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An hourly wage of $13.45. that's because wild land firefighters are classified as quote, forestry technicians by the federal government. there's no classification takes into the account the dangerous work that these men and women do, bipartisan group of house members want to change it. congresswoman joe jordan a goose of colorado, and congresswoman les cheney of wyoming, and congresswoman katie porter of california, to improve the pay and benefits of federal firefighters, the bill would raise their hourly pay, to these $20 an hour. $20 an hour to tactical of fire, and their salaries to at leas...

On Thursday, Judge Jane Magnus-Stinson of the Southern District of Indiana issued a mixed ruling in a case challenging a benefit denial by defendants

U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR) applauded the signing of a memorandum by the Office of the Secretary of Defense that enables members of the Guard and Reserve to concurrently use Federal Tuition Assistance and GI Bill benefits to fund their education, similar to active duty servicemembers. This process was initiated in August, following efforts led by Boozman and U.S. Senator John Hoeven (R-ND) to ensure Guard and Reserve servicemembers receive the full education benefits to which they are entitled. Boozman also recently joined a bipartisan group of senators in urging Secretary of Def...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: The Employee Benefits Practice is pleased to present the Employee Benefits Developments Newsletter for the month of April 2021. Click on the links below for more information on each specific development or case. Circuit Court Finds Claims of ERISA Fiduciary Breach Do Not "Relate to" Employment for Purpose of Employment-Based Arbitration Agreement Release of Claims Fails to Block ERISA Lawsuit Amounts Paid for Personal Protective Equipment Treated as Medical Expense Fidelity Not Acting as ERISA Fiduciary in Charging Access Fee to Mut...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: The US District Court for the Northern District of California recently held that a third party claims administrator (TPA) breached its fiduciary duty in excluding certain autism related services under an employer’s self-funded medical plan.  An entity may be considered a fiduciary by being formally identified as a “named” fiduciary of the plan, or a “functional” fiduciary based on its actions.  Although the TPA argued it was neither a named nor a functional fiduciary, the court found that the TPA exercised sufficient dis...