By Jeremy J. Gray of Zuber & Taillieu
In a split with other circuits, the Third Circuit recently limited relief available to benefit plan administrators under ERISA. In US Airways, Inc. v. McCutchen, 663 F.3d 671 (3d Cir. 2011), the Third Circuit held that the “appropriate equitable relief” available under ERISA § 502(a)(3) to plan administrators can be… More...
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship Chair Mary Landrieu (D-La.) have released the Small Business Jobs Act, a bill to help small businesses access capital, stimulate investment in small businesses and promote entrepreneurship – all of which will help small business create jobs. More...
The House of Representatives has passed H.R. 5618, the Restoration of Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act, critical legislation to extend unemployment insurance benefits to millions of American workers through the end of November 2010. More...
The New York Legislature has passed the Domestic Workers Bill of Rights, S2311E/ A1470B, making New York the first state in the nation to provide new standards for worker protections for more than 200,000 employees that include nannies and housekeepers in an industry which has gone unregulated for decades. More...
Leading members of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives have released a summary and discussion draft of major reforms responding to serious health and safety concerns raised by workers and their families since Massey Energy’s Upper Big Branch Mine tragedy in West Virginia and other recent workplace accidents. More...
Ways and Means Committee Chairman Sander M. Levin (D-MI) and Income Security and Family Support Subcommittee Chairman Jim McDermott (D-WA) have introduced H.R. 5618, the Restoration of Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act, to extend unemployment insurance (“UI”) benefits to millions of American families. More...
U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) has introduced two pieces of legislation regarding the $2.5 trillion health care law. More...
The Reform Americans Can Afford Act of 2010, H.R. 5424, introduced by Ways and Means Committee member Wally Herger, R-Calif., would repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (P.L. 111-148) and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (P.L. 111-152). More...
The Military Spouses Employment Act of 2010, S.3232 and H.R.4764, seeks to provide employers a new tax incentive to hire qualified military spouses. More...
The New York State Senate has passed a landmark legislation (S.1823-B) which establishes a civil cause of action for employees who are subjected to an abusive work environment. More...
Senator Susan Collins, R-Me., a ranking member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and Senator Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., have introduced a bipartisan bill that would enable volunteer fire departments to more easily recruit and retain personnel. More...
