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6 Disability Insurance Definitions Workers Should Read Before Relying on Employer Coverage

Employer disability insurance can feel like a comforting safety net, but the fine print often hides the details that decide how much help arrives when a serious illness or injury interrupts a paycheck. Before counting on workplace coverage, workers should learn the key disability insurance definitions that shape eligibility, claims,…

The Free Financial Advisor · Jul 19

Trump Cuts Quietly Gutted a Health Plan and Retirement Watchdog

The Labor Department agency has lost a quarter of its staff and curtailed enforcement under a chief who once represented the industry it regulates.

Capital & Main · Jul 17

How health insurers get a free pass to deny coverage from a 52-year-old law meant to protect worker pensions

Florence Corcoran, an employee of South Central Bell Telephone Company, was eight months into a high-risk pregnancy when her obstetrician recommended she spend the final month on bed rest in the hospital, for close monitoring. Despite the recommendation, her health insurer determined that it would only cover partial-day at-home nursing…

The Conversation · Jul 2

Labor Department urged to forgo retirement plans’ climate disclosures

The Labor Department is facing pressure to finish a proposed rule before requiring pension plans to disclose climate risk.

Roll Call · Jun 9, 2022