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Latest News in Benefits

  • May 06, 2026

    Fast Food Co. Is Reading ERISA All Wrong, Workers Say

    Workers claiming Inspire Brands' health plans illegally charge higher rates to tobacco users told a Georgia federal court Tuesday that the company's reading of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act ignores the law's plain text and "leads to an absurd result."

  • May 06, 2026

    Pharmacy Axed Worker For Joining Army Reserve, Suit Says

    An Atlanta-area pharmacy unlawfully fired an employee because she joined the U.S. Army Reserve, the former worker alleged in a complaint filed in Georgia federal court, saying the owner said she "needed someone that was going to be at work."

  • May 06, 2026

    7th Circ. Won't Revive Ex-DHS Officer's Disability Bias Suit

    The Seventh Circuit has declined to reinstate a fired immigration officer's suit claiming the Department of Homeland Security failed to accommodate his medical issues, saying that his claims were 'meritless' and that he hadn't properly attempted to resolve them within the agency before filing suit.

  • May 06, 2026

    Democrats Urge EEOC Chair Not To Roll Back IVF Protections

    Over a dozen Democratic senators urged the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to preserve safeguards for workers undergoing fertility treatments, asserting in a letter that Chair Andrea Lucas' plans to rewrite Pregnant Workers Fairness Act regulations could lead employers to unlawfully deny employees' accommodation requests.

  • May 06, 2026

    NJ Judge Says Honeywell Fee Bid Must Wait For Appeal

    A New Jersey federal judge has said a Honeywell request for nearly $81,000 in attorney fees must wait while a former worker appeals the dismissal of a proposed class action alleging that the company violated federal law by mismanaging 401(k) forfeitures.

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