An employer that fires workers shortly before they vest in a pension, retiree health or other benefit should be able to document that the action wasn’t intended to interfere with employees attaining a benefit right. Organizations also should beware of triggering age-discrimination lawsuits.
Firing of FBI’s McCabe Spotlights Benefits-Vesting Issues
Milwaukee Area Employment Law Attorney: 200 South Executive Drive, Suite 101 Brookfield, WI 53005 Phone: 262-241-8444
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CVS-Aetna Merger Could Change How Employers Buy Health Benefits
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The announcement that retail pharmacy giant CVS Health Corp. is seeking to purchase one of the nation’s largest health...
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Could Swiss-Style Apprenticeships Fill in the U.S. Skills Gap?
Janet L. Heins|Compensation Compliance, News, Training and Development, Workforce Readiness, Youth Employment, Benefits, Compensation, Equal Pay, Pay
As U.S. employers create more jobs with in-demand skills, businesses, workforce development advocates, educational institutions and the government are...
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Trump Administration Rolls Back ACA's Birth-Control Coverage Mandate
Janet L. Heins|Benefits Compliance, Health Care Reform, News, Relationship Management, Benefits, Compensation, Equal Pay, Pay
The Trump administration will allow employers to claim a religious or moral objection to an Affordable Care Act requirement...
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Voluntary Benefits Now Essential, Not Fringe
Janet L. Heins|News, Open Enrollment, Relationship Management, Voluntary Benefits, Benefits, Compensation, Equal Pay, Pay
Offering an array of voluntary benefits that help workers to safeguard their financial security, based on personal and family...
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Wage Statement Violations Need Not Be Intentional to Recover PAGA Penalties
Janet L. Heins|Business Acumen, California, Compensation Compliance, News, Benefits, Compensation, Equal Pay, Pay
An employee’s claim for civil penalties under the California Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) alleging an employer’s failure to...
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Final Tax Bill Dices and Splices Benefit Changes
Janet L. Heins|Benefits, Compensation, News, Benefits, Compensation, Equal Pay, Pay
From mass transit subsidies to achievement awards, here’s how business deductions and income exclusions will be altered by the...
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OregonSaves Serves as a Test for State-Sponsored Auto-IRAs
Janet L. Heins|Leadership and Navigation, News, Oregon, Retirement Benefits, Benefits, Compensation, Equal Pay, Pay
As the first state-sponsored retirement savings program rolls out in Oregon, here’s what employers in Oregon and other states...
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Paychecks in Bitcoin: Fad or Trend?
Janet L. Heins|Decision-Making, Minimum Wage, News, Benefits, Compensation, Equal Pay, Pay
Is bitcoin, a digital currency, becoming accepted as a form of compensation?
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