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Benefits Law360 provides breaking news and analysis on employee benefits and executive compensation law. Coverage includes benefits-related litigation — including Employee Retirement Income Security Act suits and tax and compliance issues over executive compensation — as well as legislative and regulatory activity.



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Latest News in Benefits

  • June 12, 2026

    $1.9M Deal In Health System Retirement Suit Gets 1st OK

    A Michigan federal judge granted initial approval to a $1.9 million deal between a health system and a proposed class of employee retirement plan participants who alleged underperforming investment options violated federal benefits law, greenlighting a deal that was first submitted to the court for approval in late April.

  • June 12, 2026

    New Bill Aims To Provide Paid Family Leave For Fed Workers

    A bipartisan group of U.S. House representatives reintroduced legislation that would expand benefits for federal employees by allowing them to collect up to 12 weeks of paid family and medical leave, the lawmakers announced.

  • June 12, 2026

    Former Pot Co. Execs And Wrigley Heir Settle Stock Fraud Suit

    A group of former executives for medical marijuana company Parallel and the heir to the Wrigley gum fortune have reached a settlement in principle to end claims that Wrigley lied about share prices to lure in executive talent.

  • June 12, 2026

    2nd Circ. Leery Of Amazon Worker's Caregiver Bias Suit

    The Second Circuit appeared skeptical Friday of a former Amazon employee's attempt to revive her suit claiming she was unlawfully denied schedule flexibility to care for her son, questioning whether her suit should have been brought as an accommodation dispute rather than a discrimination suit.

  • June 11, 2026

    Workers Hit Chiron Financial With Unpaid Wage Suit

    Chiron Financial didn't pay 17 of its workers when it was having money trouble, a proposed class action in Texas federal court alleges, seeking to recoup the money that the workers say they're owed.

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