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...
Members of the U.S. House of Representatives have unanimously passed a resolution calling for better protection for federal workers. More...
U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) has introduced legislation that would prevent workers from being misclassified as independent contractors and would provide for the protection and benefits which they have earned. More...
U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) has introduced the Equal Access to COBRA Act, which would allow many domestic partners the same access married spouses currently have to COBRA health coverage if their partner loses a job. More...
The Office of Safety and Healthy Administration (“OSHA”), through Assistant Secretary for Labor David Michaels, has called for enhanced criminal and civil penalties for workplace safety violations as he expressed the Department’s strong support for the Protecting America's Workers Act (“PAWA”). More...
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has vetoed Senate Bill X8 29, a legislation that would have exempted from furloughs 80,000 workers in offices and agencies, specifically those employees of the Franchise Tax Board (“FTB”) and Board of Equalization (“BOE”) that get most of their money from sources other than the state general fund. More...
The Job Creation Act of 2010, introduced by Rep. Vern Buchanan, R-Fla., would provide job creation incentives by eliminating capital gains taxes on small businesses for one year, and excluding unemployment benefits from income tax for the year 2010. More...
Rep. Brad Ellsworth introduced the Jobs Momentum Act to give assistance to employers looking to hire new workers. More...
The Senate has approved legislation that extends unemployment insurance benefits and eligibility for unemployment health care benefits through the end of 2010, including extending benefits retroactively so families will receive the benefits that were suspended when these programs expired on February 28, 2010. More...
Voting 68 to 29, the Senate has passed the massive job-creation bill Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment Act, or H.R. 2847. More...
Assistant Senate Majority Leader Dick Durbin (D-IL) and House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers (D-MI) have introduced legislation which aims to curb abuses that deprive employees and retirees of their earnings and retirement savings when businesses collapse. More...
