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Trucking companies said they are adjusting 2014 health-care plans to meet federal requirements so employees have adequate time to understand enrollment changes.

New York State Trooper William Keane, 56, died Friday from a heart attack after competing in the North American Inspectors Championship last week in Salt Lake City.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration enforcement mechanism dubbed Compliance, Safety, Accountability has been the topic of much discussion and controversy since its launch in 2010.

UPS Inc. has told employees it plans to halt health-care coverage next year for about 15,000 spouses of nonunion workers who are covered by other plans, a move some analysts said could spark other companies to follow suit.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is overhauling its system for registering the companies that it regulates, a move that will condense 16 forms that companies must complete into a single Web-based form, regulators said last week.

UPS Inc. has told employees it plans to halt health-care coverage for about 15,000 spouses of nonunion workers who are covered by other plans.

By Rob Capobianco

Partner

Jackson Lewis LLP

The Department of Transportation has issued emergency rules to keep parked rail cars from breaking loose, following last month’s crash of untethered rail cars in Quebec that killed almost 50 people.

President Obama has reappointed Deborah Hersman to a third term as chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board.