by Girish Anand | Jun 30, 2013 | State Labor Law
A North Carolina law going into effect today cuts statewide unemployment benefits for new applicants immediately and thus jettisons the federal supplement that continues those benefits once the state portion expires. The federal Emergency Unemployment Compensation...
by Girish Anand | Jun 28, 2013 | Health Care Reform
Today, the Obama administration issued final rules that balance the goal of providing women with coverage for recommended preventive care – including contraceptive services prescribed by a health care provider with no cost-sharing – with the goal...
by Girish Anand | Jun 27, 2013 | Health Care Reform
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) yesterday published a final rule on who qualifies to opt out of the so-called individual mandate to buy health insurance or pay a fine under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The biggest category is simply those who...
by Girish Anand | Jun 25, 2013 | DOL, Federal Labor Law, FLSA, WHD
On this day 75 years ago, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed into law the landmark Wagner Act, which has survived the ages as the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). To this day, the FLSA regulates the minimum wage, overtime page, child labor and many other...
by Girish Anand | Jun 25, 2013 | Federal Labor Law, U.S. Supreme Court
On Monday, the Supreme Court issued two rulings that led Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg to beg Congress to overturn with written legislation. In one case, a 5-4 decision ruled that retaliation claims must be won on a "but-for" basis, and in another...