by Girish Anand | Sep 20, 2012 | NLRB
In a decision reached in early September, the National Labor Relations Board has ruled that a company's prohibition against employees' making any online statements that “damage the Company … or damage any person’s reputation” is...
by Girish Anand | Sep 19, 2012 | Health Care Reform, HHS
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) requires that employers begin issuing what's called a Summary of Benefits and Coverage (SBC) on the first day of the company's open enrollment period for group health insurance commencing on or after Sept....
by Girish Anand | Sep 18, 2012 | Health Care Reform
With the upcoming presidential election hinging on health care and the economy, analysis shows that poor health and its impact on productivity costs the U.S. economy $576 billion per year. This is according to estimates by the Integrated Benefits Institute (IBI), a...
by Girish Anand | Sep 17, 2012 | I-9, ICE, USCIS
The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has made some improvements and added new features to its E-Verify site, which were implemented Sept. 16. (E-Verify is a voluntary resource that allows employers to check government documents of job...
by Girish Anand | Sep 17, 2012 | DOL, OSHA
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), in a unanimous ruling by the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, has been told that it cannot use a five-and-half-year statute of limitations as a standard for issuing fines for safety...