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Eighty-two percent of employees admit to taking "mental health days" to recover or recharge, and almost one-third said family and relationship issues are the most likely cause, according to a recent ComPsych Tell It Now(SM) poll. For details, see ¶2016O.
With the date to submit comments on the Department of Labor's (DOL) proposed revisions to the Family and Medical Leave Act's (FMLA) regulations soon closing, the law firm Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP took the opportunity to educate potential commenters on the changes expected to the leave law utilized by millions of employees. For more information, see ¶2016P.
IRS guidance provides that a modification of a split-dollar life insurance arrangement that does not affect the life insurance contract underlying the arrangement is not a material change in the life insurance contract that would cause it to lose its "grandfathered" status and become subject to recently enacted tax rules provided in Code Sec. 101(j) and Code Sec. 264(f). For more information, see ¶2016Q.
ERIC and the National Business Group on Health (NBGH) are urging the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to affirm the judgment of a district court ruling (Golden Gate Restaurant Association v. City and County of San Francisco) that the San Francisco's Health Security Ordinance is preempted by ERISA. They filed a joint amicus brief on March 28, 2008. For more information, see ¶2016R.
The IRS has released guidance on modifications to split-dollar life insurance arrangements. For more information, please see ¶17,139G.
The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) has released a technical update waiving small employer reporting of missed quarterly contributions for 2008. For more information, please see ¶19,975Z-19.
ERISA did not preempt an action by a state agency to recover Medicaid benefit payments made on behalf of individuals who were also participants in plans which required prior authorization. For more information, please see ¶19,992B.
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