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 Genetic bias bill wins approval
WASHINGTON—Legislation banning health insurance and employment decisions based on genetic information should not have a significant impact on employers for the time being, legal experts say. But some say the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (S. 358) could expose employers to future litigation even though there's little if any evidence that any employers base employment decisions on genetic information.GINA, which the House approved last week, seven days after the Senate gave its final approval, ...
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Employers are coping with a growing number of laws that extend the age to which insured plans must offer coverage to employees' adult dependent children.While there is variation in these laws—which now have been passed in more than two dozen states—they generally require employer health plans to offer continued coverage for adult dependent children...
Enrollment in high-deductible health insurance plans linked to health savings accounts continues to surge, with the plans rapidly becoming a mainstream benefit plan offering.As of Jan. 1, 6.1 million people were enrolled in HSA-linked health insurance plans, a 35% increase over Jan. 1, 2007, according to an America's Health Insurance Plans census r...
NEW YORK—A New York appeals court has affirmed a jury's verdict that the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey is liable for damages from the 1993 terrorist bombing at the World Trade Center that killed six people and wounded about 1,000 others.The Port Authority was warned about the WTC's vulnerability years before terrorists exploded a truck ...
MUNICH, Germany—Siemens A.G.'s intended claim against insurers that relates to a far-reaching bribery scandal could turn rates in the directors and officers insurance market, which is already braced for major losses from U.S. subprime-related claims, experts say.Siemens has notified a consortium of companies that insured the engineering group's exe...
ATLANTA—Sexually explicit language in the workplace that is not directed at a particular person still can be the basis of a hostile work environment claim, according to a federal appeals court decision that observers say could be influential. According to last week's ruling in Ingrid Reeves vs. C.H. Robinson Worldwide Inc., Ms. Reeves was the sole ...
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