by Girish Anand | Jun 25, 2013 | State Labor Law
Nevada has become the 11th state to ban employers from seeking access to applicants' and employees' social media passwords with legislation that goes into effect this coming Oct. 1. The law creates exceptions when employers view applicants' or...
by Girish Anand | Jun 25, 2013 | State Labor Law
Oregon has passed legislation that extends discrimination protection to unpaid interns, putting them on the same legal page as regular employees but without creating an employment relationship. Under the new law, unpaid interns are protected from discrimination and...
by Girish Anand | Jun 24, 2013 | NLRB, U.S. Supreme Court
The Supreme Court today agreed to take up the issue of whether appointments made by President Obama on Jan. 4, 2012, to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) were legally done under the Constitution's recess-appointment clause. Earlier this year, the U.S....
by Girish Anand | Jun 24, 2013 | Health Care Reform, HHS
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today kicked off its Health Insurance Marketplace education effort with a new, consumer-focused HealthCare.gov website and a 24-hours-a-day consumer call center to help Americans prepare for open enrollment and...
by Girish Anand | Jun 23, 2013 | EEOC
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has issued a Final Rule revising certain provisions of its Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) regulations. EEOC's revised FOIA regulations, 29 CFR Part 1610 ("Availability of Records"), incorporate...
