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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

  • August 07, 2026

    Cable Techs Must Arbitrate Comcast Misclassification Suit

    Cable technicians who say that Comcast and several other companies have been misclassifying them as independent contractors to deny them job protections will have to arbitrate their claims, a Virginia federal court has ruled.

  • August 07, 2026

    VA To Test Psilocybin For Veterans With Severe Depression

    Former military service members in five U.S. cities will have an opportunity to treat their depression with psilocybin through a clinical trial being run by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, according to an agency announcement.

  • August 07, 2026

    IRS, Treasury Plan To Float Regs For Retirement Matches

    The U.S. Treasury Department and IRS intend to propose regulations to implement a provision of the Secure 2.0 Act of 2022 designed to allow lower-income taxpayers who contribute to their retirement savings to receive a federal contribution of up to $1,000, the agencies said Friday.

  • August 07, 2026

    Manufacturer Unistrut Hit With FLSA Suit Over OT Pay

    A former Unistrut International Corp. worker filed a proposed collective action in Michigan federal court on Friday accusing the metal framing system manufacturer of shortchanging thousands of hourly employees on overtime by failing to include shift differentials, bonuses and other compensation when calculating their pay.

  • August 07, 2026

    Cornell Can't Strike Jury Demand In Recordkeeping Fee Suit

    A New York federal judge denied Cornell University's request to strike a jury trial demand in a class action alleging that excessive recordkeeping fees dragged down workers' retirement plan savings, saying the class is entitled to a jury because the complaint sought both legal and equitable remedies.

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