by Girish Anand | Apr 29, 2014 | DOL
The long-vacant position of administrator of the Wage and Hour Division (WHD) of the Department of Labor (DOL) has been filled by the Senate's confirmation of David Weil. Weil was the principal investigator for a report submitted to the DOL in May 2010 titled...
by Girish Anand | Apr 28, 2014 | EEOC
In a complete break with previous court decisions regarding telecommuting as a reasonable accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals has not only thrown open the doors of working at home as a reasonable...
by Girish Anand | Apr 27, 2014 | DHS
Failing, so far at least, to persuade Congress to pass his vision of immigration reform, President Obama has ordered the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to “conduct a review of practices” to ensure “we are carrying out these policies in the...
by Girish Anand | Apr 25, 2014 | Affordable Care Act, Health Care Reform, HHS, Obamacare, PPACA
The Obamacare website for Oregon is expected to shut down today and defer its future sign-ups to HealthCare.gov, the federal marketplace for health insurance. To date, Cover Oregon has been completely dysfunctional and has not signed up a single person on its site....
by Girish Anand | Apr 24, 2014 | NLRB
Football scholarship athletes at Northwestern University go to the ballot box tomorrow to decide whether to recognize a union to bargain in their behalf. The vote follows a ruling by the regional director of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) that student...