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184 ABA Journal Employee Benefits articles.

Firms are helping employers navigate post-Dobbs health benefits and abortion coverage

With dozens of state legislatures holding their first sessions of the post-Roe v. Wade era, some firms are proactively counseling clients on the highly complex, politically charged and quickly shifting landscape surrounding employee benefits and abortion laws. In doing so, attorneys have to consider real and hypothetical civil and criminal liabilities.

Oil-rig employee earning over $200K is entitled to overtime because of daily rate pay, Supreme Court rules

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that an oil-rig employee who typically works 84 hours per week is entitled to overtime pay, despite making more than $200,000 annually.

Ex-EEOC lawyer is making ‘highly questionable’ assertion about abortion travel benefits, Littler Mendelson says

The former general counsel of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is “misleading and intimidating” employers who provide travel benefits for women traveling to obtain abortions, according to a letter by Littler Mendelson’s Workplace Policy Institute, the law firm’s government affairs arm.

How the decision overturning Roe v. Wade affects insurance coverage for abortions and related litigation

Insurance companies are facing new legal issues after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled last month that there is no constitutional right to abortion.

Supreme Court will decide legality of work requirements for Medicaid recipients

The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to decide whether the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services lawfully authorized Arkansas and New Hampshire to test work requirements for Medicaid recipients.

Coronavirus pandemic prompts wave of ‘business interruption’ lawsuits by restaurants

Restaurants may often invest in substantial insurance coverage for their businesses, including purchasing “business interruption” coverage in case something beyond their control forces a shutdown of their operations. In mid-March, such an event happened: the coronavirus pandemic.

Law firm told to reduce on-site employees sues for alleged ‘disturbing and gross abuse’ of power

A law firm that continued limited operation during the COVID-19 pandemic sued New York’s governor and attorney general this week after receiving a cease-and-desist letter telling it to reduce on-site employees.

What lawyers earn in 2019

In the decade since the Great Recession, wages for private lawyers have risen, with the average salary now at $144,230. However, digging deeper into a collection of data released in the last year-and-a-half shows the wealth is not being shared equally across gender, region, client type and practice areas.

Suit against Jones Day alleges ‘archaic gender roles’ and photo altering

A new lawsuit accuses Jones Day of reinforcing “archaic gender roles” in an unequal parental leave policy and using a secret compensation system that is “tailor-made to enable sex discrimination.”

Dad wins $5M class settlement after he’s denied primary caregiver parental leave

A fraud investigator at JPMorgan Chase who led a class action lawsuit over denied parental leave for fathers has won an agreement to settle the case for $5 million.

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Pension plans created by church-affiliated groups get ERISA exemption, SCOTUS rules

Pension plans established by church-affiliated groups are not subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Monday.

Justice Elena Kagan wrote the unanimous

New online resource and tool helps veterans appeal denial of benefits

Veterans looking to appeal denials of benefits will have a new tool in their arsenal.

A Friday post from Robert Ambrogi of LawSites that the Veterans Consortium Pro Bono…

Legal aid spending has a seven-fold economic impact, Florida study finds

Every dollar spent on civil legal aid for low-income Florida residents creates $7 in economic impact, according to a study released Thursday.

The study, commissioned by the Florida Bar Foundation,…

Feds can apply convicted judge’s pension to his $2.9M restitution, court rules

At least 25 percent of a convicted former Nevada judge’s more than $10,000-a-month pension can be applied to his $2.9 million restitution, a federal judge in Las Vegas ruled from…

Ex-employee sues over Yahoo worker rating system, says it does end run around WARN requirements

A former Yahoo Inc. editor has filed a federal lawsuit against the company, alleging that a quarterly performance review system that ranks all company workers on a scale of 1…

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