits and
Employee benefit cases (better known as ERISA cases, after the Employee Retirement Income Security Act) aren’t the most exciting topic in the world. At this point, just by my very mention of ERISA, I’m imagining your mouse wandering off to view another page.
But yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear an important case
The Connecticut Bar Association’s Labor & Employment Section (led by my colleague Joshua Hawks-Ladds) has begun posting its quarterly newsletter online. I expect to see more of this as the CBA moves to a new website next month.
In the meantime, you can check out the latest issue here. It features articles on:
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Back in February, a federal court in Connecticut dismissed a lawsuit brought by three former wrestlers who contended, among other things, that they were improperly classified as independent contractors.
The case garnered national attention (see, for example, this post by Zach Lowe at The American Lawyer) for a variety of reasons, including the disclosure
The slow season of employment law news continues, which makes this a perfect time to roll-out the occasional Quick Takes post to discuss interesting nuggets and updates to recent posts.
Continuing a theme this week of followups to older posts, back in February the U.S. Supreme Court, in Larue v. DeWolff, ruled that the Employee R
etirement Income Security Act (ERISA) allows an employee to sue his employer because of a fiduciary breach that resulted in individual losses to his 401(k) plan.
Some predicted that the "Court’s
UPDATE 10/8/08 – I have posted a FAQ on the lawsuit this morning due to the extraordinary interest in this subject. You can find it here.
UPDATE 10/7/08 – Welcome various wrestling fans (who are visiting by the thousands this morning)! The links to the contracts are below.
One note to clarify some of the