Thursday, January 31st, 2008

PERS/TRS Lawsuit

The State’s lawsuit against the former actuary for its pension plans was removed to federal court on January 7th.  It’s assigned to Judge John Sedwick. 
The State’s Retirement Management Board is represented by Paul Weiss from New York; Michael Lessmeier of Juneau’s Lessmeier & Winters, and Michael Barnhill from the Juneau AG’s office are the Board’s local counsel.  Mercer […]

Thursday, January 31st, 2008

FMLA Amendments

On Monday, Jan. 28th, President Bush signed the bill that expands the FMLA benefits for employees with family members in the military.  For complete coverage of the amendments, go to the FMLA Blog and Pennsylvania Employment Law Blog.  The amendments are effective immediately.