by Girish Anand | Jan 28, 2013 | Health Care Reform, HHS
Originally set as March 1 this year, the deadline for all employers to inform their workforces about how the new health insurance exchanges will operate has been delayed, with no new date offered. The Health and Human Services (HHS) Department fact sheet explaining...
by Girish Anand | Jan 25, 2013 | NLRB
Three appointments to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) by President Obama using his "recess appointment" authority are unconstitutional, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia ruled today. The three-justice panel ruled that the...
by Girish Anand | Jan 25, 2013 | DOL, FMLA
The Department of Labor (DOL) this month released a new fact sheet on Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) leave to care for an adult child, stepchild, adopted child, legal ward or someone for whom the employee stands in loco parentis. In a nutshell, here is the...
by Girish Anand | Jan 24, 2013 | OSHA
The OSHA Log 300 "Summary of Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses" must be posted by all businesses by Feb. 1, 2013, and kept up until April 30, 2013. The posting must be certified by the owner or highest-ranking official at the site, and each year's Log...
by Girish Anand | Jan 23, 2013 | EEOC
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has announced that it is seeking public comments regarding its priorities in its federal sector program as part of the agency's recently approved Strategic Enforcement Plan (SEP) for Fiscal Years 2013-2016. The...