Employers use federal law to deny benefits »
Posted By MyWayOnNow 3 months, 1 week ago in StyleDying of cancer, Thomas Amschwand did everything he was told to make sure his wife would collect on the life insurance policy he had through his employer. But Spherion Corp., the temporary staffing company where Amschwand worked, told Amschwand-Bellinger she would not receive any of the $426,000 in benefits.
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engineer3 months, 1 week ago
This really sucks. This is rich mens' law, which should be illegal!!! This is an Oligarchy --- not a Democracy!!
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cosmogenium3 months ago
FTA:
Several federal judges have bemoaned the unfairness even as they have felt constrained to rule in favor of employers.
"The facts ... scream out for a remedy beyond the simple return of premiums," Judge Fortunato Benavides of the New Orleans-based 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said in the Amschwand case. "Regrettably, under existing law it is not available."
The Bush administration has argued that the appeals courts are misreading the precedents and has asked the high court at least twice to clarify the earlier rulings. So far it has refused.
Congress, which could amend ERISA to make clear such suits are allowed, also has taken no action.
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cosmogenium3 months ago
Everybody agrees it's wrong, and nobody in government wants to do anything about it. It's obvious that SCOTUS is in the pockets of big business, along with the rest of the federal government. Oligarchy, indeed! It's a plutocracy!
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