On April 15, 2010, the President signed The Continuing Extension Act of 2010 (the “Act”), which expands the subsidy period and eligibility rules for the COBRA subsidy from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
posted on Apr 18, 2010
On Sunday, March 21, 2010, the House of Representatives passed the Senate health care reform bill and a reconciliation bill. On March 23rd, President Obama signed the legislation. However, because of a flurry of last-minute changes by the House this weekend and that the Senate has returned the reconciliation bill to House, it will take us some time to understand all of the legislation’s implications. One thing is very clear though, there is no “free” health care coverage.
posted on Mar 29, 2010
On March 23, 2010, the Ohio Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of Ohio’s new intentional tort statute which requires employees to demonstrate and prove “. . . the employer acted with deliberate intent to injure” them in order to file a civil suit outside of the workers’ compensation system (Kaminski v. Metal & Wire Products, Co.). The Court’s decision should substantially reduce the number of “intentional tort” civil action filings that are pursued by employees whenever they receive a work-related injury.
posted on Mar 23, 2010