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- Nov 11 2010
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- Blog, Employee Benefits
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High Risk Insurance Pools
Having trouble getting private health insurance because of a pre-existing condition? You’re certainly not alone. It is estimated that 15.9 percent of Americans are uninsured, many for precisely the same reason. While President Obama’s health care legislation, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, explicitly prohibits denying an individual health insurance because of pre-existing conditions or a history of high …
Is Obesity a Disability?
EEOC Extends ADA Protections to Employee Based on Weight
We have all heard the taglines and statistics regarding the obesity epidemic in this country. Still, the plain reality is this: an increasing number of Americans are becoming overweight or obese. A recent survey reports that 63.1% of adults in the U.S. were either overweight or obese in 2009 (of those, 36.6% …
- Jul 7 2010
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- Blog, Employee Benefits, Employment Law
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High Risk Insurance Pools
July 1, 2010 Marks a Day of Hope for Uninsured Americans with Preexisting Medical Conditions
Under the national health care reform bill signed into law by President Obama earlier this year, insurance companies will no longer be allowed to refuse to sell health insurance coverage or refuse to renew health insurance coverage because of an individual’s preexisting medical condition. However, this …
- Jun 26 2010
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- Blog, Employee Benefits, Employment Law
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Your Rights Under COBRA
What Employees Need to Know
The Baseline: Employee Rights Under COBRA, Generally
The Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (“COBRA”) requires employers with 20 or more employees who offer health benefits to provide continued coverage to “qualified beneficiaries” for up to 18 months after a “qualifying event;” however, the employee must pay the entire premium. A “qualified beneficiary” is an individual …
- Apr 5 2010
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- Age Discrimination, Blog, Workplace Discrimination
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When Will Law Firms Learn?
The EEOC announced last month that it was filing suit against Kelley Drye & Warren, an international law firm with its primary office in New York City, for paying its 70 year old+ lawyers much less than their younger counterparts.
According to the EEOC’s suit, Kelley Drye attorneys who practiced law after turning 70 years of age received dramatically reduced compensation …
- Mar 18 2010
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- Blog, Practical Tips
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Before You Fill Out That NCAA March Madness Bracket At Work
So we all know better than to eat up work time doing personal tasks, right (whether we actually follow that advice or not)? And surely we can all safely assume that gambling is frowned upon in the workplace. But for some reason, as the ides of March approach almost every office in the country starts rolling out the March Madness …
