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Assessing the Impact of Federal Entitlement Benefits on Employment

Lebau and Neuworth partner attorney Richard Neuworth recently made a new and important presentation on the topic of Federal Entitlement Benefits and how they affect employment law.

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Home Companions & Aides Can Get Their Wages & Attorney Fees

A Maryland Court recently issued an important decision in Pinnacle Group et al. v. Victoria Kelly concerning overtime for companion-care home-healthcare workers in that state.

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State Law Claims Against Benefit Plans May Be Preempted by ERISA

When an employee is wronged by their employee benefit plan, such as a health care plan or life insurance plan, the employee may want to file a lawsuit in state court -- because state laws generally allow for more diverse remedies and greater damages than those allowed for under the federal Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”). However, employees may not be able to file a lawsuit in state court because ERISA controls, or “preempts,” all state laws to the extent that they relate to employer-sponsored plans.

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Comprehensive New Rules Govern Reporting of Doctors, Health Care Providers

Sweeping new regulations issued from the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, have several key preliminary definitional terms that require a hospital or practice group to report an employee to the Maryland Board of Physicians in certain situations from which he or she may face discipline and never be able to get another job.

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