Benefits Quarterly 1999 - Abstracts

Benefits Quarterly 1999
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Administration; claims processing and review; denial of disability benefits; standard of review.(Legal Update)(Norman v. Holland et al., as Trustees of the United Mine Workers of America 1974 Pension Plan and Trust)Human resources and labor relations 
Administration - fiduciary duty; representations concerning benefits; changes in plans; vesting of health benefits on retirement.(Frahm v. The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States)Human resources and labor relations 
Administration - mental health benefits - employer and claims administrator liability for denial of benefits; standard of review of fiduciary's denial of benefits.(Legal Update)(Crocco v. Xerox Corporation)Human resources and labor relations 
Administration - plan changes; health and welfare benefits; vesting; breach of fiduciary duty.(Sprague v. General Motors Corp.)Human resources and labor relations 
Administration - standing to sue; disclosure; civil penalties.(Crotty v. Cook)Human resources and labor relations 
Against the 401(k) tide: the successful ERISA experience of one multiemployer plan.(Special Issue: 25th Anniversary of ERISA)(Employee Retirement Income Security Act)Human resources and labor relationsFanning, Michael R.
A new fiduciary challenge to 401 (k) plan sponsors.(Special Section on Work/Life Issues)Human resources and labor relationsArnone, William J.
Benefits management beyond the adding machine: using integrated, worker-specific analysis.Human resources and labor relationsGardner, Harold H., Butler, Richard J., Gardmer, B. Delworth
Benefits professionals and the Internet: a case study of benefits-L subscribers.Human resources and labor relationsHannah, Richard L.
Chasing a revolution: labor and employment laws affecting the flexible workforce.(Special Section on Work/Life Issues)Human resources and labor relationsSchaudies, Jesse P., Jr., Sokolow, Dena H., Whitehead, Steven J.
Cobra - notice; breach of fiduciary duty.(Smith v. Rogers Galvanizing)Human resources and labor relations 
Defined benefit plans - mergers; protection of benefits.(Legal Update)(Brillinger v. General Electric Co.)Human resources and labor relations 
Direct provider contracting: one employer's experience.Human resources and labor relationsCoulter, Christopher H., Hanson, Elizabeth, Marsh, Susan
Divorce - divesting a former spouse of beneficiary rights.(Legal Update)(Hill v. AT&T Corporation)Human resources and labor relations 
Energizing corporate culture and creating competitive advantage: a new look at workforce programs.(Special Section on Work/Life Issues)(includes a related article on successful workforce programs)Human resources and labor relationsO'Daniell, Ellen E.
ERISA after 25 years: a framework for evaluating pension reform.(Special Issue: 25th Anniversary of ERISA)(Employee Retirement Income Security Act)Human resources and labor relationsWarshawsky, Mark J., Shoven, John B., Gale, William G.
Fiduciary duty: serious consideration of change in plan benefits; disclosure.(Vartanian v. Monsanto Chemical Co.)Human resources and labor relations 
From then to posterity: ERISA's past, present and future.(Special Issue: 25th Anniversary Issue of ERISA)(Employee Retirement Income Security Act)Human resources and labor relationsLurie, Alvin D.
Has the pension coverage of women improved?(Special Section on Work/Life Issues)Human resources and labor relationsTurner, John A., Even, William E.
Health plans - reimbursement; enforcing plan provisions; preemption; statute of limitations.(Legal Update)(Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Alabama v. Sanders)Human resources and labor relations 
Health plans - subrogation - offset for attorney fees.(Legal Update)(McIntosh v. Pacific Holding Co.)Human resources and labor relations 
How do pension fund managers really make asset allocation decisions?Human resources and labor relationsBajtelsmit, Vickie L., Worzala, Elaine M.
It's not enough to offer work/life programs - you need to promote them.(Special Section on Work/Life Issues)Human resources and labor relationsReynolds, Helen Box
Legal update.(cases related to employee benefits)Human resources and labor relations 
Making employee self-service work for employees and your company.Human resources and labor relationsMeuse, David
Making medical and disability benefit plans more manageable.Human resources and labor relationsJerde, Mary Jo, Moorhead, Joel F.
Medicare+Choice - cost and funding issues for Medicare risk plans.(Special Section on Medicare Risk Plans)Human resources and labor relationsCosway, Robert G.
Memoirs of an ERISA maven: the first 25 years are the hardest.(Special Issue: 25th Anniversary of ERISA)(Employee Retirement Income Security Act)Human resources and labor relationsMazo, Judith F.
My perspective on ERISA.(Special Issue: 25th Anniversary of ERISA)(a financial specialist's views on the Employee Retirement Income Security Act)Human resources and labor relationsHalpern, Samuel W.
Opening a dialog: communicating with retirees about Medicare+Choice.(Special Section on Medicare Risk Plans)(includes related article on information resources on Medicare+Choice for employers and retirees)Human resources and labor relationsMaeyer, Monica M., Marlowe, Joseph F.
Pension benefits - integration - setoff.(Legal Update)(Bonovich v. Knights of Columbus)Human resources and labor relations 
Plan administration and interpretation administration - health and welfare benefits; exclusions; policy terms interpretation.(Legal Update)(Vickers v. Boston Mutual Life Insurance Co.)Human resources and labor relations 
Puzzling out the new Medicare: how plan sponsors can understand and use Medicare+Choice to benefit their members and themselves.(Special Section on Medicare Risk Plans)(includes traditional strategies for coordinating Medicare payments)Human resources and labor relationsParahus, Stephen
Reinventing employee services delivery - on the road to virtual human resources.Human resources and labor relationsMcCormick, Steven C.
Revising ERISA for the next 25 years.(Special Issue: 25th Anniversary of ERISA)(Employee Retirement Income Security Act)Human resources and labor relationsWood, James O.
Summary plan descriptions; COBRA.(Fallo v. Piccadilly Cafeterias, Inc.)(Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985)Human resources and labor relations 
The construction of mental accounts in benefits decision making.Human resources and labor relationsSchweitzer, Maurice E.
The sandwich generation copes with elder care.(Special Section on Work/Life Issues)Human resources and labor relationsSeaward, Marty R.
Total compensation statements go online - taking a traditional print communication to the Web.(World Wide Web)Human resources and labor relationsCostello, Robyn
Twenty-fifth anniversary reflections on ERISA.(Special Issue: 25th Anniversary of ERISA)(Employee Retirement Income Security Act)Human resources and labor relationsGordon, Michael S.
Twenty-five years of ERISA leaves defined benefit plans battered and bruised.(Special Issue: 25th Anniversary of ERISA)(Employee Retirement Income Security Act)Human resources and labor relationsScahill, Patricia L.
Using defined contributions to sift for higher quality workers.Human resources and labor relationsIppolito, Richard A.
Why employers should care about Medicare+Choice.(Special Section on Medicare Risk Plans)(includes overview of Medicare+Choice)(financial implications)Human resources and labor relationsOstuw, Richard
Work/life: it's all about time.(Special Section on Work/Life Issues)(flexible hours for workers)Human resources and labor relationsSladek, Carol M.
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