Pensions & Benefits Law

M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2012 M2 COMMUNICATIONS The Association of Flight Attendants-CWA (AFA) on Monday said that its president Veda Shook has taken part in the official announcement of the implementation of the Airline Flight...

AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION-(C)1997-2012 M2 COMMUNICATIONS The Association of Flight Attendants-CWA (AFA) on Monday said that its president Veda Shook has taken part in the official announcement of the implementation of the Airline Flight...

William T. Patton, a Lane Powell shareholder, has been appointed to the board of directors of the American Civil Liberties Union of Oregon. He currently serves as chairman of the board of directors...

An ERISA plaintiff was not required to show that he was a plan participant for the purpose of establishing subject matter jurisdiction in his lawsuit challenging the termination of his long-term disability benefits,...

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo recently travelled his 2012-13 Executive Budget and Reform Plan. The Governor's $132.5 billion budget and reform plan builds on the spending reform initiatives adopted last year. The budget increases...

5 hours ago UK - Draft changes to UK laws to make the Guaranteed Minimum Pension (GMP) equal for men and women will give pension schemes an "administrative headache", the NAPF says. The...

Federal law preempts a state law which would preclude a woman from keeping the proceeds of a federal employee life insurance policy as her ex-husband's named beneficiary, the Virginia Supreme Court has ruled...

Regulations Governing the Performance of Actuarial Services Under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974; Correction AGENCY: Joint Board for the Enrollment of Actuaries. ACTION: Correction to final regulations. SUMMARY: This document...

Lt. Gov. Robert Duffy stopped by the Long Island Association headquarters in Melville today with a big, hypothetical check for the region's county executives. Instead of a real check, Duffy informed Nassau and...

20 Jan 2012 GLOBAL - The outlook for Kodak's UK pension scheme is "worrying" now that parent company Eastman Kodak has filed for bankruptcy protection in the US, but guarantees give hope, law...

National employment law firm Seyfarth Shaw recently released its annual survey of employment law cases, summarizing key trends in the field from U.S. Supreme Court decisions to state and federal court decisions and...

* Cigna's Vocational Support Services program provides preventive services for customers on intermittent family medical leave * Personalized services help enrolled employees remain productive and on the job * Certified counselors make services...

NEW YORK -- Fitch believes that steps toward improving the status of the state of Illinois' underfunded pension liabilities could be taken during the course of the next year. However, a meaningful plan...

(Also 26 CFR 1.414(1)-1, 1.933-1, 1.501(a)-1, and 301.7805-1.) Qualified Pension, Profit-Sharing, and Stock Bonus Plans; Exemption from Tax on Corporations, Certain Trusts, Etc. I. PURPOSE This notice extends and expands the transition relief...

Expansion creates one of the largest workplace law boutiques in Wisconsin WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. -- Jackson Lewis LLP, one of the country's largest and fastest-growing workplace law firms, is pleased to announce that...

Gov. Andrew Cuomo presented a proposed budget to the state Legislature today he said was easier to craft than last year's but carried challenging reform policies that would need to be enacted if...

Lobbying organizations that represent governments and schools will no longer receive public pensions under a bill passed by the Legislature. The New Jersey League of Municipalities, New Jersey School Boards Association and New...

An employer may be liable for firing a pregnant employee after being informed that she planned on taking maternity leave after she became eligible under the Family and Medical Leave Act, the 11th...

In enacting the self-leave provision of the Family and Medical Leave Act, was Congress seeking to address gender discrimination in the workplace That was the question at the center of the debate Wednesday...