Compliance | May 8th, 2007 FAA Telecommuting Setup Could be Disabled Worker's Accommodation May 8, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal appellate court has ruled that permitting a disabled worker to continue to work...
Compliance | May 7th, 2007 CA High Court Keeps Workers' Comp Liability Formula May 7, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - California's high court has ruled that when employers are faced with workers' compensation claims from...
Compliance | April 23rd, 2007 Court: No Proof that Firing was Discriminatory April 23, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals denied an Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) lawsuit...
Benefits | April 6th, 2007 Co-Worker Sued for "Negligent Dancing" April 6, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Workplace parties are a frequent litigation concern - but an after-work gathering in Chicago has...
Benefits | April 5th, 2007 Disability Insurer: More Cancer Patients Return to Work April 5, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A major group disability insurance provider says its data supports the notion that medical treatment...
Compliance | April 3rd, 2007 Disability Finding in Sick Building Case Upheld April 3, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Denver attorney whose office building apparently made her sick was entitled to disability payments,...
Compliance | March 29th, 2007 Workers' Comp Award Upheld on Grounds of 'Continuous Employment' March 29, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Georgia Supreme Court has upheld a ruling that gives workers' compensation benefits to the...
Benefits | March 27th, 2007 Disabled USPS Employee Sues Over Denial of Working Lunch Break March 27, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Kenneth Fox wanted to be able to work through his lunch breaks as a U.S....
Benefits | March 19th, 2007 Many Employers do not Know What They Spend on STD March 19, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A recent survey from the International Society of Certified Employee Benefit Specialists (ISCEBS) found 41%...
Benefits | March 13th, 2007 Canadian Co.'s Not Tracking Disability Absences Could Cost Employers March 13, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The inability or failure of Canadian companies to collect data on the frequency, duration or...
Compliance | March 12th, 2007 Court: Co. Without Employees Not Eligible for Workers' Comp. March 12, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Wyoming Supreme Court has ruled that officers of companies without employees cannot get access...
Benefits | March 7th, 2007 Disability Planning not Top Priority for Workers March 7, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Nearly 60% of workers don't know how they would financially manage a disability that robs...
Compliance | February 27th, 2007 EEOC Releases Health Care ADA Guidance February 27, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The nation's workplace anti-discrimination agency has released a new guidance document on how to apply...
Benefits | February 26th, 2007 Employers Not Well Versed in STD Costs February 26, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A recent survey by the International Society of Certified Employee Benefits Specialists (ISCEBS) showed that...
Compliance | February 26th, 2007 Video Survellience Sufficient to Fire Employee on Short-term Disability February 26, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that an Oklahoma lubricants refinery did not...
Compliance | February 21st, 2007 Employee Fired for Porn E-mails Claims Disability Discrimination February 21, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A US District judge in Arizona ruled an America West employee fired for distributing sexually...
Compliance | February 13th, 2007 Court Upholds ADA Ruling Against Employer Who Reneged on Job Offer February 13, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said that Titan Distribution Inc. wrongfully refused to...
Benefits | February 2nd, 2007 Cookie-Crumbled Tooth Merits Worker's Compensation February 2, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A salesman who chipped a tooth on a cookie while visiting a customer is entitled...
Compliance | February 1st, 2007 Employer Cleared of Retaliation Charges February 1, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas ruled that Deluxe Financial Services ,...
Compliance | January 31st, 2007 Disability Payment For Mental Illness Reasonable January 31, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. District Court of the Eastern District of New York ruled that a benefit...