by Girish Anand | Nov 27, 2013 | Health Care Reform, HHS, Obamacare, PPACA
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is publishing a 254-page packet of draft regulations in the Federal Register on Monday, with public commentary due no later than 30 days thereafter on the Obamacare issues it addresses. The omnibus package deals...
by Girish Anand | Nov 26, 2013 | Minimum Wage Law, Personnel Concepts, State Labor Law
Both sides foresaw a potential recount of balloting for SeaTac Proposition 1, which would raise the small city's airport-related hospitality and transportation workers' salaries to a minimum of $15 an hour. On Monday after three weeks of counting votes, the...
by Girish Anand | Nov 26, 2013 | DOL
The Department of Labor has launched a new online resource that provides guidance and information to states interested in developing or improving short-time compensation programs, also known as work-sharing. The STC program is designed to avert employee layoffs for...
by Girish Anand | Nov 25, 2013 | Affordable Care Act, Health Care Reform, HHS, Obamacare, PPACA
A professional Internet security expert, aka a "white hat hacker," claims that it will take a year to fix the security flaws in the federal Obamacare website. David Kennedy, chief executive of TrustedSec, testified about the flaws in HealthCare.gov before...
by Girish Anand | Nov 22, 2013 | Affordable Care Act, Health Care Reform, Obamacare, PPACA
A day after Covered California extended the sign-up deadline for Obamacare health policies starting on Jan, 1, the Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has opted to follow suit, giving consumers nationwide another eight days for enrolling on...