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Corte Constitucional de Colombia suspende la entrada en vigencia de la reforma pensional

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La Corte Constitucional de Colombia profirió una decisión unánime mediante la cual ordenó la devolución de la Ley 2381 de 2024, "Por medio de la cual se establece el Sistema de Protección Social Integral para la Vejez,...more

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McDermottPlus Check-Up: June 21, 2024

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Senate Finance Committee Holds Hearing on Disability Benefits. The hearing discussed ways to improve work incentives for those on Social Security disability programs. Senators and witnesses noted that there are currently...more

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Bullet Proofing Your Claims Procedures

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Managing your plan’s claims procedures to avoid successful challenges requires careful attention to all of the requirements in the regulations and in the applicable plan’s or policy’s terms and continual review in light of...more

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Federal Bill Seeks to Create Portable Benefits for Gig Economy Workers

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Senator Mark Warner (D-VA), a lawmaker known for closely monitoring the changing nature of work, has introduced in the Senate legislation to promote innovative ways to offer portable benefits to workers in the on-demand...more

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What the First-Ever Bill Promoting Portable Benefits for Independent Contractors Does – And Does Not Do

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Independent contractors and other contingent workers are not currently eligible for workers’ compensation, disability benefits, health insurance coverage, and pension benefits under federal and most state laws. This may well...more

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Top 10 Proposed Changes to Iowa's Workers' Compensation Law

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The Iowa Legislature is currently reviewing proposed legislation pertaining to Iowa’s Workers’ Compensation laws. The proposed legislation has been introduced as House File 518, with companion Senate File 435. ...more

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New Jersey Bill Seeks to Guarantee Job Protections to Organ and Bone Marrow Donors

A bill (A4360), which was introduced on May 8, 2015, seeks to amend the Temporary Disability Benefits Law (TDBL) (N.J.S.A. 43:21-25 et seq.) to require that individuals disabled in connection with donating organs or bone...more

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New Jersey Bill Seeks to Guarantee Job Protections to Organ and Bone Marrow Donors

A bill (A4360), which was introduced on May 8, 2015, seeks to amend the Temporary Disability Benefits Law (TDBL) (N.J.S.A. 43:21-25 et seq.) to require that individuals disabled in connection with donating organs or bone...more

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New Jersey Bill Aims To Count Time Missed Due To A State Of Emergency In Determining Eligibility For Certain Leave Benefits

On September 30, 2013, a bill (S2996) was introduced seeking to expand eligibility for state leave and disability benefits for employees who have been laid off or furloughed due to a declared state of emergency. First, the...more

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