McDonald's management was upset. The restaurant chain had fired a shift manager under its zero-tolerance policy for failing to report an allegation of sexual harassment. However, the shift manager was eligible for workers' compensation benefits.

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) in August proposed to extend the transition period by 18 months (in other words, from January 1, 2018, to July 1, 2019) for the full implementation of the Best Interest Contract Exemption (BICE), the Principal Transactions Exemption (PTE), and PTE 84-24 (relating to sales of annuities and other transactions involving insurance companies and agents).

As yet another attempt to kill the Affordable Care Act (ACA) heats up in Washington, employers wondering how a new law might affect their benefit plans are advised to stay tuned. And with lawmakers facing a short timetable, at least some answers should be coming soon.

Employers and others have until September 25 to submit comments to shape the rule governing which workers are eligible for overtime pay.

This year, the ERISA Advisory Council for the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), comprising employee benefits professionals and employee representatives, is focusing on “Mandated Disclosures for Retirement Plans.”

The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) has approved a partition application and will provide early financial assistance to the United Furniture Workers Pension Fund A, a Nashville-based multiemployer pension plan that covers nearly 10,000 participants.

Late last year, the Massachusetts Appeals Court ruled that commissions are "due and payable" under the Massachusetts Wage Act at the time an employee resigns or is terminated, even if the employee might not be eligible to receive the payments under the terms of the company's commission agreement or plan.