Compliance | January 22nd, 2007 Foreign Nationals Can Be Dependents for TN Workers' Comp Benefits January 22, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Tennessee Supreme Court has ruled unanimously that foreign nationals who are not residents of...
Products | January 10th, 2007 CIGNA Helps Small Employers Cope with Disability Process January 10, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - CIGNA HealthCare has announced that it will use Social Service Coordinators Disability Services to help...
Benefits | December 22nd, 2006 Workplace Fall Triggers Overactive Libido, $6 Million Compensation Award December 22, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Stephen Tame, a former employee at Professional Cycle Marketing, of Essex, UK, has won £3.1...
Compliance | December 19th, 2006 Workers' Comp Award Not Tied to Fault of Employee December 19, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Oregon Court of Appeals has ruled that a dairy farm employee, who was injured...
Compliance | December 14th, 2006 Family of Former NFL Player Gets Additional Disability Benefits December 14, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The family of National Football League (NFL) Hall of Famer Mike Webster has won additional...
Compliance | December 13th, 2006 UPS Settles Disability Discrimination Suit of Visually Impaired 'Sorter/Loader' December 13, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - United Parcel Service (UPS) agreed to pay a former sorter/loader $100,000 to settle a discrimination...
Benefits | November 27th, 2006 JPMorgan Chase Agrees to $2.2M ADA Settlement November 27, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - JPMorgan Chase & Co., the third-biggest US bank, has agreed to a $2.2 million settlement...
Products | November 27th, 2006 Hartford Offers Aid in Managing Disability and Absences November 27, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. announced it has joined with LCG LewisCo Group, a...
Compliance | November 27th, 2006 Golden State Court OKs Psych Workers' Comp Benefits November 27, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A California Home Depot employee injured when a shelf full of lumber fell on his...
Benefits | November 17th, 2006 Caregivers Tap Retirement, Other Sources, to Cover Expenses November 17, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Many Americans who are caregivers for ailing family or friends frequently have to pay for...
Products | November 15th, 2006 Aetna Allows Program Consent via IVR November 15, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Aetna has announced the availability of an interactive voice response system that allows participants in...
Compliance | November 6th, 2006 Extra-judicial Contracts Sufficient to Recoup Benefit Overpayments November 6, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 7th US Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that a plan administrator is not required...
Compliance | October 30th, 2006 Employee's Actions After Injury Cause Ineligibility for Benefits October 30, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Court of Appeals of Virginia has determined that an employee who decided to forego...
Compliance | October 25th, 2006 Employee Carpal Tunnel Claim is not Time-Barred October 25, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Illinois Supreme Court has reversed a lower court decision that an employee's claim for...
Compliance | October 23rd, 2006 Physical Disability Alone not Enough to Deny Benefits October 23, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 2nd US Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that an administrator of a multiemployer pension...
Compliance | October 20th, 2006 CT Officials Charge Female Football Player with Benefits Fraud October 20, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Connecticut authorities have charged a state worker with fraudulently getting workers' compensation benefits for an...
Compliance | October 11th, 2006 UPS Violates ADA with Policy Against Deaf Drivers October 11, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a lower court decision that United...
Benefits | September 29th, 2006 United Sued over Policy on Minimum Working Hours September 29, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has filed suit against United Airlines, saying its policy...
Compliance | September 28th, 2006 Morbid Obesity per se Not ADA Protected September 28, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal appellate court has ruled that a morbidly obese person can only prevail in...
Benefits | September 19th, 2006 Women Buy More Add-On Insurance September 19, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new survey by an insurance provider has found that women outpace men as buyers...