Product Description: The Fall 2013 Cumulative Supplement provides updates on: The Supreme Court s 2013 holding in US Airways, Inc. v. McCutchen, that equitable defenses based on common law doctrines, such as common fund and make whole, could not be asserted when the language of the employee benefit plan clearly disclaims them Regulatory guidance on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, including the 2013 final rule issued by the Department of Health and Human Services setting out standards related to essential health benefits; proposed rules clarifying limitations on waiting periods; and the final rule on standards for cost-sharing limitations Lower court decisions addressing the availability of extra-record discovery and the existence and effect of conflicts of interest in the context of benefit claims following the Supreme Court s 2008 decision in Metropolitan Life Insurance Co...read more

Product Description: The 2008 Cumulative Supplement provides coverage of significant U.S. Supreme Court cases including MetLife v. Glenn, Kentucky Retirement Systems v. EEOC, and LaRue v. DeWolff, Boberg & Associates;an overview of the final federal regulations (Nov...read more

Managers at all levels are constantly challenged to do more with fewer employees, to motivate diverse groups of people, and to face up to tough people problems in their workforces. An important key to managers' success is accomplishing these goals while protecting themselves and their companies from legal liability. Yet some in management tend to blame legal requirements for hindering progress toward solving problems. U.S. law, however, provides managers with broad discretion in many employment situations and in most cases helps ensure that managers perform their essential functions in a way that is fundamentally fair while still supporting company goals. "A Manager's Guide to Employment Law" will help managers make day-to-day decisions on how best to manage their employees and handle issues of legal liability. Expert author Dana Muir identifies the subtle and unnecessary mistakes managers make that cause legal headaches, and shows how becoming familiar with basic principles of employment law will enable them to develop an internal compass to help make the right decisions. Each chapter focuses on legal concepts of broad application in today's workplace, providing real examples of problems managers face and offering strategies for addressing those problems. (view table of contents)