Compliance | July 24th, 2009 No Health Reform before Recess July 24, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Close, but no cigar. While reports last week indicated health reform bills would be passed...
Compliance | July 24th, 2009 Senate Shoots Down Fed Employee Sick Leave Credit July 24, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An amendment to the Defense authorization bill that would have allowed federal employees under the...
Compliance | July 21st, 2009 Wis. Domestic Partnership Law Approved in Budget Process July 21, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Despite having a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage and civil unions, Wisconsin now officially recognizes...
Compliance | July 20th, 2009 House Amendment Expands COBRA Eligibility July 20, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An amendment to a U.S. House health care reform bill would allow departing employees access...
Compliance | July 17th, 2009 Report: Controversial 'Card Check' Provision Dropped from Union Bill July 17, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The controversial "card check" provision in a union organizing bill has been dropped from the...
Compliance | July 17th, 2009 Health Care Reform Continues March through Congress July 17, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Two U.S. House committees have now joined with a Senate panel in approving a version...
Compliance | July 16th, 2009 U.S. Senate Bill Plugs FMLA Hole July 16, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) -U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-Washington) has introduced legislation plugging a hole in the Family and Medical...
Compliance | July 15th, 2009 U.S. Senate HELP Panel First to Report out Health Reform Measure July 15, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A U.S. Senate committee has approved a health care reform measure with a price tag...
Compliance | July 14th, 2009 House Committee Chairs Unveil Latest Health Reform Plan July 14, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employers would be hit with a "play or pay" mandate to either contribute to employees'...
Compliance | July 8th, 2009 Rell Blocks Conn. Wellness Program Bill July 8, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Connecticut Governor M. Jodi Rell has vetoed a bill mandating that group health insurance policies...
Compliance | July 6th, 2009 New Bill Would Beef up WARN Act July 6, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employers would face tougher mandates to provide advance notice of pending large-scale layoffs and face...
Compliance | July 2nd, 2009 HELP Committee Details Employer Mandate in Health Reform July 2, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employers would have to offer health insurance coverage to employees or be assessed a penalty...
Compliance | July 1st, 2009 Franken Thrust into Pension, Health Reform Debates July 1, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The newest U.S. Senator - Democrat Al Franken of Minnesota - will help ponder significant...
Compliance | June 26th, 2009 Baucus Says His Reform Bill Will Cost Under $1T June 26, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D - Montana) said in a statement that the...
Deals and People | June 22nd, 2009 House Ed. Labor Panel Gets New GOP Chief June 22, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. House Education and Labor Committee, that often handles bills dealing with retirement plans,...
Compliance | June 19th, 2009 House Dems Roll Out Health Care Proposal June 19, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The chairmen of the three committees with jurisdiction over health policy in the U.S. House...
Compliance | June 18th, 2009 Pomeroy Puts Out Health Reform Bill June 18, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - U.S. Representative Earl Pomeroy waded into the health care reform debate with a proposed bill...
Compliance | June 17th, 2009 Agencies Estimate Health Reform to Increase Deficit by $1T June 17, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) and the Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) estimate that the...
Benefits | June 17th, 2009 Obama Orders Some Benefits Extended to Federal Worker Same-sex Partners June 17, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - President Barack Obama was scheduled Wednesday to sign an executive order that the State Department...
Compliance | June 17th, 2009 GOP Group Unveils Health Reform Plan June 17, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Members of the Republican centrist Tuesday Group have released their core health care reform proposal.