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Tax on medical residents upheld by Supreme Court
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2011/01/12 08:59
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| pMedical residents are doctors, not students, when it comes to paying federal taxes, the Supreme Court ruled unanimously Tuesday in a decision that disappointed the University of Minnesota and the Mayo Clinic, who have been fighting the issue in court for years./ppAn opinion by Chief Justice John Roberts upholds an Internal Revenue Service requirement that medical residents pay Federal Insurance Contributions Act taxes./ppThe University of Minnesota and Mayo have argued that medical residents are students who qualify for a long-standing exemption from paying those taxes. Full-time students who work are generally exempt./ppBut the Supreme Court says medical residents -- who typically work 50 to 80 hours a week -- don't qualify./ppThe decision ends decades of legal back-and-forth and could cost medical schools $700 million in federal taxes annually. The employer and employee each pay half the tax. The University of Minnesota estimates that the U and its medical residents pay about $4.3 million a year./p |
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Judge approves $179M settlement for AK Steel retire
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2011/01/12 08:02
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pU.S. District Judge Timothy Black has approved a previously disclosed $179 million settlement and entered a final judgment in a dispute between AK Steel and retirees at its Butler, Pa., steel plant./ppThe AK Steel retirees had filed a class-action lawsuit in June 2009 to stop the company from making changes to their health insurance benefits. It had started making retirees pay a portion of their premiums in January 2010./ppWest Chester-based AK Steel is the largest Dayton-area company, with more than $4 billion in revenue./ppUnder the terms of the settlement, AK Steel will continue to pay for the benefits through 2014 and also pay $91 million to two trusts to cover future benefits for hourly and salaries retirees./ppIn return, the company has been relieved of liability for any benefits after 2014, and the lawsuit was dismissed.
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Judge Rules Teacher Performance Ratings Should Be Public
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2011/01/12 03:59
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| pA State Supreme Court judge ruled yesterday that New York City can make teacher performance ratings public. The United Federation of Teachers has vowed to appeal the decision./ppThe suit, which was launched by the UFT against the Department of Education, argued that the move by the city to release the ratings was “arbitrary and capricious.”/ppThe data reflected in the Teacher Data Reports (TDRs) should not be released, because the TDRs are so flawed and unreliable as to be subjective and without merit, argued a union representative./ppState Senator Velmanette Montgomery, a longtime champion of children’s education, expressed some concern around the test methodology which, she says, should be independently verified by a recognized authority. If it is flawed, the actions taken could ruin the careers of valuable educators and hurt the school system and our children, said Montgomery./p |
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Appeals Court judge lobbies for high court spot
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2011/01/09 09:02
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| pAppeals Court Judge Jane Markey of Grand Rapids says Gov. Rick Snyder should name her to the Michigan Supreme Court because she'd bring a west Michigan perspective. /ppSnyder could name a replacement as early as Monday for Justice Maura Corrigan, who steps down Friday to become Human Services director. /ppThe 59-year-old Markey said in a release that current justices are from southeast Michigan or the Lansing area. She adds no one from Grand Rapids has been a justice since 1946. /ppMarkey hoped to run for the high court in 2010, but Republicans nominated Wayne Circuit Court Judge Mary Beth Kelly, who beat Justice Alton Davis. /p |
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