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Disability Department of Labor (DOL) Employer Liability Issues

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The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division Proposes Rule to Phase Out Subminimum Wage Certificates Under the Fair Labor...

On Dec. 3, 2024, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to phase out the issuance of Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) Section 14(c) certificates that allow...more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

DOL’s New Disability Claims Procedures Took Effect On April 1

Plan sponsors who provide benefits based upon determinations of disability should be prepared for the new procedural rules that started governing disability claims April 1. The U.S. Department of Labor issued these procedures...more

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New Department of Labor Disability Claim Procedure: A Trap for the Unwary

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On April 1, 2018, a new Department of Labor regulation that modifies the procedures ERISA-governed plans must use to evaluate disability claims took effect....more

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Will Your Plan Have To Follow The New Disability Claims Procedures On April 1?

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U.S. Department of Labor final regulations for disability claims under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) plans become effective on April 1, 2018. Plan sponsors should do two things: (1) review plans that...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

New DOL Regulations Require Changes to Plan Claims Procedures – Here's How to Comply

The DOL issued final regulations that changed the handling of claims and appeals of disability determinations under benefit plans governed by ERISA. Here is what your benefits department needs to know and do: 1. Effective...more

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Department of Labor Finalizes 90 Day Delay on New Disability Claims Procedures

On November 24, 2017, the Department of Labor (“DOL”) released regulations finalizing a 90-day delay on the application of new claims procedures for disability claims. The Obama-era regulations providing for the new claims...more

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Department of Labor Proposes 90-Day Delay of New Disability Claims Procedures

On October 10, 2017, the Department of Labor (“DOL”) released proposed regulations that would delay for 90 days the effective date of the final disability claims procedures regulations finalized on December 19, 2016. As...more

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DOL Adopts 90-Day Delay for Disability Regulations

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New disability claims procedures were scheduled to go into effect on January 1, 2018. In a notice to be published in the Federal Register on October 12th, the DOL will provide for a 90-day delay to examine the burdens of the...more

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Employment Law Summer Recap 2014: Part 2 of 11 – What do the Ice Bucket Challenge and FMLA-Related Lawsuits Have in Common?

$113.6 million and counting – that’s the total amount donated to the ALS Association since July 29 as a result of the Ice Bucket Challenge. Just to put that fundraising number into perspective, the Association raised around...more

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