Paid Family Leave Legislation Introduced in the House
March 27, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Four lawmakers have introduced legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives to provide 12 weeks...
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Stimulus Bill Includes New HIPAA Rules
March 13, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The recently enacted stimulus bill contains a number of significant changes to the Health Insurance...
Domestic Partners in WA Would Have More Rights under New Bill
March 13, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Washington state Senate has passed Senate Bill No. 5688, a measure that would expand...
Lawmaker Vows Health Care Reform by Year-End 2009
March 11, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - U.S. Senator Max Baucus (D-Montana) announced Wednesday that the Senate Finance Committee, which he chairs,...
9th Circuit Lets Stand San Francisco Health Care Ruling
March 10, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals voted to deny a request by business groups...
OK Health Care Measure Would Provide Incentives to Businesses
March 4, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Oklahoma House members voted unanimously to approve a measure that would expand the state's Insure...
Lawmaker Reintroduces Family-Friendly Workplace Act
March 3, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - U.S. House Representative Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Washington) in February reintroduced the Family-Friendly Workplace Act (H.R....
10th Circuit Rules OK Employees Can Have Guns in Vehicles at Work
March 3, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed a lower court decision that an...
Sebelius Tapped for HHS
March 3, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius has accepted President Obama's request to become his secretary of health...
Lawmakers Introduce U.S. Senate, House Secret Union Election Bills
February 25, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - U.S. Senators Jim DeMint (R-South Carolina), Chairman of the Senate Steering Committee, and Mike Enzi...
EBSA Provides COBRA Subsidy Publications
February 24, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Documents regarding the COBRA subsidy included in the newly passed stimulus bill are now on...
Employers Must Act Now to Comply with New COBRA Law
February 19, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new Segal Bulletin points out that health plan sponsors have to make a newly...
H.R. 1 Contains COBRA Provisions
February 13, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Looks like that huge stimulus package has some COBRA provisions in it, after all.
Daschle Drops Out
February 3, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - President Barack Obama's choice to spearhead U.S. healthcare reform withdrew his nomination as Secretary of...
New Health Care Legislation Requires Disclosures from Employers
February 2, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Both houses of Congress have passed new legislation that would, among other things, require employers...
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Employer Groups Voice Concerns over COBRA Extension
January 30, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Several employer groups are voicing their concerns that the COBRA amendments within a stimulus package...
House Passes COBRA Expansion as Part of Stimulus Package
January 29, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Legislation approved by the U.S. House of Representatives as part of a stimulus package could...
Ledbetter Pay Equity Bill Signed into Law
January 29, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - President Barack Obama on Thursday signed into law the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Restoration Act,...
Stimulus Package Contains Business Incentives
January 26, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Senate Finance Committee is scheduled to take up a proposed $455-billion federal bailout...
Senate Passes Ledbetter Fair Pay Act
January 23, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - On Thursday the U.S. Senate approved the Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, increasing the time limit...