The Department of Labor’s arm that oversees employee benefits is adding staff after a year of resignations and retirements, offering clues about the agency’s direction moving forward as it adds public-facing workers and reorients its approach to enforcement.
AI changes work itself: who stays employed longer, who exits earlier, which employers can spread costs and governance through pooling, and which collectively bargained industries see their contribution base strengthened or weakened, says Hall Benefits’ Samuel Krause in the second of a two-part article.
A Smurfit WestRock PLC subsidiary violated federal labor law by imposing a healthcare plan on workers without fully bargaining in good faith with their union, a National Labor Relations Board judge ruled.
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The US Labor Department’s benefits regulator issued a temporary enforcement reprieve for retirement plan administrators working to comply with a proposal that would require many plans to send participants at least one paper copy of their benefits statement each year.
A Delaware judge’s links to a major law firm should compel her to step aside from litigation challenging a $570 million payout by
Miners with black lung disease face hurdles in obtaining and using their medical benefits, a congressional watchdog report found.
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Law firm partners in Big Law earn a lot of money, but just how much they make can vary widely. Whether it's equity or non-equity or merit versus lockstep, this video explains what goes into determining the size of those paychecks at elite law firms.
A New York federal district court ruled a former executive for The Arena Group must prove termination without cause to receive severance, and determined standards for the faithless servant doctrine in the employer’s fiduciary duty counterclaim. Kraft v. Arenta Grp. Holdings, 2026 BL 146020, S.D.N.Y., 24-cv-2619 (LJL), 4/23/26
A California federal court denied Tribune Media’s summary judgment motion on FEHA disability claims by a cancer-stricken account executive, finding factual disputes about reasonable accommodation and the reason for his termination. Romero v. Trib. Media Co., 2026 BL 148774, E.D. Cal., 2:24-cv-3143 AC, 4/23/26
A Pennsylvania federal district court partially denied dismissal of ADA, FMLA, and PHRA claims by a night audit employee with cancer and Asperger’s Syndrome who alleged adverse actions following medical leave were connected to his disabilities. Sturgis v. Diamond Hosp. Servs. LLC, 2026 BL 117769, W.D. Pa., C.A. No. 1:24-CV-241, 4/2/26
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