Employee Retirement Income Security Act
Research News and Information

Saturday, November 21, 2009

Overcoming ERISA as an obstacle: the Ninth Circuit's approval of San Francisco's fair share legislation.

29 Jun 2009 State and local legislatures in more than twenty states have considered enacting fair share laws. Fair share laws typically require employers of a certain size either to spend a designated percentage of their total payroll costs on health insurance ... Read more...

Getting healthy: issues to consider before implementing a wellness program.

30 Mar 2009 Healthcare costs continue to rise. Employers struggle to provide health insurance for their employees. Wellness programs continue to gain popularity as a method of cost-control, but implicate a variety of federal and state laws, including privacy ... Read more...

Local health care initiatives--ERISA preemption of State Health Care Reform-Health Insurance-Fair Share Act. Golden Gate Restaurant Association v. City and County of San Francisco, 512 F.3d 1112 (9th Cir. 2008).

30 Dec 2008 A state or local ordinance is not preempted by ERISA if it does not bind plan administrators to structure plans in a certain way or mandate that they provide specific benefits to employees. A local law could be preempted if it contains specific ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Employee Retirement Income Security Act'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• ERISA preemption and the question of pharmacy benefit managers' fiduciary duty. 29 Jun 2009
• Overcoming ERISA as an obstacle: the Ninth Circuit's approval of San Francisco's fair share legislation. 29 Jun 2009
• ERISA. Dealer could not show evidence of impairments from HIV. 30 May 2009
• Healthcare reform: a discussion with Thomas A. Daschle and Thomas A. Scully. 30 Mar 2009
• Getting healthy: issues to consider before implementing a wellness program. 30 Mar 2009
• Health insurance and the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008: implications for public health policy and practice. 27 Feb 2009
• Local health care initiatives--ERISA preemption of State Health Care Reform-Health Insurance-Fair Share Act. Golden Gate Restaurant Association v. City and County of San Francisco, 512 F.3d 1112 (9th Cir. 2008). 30 Dec 2008
• Retiree health benefits--no emotional distress damages. Yolton v. El Paso Tennessee Pipeline Co., 2008 WL 275685 (E.D.Mich. 1/31/08). 30 Dec 2008
• Effect of delegation on standard of review. Geddes v. United Staffing, 469 F.3d 919 (10th Cir. 2006). 30 Dec 2008
• Recent developments in health insurance, life insurance, and disability insurance case law. 30 Dec 2008
• Silent PPOs spur doctor push-back. 30 Dec 2008
• Major U.S. Supreme Court decision on participant remedies under ERISA. 29 Jun 2008
• The conflict between ERISA and local healthcare reform. 29 Apr 2008
• ERISA, agency costs, and the future of health care in the United States. 30 Mar 2008
• It took two decades for private payor contracts to erode the bottom line: plan on a 2+ year comeback--here's how, part I. 28 Feb 2008
• ERISA pre-emption: implications for health reform and coverage. 30 Jan 2008
• Calif. ruling orders up hitch for employer mandate. Citing ERISA, court sides with S.F restaurant association on mandatory insurance. 5 Jan 2008
• There's "private" and then there's "private": ERISA, its impact, and options for reform. 30 Dec 2007
• High-deductible health plans: litigation hazards for health insurers. 30 Dec 2007
• New evidence on the effects of state mental health mandates. 30 Dec 2007

See a longer list of these articles.

Technical information about 'Employee Retirement Income Security Act'

Definition: A 1974 Federal act which preempts states' rights with regard to workers' pension benefits and employee benefits. It does not affect the benefits and rights of employees whose employer is self-insured. (From Slee & Slee, Health Care Reform Terms, 1993)

Descriptor UI: D019461

Alternative terms: Employee Retirement Income Security Act; PL 93-406; United States Employee Retirement Income Security Act; Public Law 93-406; Public Law 93 406; ERISA; PL93-406;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; history; legislation & jurisprudence; organization & administration; standards; trends; utilization; statistics & numerical data; ethics;

Tree Number: N01.824.417.510.300; N01.824.417.700.325.300; N03.219.521.576.343.290.300; N04.452.677.800.325.300;

History Note: 97

Technical Notes: add UNITED STATES (NIM); CATALOG: Use NAF entry