Department of Labor reaches settlement with New York insurer, 3rd-party health plan administrator to end ‘cross-plan offsetting’ practice

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NEW YORK – The U.S. Department of Labor has entered into a settlement agreement with EmblemHealth Inc., a New York-based insurer and third-party administrator of employment-based group health plans governed by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, resolving claims that Emblem breached its fiduciary duties under federal law by engaging in a practice known as “cross-plan

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Federal investigation finds RM Palmer did not evacuate West Reading candy plant before gas leak explosion fatally injured 7 workers

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READING, PA – The U.S. Department of Labor has found a well-known Pennsylvania candy maker failed to evacuate employees after some reported smelling gas before a March 2023 explosion that killed seven workers at the company’s West Reading facility.The department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration opened an investigation and learned R.M. Palmer Co. did not remove workers from

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EPA penalizes Idaho company over $20,000 for Clean Water Act violations

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EPA penalizes Idaho company over $20,000 for Clean Water Act violations October 5, 2023 Contact Information R10 Public Affairs Office (R10_Press_Team@epa.gov) SEATTLE – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today that Clearwater Forest Industries LLC of Kooskia, Idaho, will pay $23,950 for violations of Section 402 of the Clean Water Act.  The facility had a

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