by Girish Anand | Dec 31, 2013 | Minimum Wage Law, Personnel Concepts
Happy Hogmanay (Scottish for last day of the year)! On Jan. 1, 15 states will have new minimum wages in effect, so if your business operates in any of those states, you should update your State and Federal Labor Law Poster now. The 15 states are Arizona,...
by Girish Anand | Dec 29, 2013 | Affordable Care Act, HHS, Obamacare, PPACA
Breaking from its stated policy of releasing enrollment figures only after a month is over, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced today that 975,000 Americans had enrolled for insurance through HealthCare.gov through Dec. 24. The HHS statement...
by Girish Anand | Dec 28, 2013 | Minimum Wage Law
A King County Superior Court Judge yesterday severely curtailed the reach of the recently passed SeaTac $15 minimum wage initiative, saying it could only be enforced outside the boundary of Seattle Tacoma (SeaTac) International Airport. The result is that 1,600...
by Girish Anand | Dec 28, 2013 | Personnel Concepts
One of the last remaining programs fashioned to help fight the Great Recession expires today, affecting 1.3 million Americans who will lose their extended unemployment benefits paid by the federal government. Several million more are expected to reach their limit in...
by Girish Anand | Dec 27, 2013 | Affordable Care Act, State Labor Law
Almost three months after the Oregon Health Care Marketplace was supposed to go live, the website still isn't working, and state officials have pulled all Obamacare advertising from the airways. An estimated 36,000 Oregonians have thus far enrolled through Cover...