Hot employee benefits issues: Vested coverages, retaliation, and americans with Disabilities Act

Journal Article · Fri Dec 31 04:00:00 EST 1993 · Tort and Insurance Law Journal

OSTI ID:466983

Engel, D A; Giffin, S L ^[1]

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1. Peterson & Ross, Chicago, IL (United States)

In recent years, spiraling health care costs, and the concomitant increases in the costs to employers of providing health care coverages for their employees, have led employers to make great efforts to limit health care coverage costs. This is often accomplished by increasing employee contributions for the costs of health care coverage, limiting various coverages (such as those for the treatment of AIDS and mental health disorders), and/or eliminating coverages altogether. In response, employees have contested, and will likely continue to contest, these efforts by claiming that they are entitled to vested coverages and/or that actions by their employers run afoul of employee statutory protection embodied in ERISA and/or the ADA. This article explores the viability of such employee claims in light of existing statutory and case law on point. 158 refs.

• OSTI ID: 466983
• Journal Information: Tort and Insurance Law Journal, Journal Name: Tort and Insurance Law Journal Journal Issue: 4 Vol. 28; ISSN TILJED; ISSN 0885-856X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

99 GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS
ADA
EMPLOYMENT
INSURANCE
LAWSUITS
PERSONNEL