Benefits Blog
"A tax, benefits and ERISA law commentary and news filter." Contains a huge number of well-organized links to relevant laws and blawgs, plus this blawg can be searched.
Author: B. Janell Grenier is a lawyer in suburban Philadelphia, and is also licensed to practice in Missouri, Oklahoma and Utah.
Blawg Related Categories: Benefits/ERISA • Labor & Employment • Law Practice Management • Legal Information
Recent Posts from Benefits Blog
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Denial of Petition for Rehearing in the Deere Case
You can read about it here at the Fiduciary Guidebook....
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One Way to Lower Health Costs: Pay People to Be Healthy
There is a very interesting study here from Wharton suggesting that better wellness programs could be created by employers to encourage workforce health and lower health insurance costs. The article suggests that offering employees a…
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ABC/Washington Post Poll on Health Care Reform. . .
Indicates wide-spread concern. Excerpt: An overwhelming 70 percent oppose taxing benefits worth over $17,000 a year, a funding mechanism under discussion. Fifty-eight percent don't buy President Obama's pledge that reform can occur without forcing people…
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Tax-Exempt Governmental Plans Guidebook
Another Guidebook is in the works: The Tax-Exempt/Governmental Plans Guidebook. . ....
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The SEC and Treasury on Executive Compensation Practices
TheCorporateCounsel.net Blog has a good summary here of the SEC's and Treasury's proposed changes to the executive compensation arena. Also, Gene Sperling, Counselor to the Secretary of the Treausry, made the following statement: . .…
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Article on 401(k) Loans
Great article here on 401(k) plan loans. The article actually discusses the effect 401(k) plan loans have on individuals contemplating bankruptcy....
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Canadian Employer Cutting Retiree Perq
As I read this account of Molson Canada's decision to no longer supply its retirees with a certain beverage, I could not help pondering whether such a practice in the U.S. might be deemed to…
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Eighth Circuit Instructs District Courts on Attorneys' Fees
This recent Eight Circuit case--Pendleton v. QuickTrip Corporation--is an ERISA 510 case that did not make it past a Motion for Summary Judgement. However, the case is noteworthy for the court's discussion of attorneys' fees:…
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Understanding the Proposed House Democrats' Health Care Bill
From Keith Hennessey.com: Here is a three-page outline of Key Features of the Tri-Committee Health Reform Draft Proposal in the House of Representatives, dated yesterday (June 8, 2009). . ....
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ScotusBlog Following the Indiana Pension Funds' Supreme Court Challenge to the Chrysler Sale
Read ScotusBlog if you want to find out what is happening in the Supreme Court Chrysler sale challenge. Excerpt: The case of In re Chrysler LLC, Debtor has the potential to produce the most significant…