by Girish Anand | Feb 21, 2014 | EPA
Yesterday, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced proposed revisions to the Worker Protection Standard in order to protect the nation’s two million farm workers and their families from pesticide exposure. “Today marks an important...
by Girish Anand | Feb 20, 2014 | Affordable Care Act, DOL, Health Care Reform, HHS, Obamacare, PPACA
The U.S. Departments of Labor, Treasury, and Health and Human Services have announced the publication of final regulations implementing a 90-day limit on waiting periods for health coverage, as specified in the Affordable Care Act (ACA). "This is a common sense...
by Girish Anand | Feb 19, 2014 | Minimum Wage Law
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has analyzed the effects of raising the federal minimum wage, using two options: One raising the minimum wage to $9 an hour in two steps, and one raising the wage rate to $10.10 in three steps. Not surprisingly, the CBO concluded...
by Girish Anand | Feb 18, 2014 | U.S. Supreme Court
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is taking his case for statewide sports betting to the U.S. Supreme Court after having his bid to overturn a federal ban rejected by three other courts. In November 2011, New Jersey voters approved a bill establishing sports betting, and...
by Girish Anand | Feb 17, 2014 | OSHA
A maintenance worker fell to his death Jan. 31 from a cell tower in Cameron County, Texas. The next day, a cell phone tower collapsed in Clarksburg, W.Va. Minutes later a second tower at the same Clarksburg site also fell. The collapse of these two towers resulted in...
