by Girish Anand | Aug 31, 2013 | DOL, Federal Labor Law, FLSA, WHD
The Department of Labor (DOL) came out with a blazing arsenal of labor law fastballs against the San Francisco Giants baseball franchise and came away with a winner's share of more than half a million bucks for aggrieved clubhouse employees. After a DOL...
by Girish Anand | Aug 31, 2013 | NLRB
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), stung by various court rejections of its National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) poster detailing employee rights in the workplace, has taken its cause to the world of smartphones, unveiling an app on Labor Day Weekend spelling...
by Girish Anand | Aug 30, 2013 | Affordable Care Act, Health Care Reform, HHS, Obamacare
A rule in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) requiring reporting within one hour of all breaches of protected health information (PHI) during Health Insurance Marketplace activities has been dropped in the final regulations, to be published today in the Federal Register....
by Girish Anand | Aug 30, 2013 | IRS
The U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) today ruled that same-sex couples, legally married in jurisdictions that recognize their marriages, will be treated as married for federal tax purposes. The ruling applies regardless of whether...
by Girish Anand | Aug 29, 2013 | HHS, U.S. Supreme Court
Today, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a memo clarifying that all beneficiaries in private Medicare plans have access to equal coverage when it comes to care in a nursing home where their spouse lives. This is the first guidance issued...