Recent Articles

Workplace "Mooning" Not Gross Misconduct Under COBRA (July 2010) - The Department of Labor issued a determination that "mooning" a co-worker did not amount to "gross misconduct" that would disqualify her from COBRA continuation coverage.

Congress Listens to Small Business Retirement Plan Sponsors - For Now (June 2010) - The future of “cross tested” retirement plans, a staple of entrepreneurial small businesses, hangs in the balance because of pending legislation currently being considered by the House Ways and Means Committee and the Senate Finance Committee.

Heath Care Reform: Adult Child Coverage (June 2010) -  Health Care Reform is here and group health plans will need to provide dependent coverage for children up to age 26.

Heath Care Mandates for Small Business (June 2010) - The new health care reform law contains an income tax credit for small employers (those with 24 or fewer “full time equivalent” employees with an average compensation of less than $50,000).

HIRE Act Employment Incentives  (April 2010) - The HIRE Act has some attractive tax incentives to employers seeking to add to their workforce.

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Benefits Law Group of Chicago, a web site maintained by the Employee Benefit Department of the Chicago, Illinois law firm, Aronberg Goldgehn Davis & Garmisa, provides information on:

• Employment and employment law, 

• Group health insurance (including COBRA and HIPAA), 

• Pension and retirement plans (including IRAs, 401(k) plans, thrift plans, ESOPs and IRS compliance resolution system filings), 

• ERISA and ERISA compliance (including benefit claims and fiduciary duties), 

• Qualified domestic relations orders (QDROs), age discrimination and gender discrimination,

• Executive compensation (including deferred compensation and non-compete agreements as well as Section 409A compliance),

• Other state and federal employment matters, including ADA, ADEA and Illinois employment law.

Benefits Law Group of Chicago is a resource for HR professionals and human resource departments of private companies and not-for-profit organizations such as hospitals and medical centers, universities, associations and charitable organizations.

Andrew S. Williams has practiced in the employee benefits and ERISA arena since ERISA was passed in 1974.  He has been recognized by his peers through a survey conducted by Leadings Lawyers Network as among the top 5 percent of Illinois lawyers in Small, Closely and Privately Held Business Law and Employee Benefits Law.