by Girish Anand | Jun 20, 2014 | Affordable Care Act, HHS
In a report released this week, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) reveals that 90 percent of the 5.4 million Americans who purchased health insurance on the federal exchange are receiving subsidies and paying less than $100 a month for their...
by Girish Anand | Jun 20, 2014 | EEOC
In its latest regulatory agenda, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) lists a re-examination of the rules for company wellness programs as one of its priorities, determined to wring every ounce of discrimination out of these programs. As an example, the...
by Girish Anand | Jun 17, 2014 | Health Care Reform, HHS, HIPAA
The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) in the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has collected $10 million in fines since June 2013 for breaches of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), which protects patients' medical privacy, but...
by Girish Anand | Jun 16, 2014 | NLRB
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) for the first time in the agency’s history recently conducted a trial examination of a witness via international videoconferencing. NLRB Region 20 in San Francisco worked with employees of the US Embassy in Madrid,...
by Girish Anand | Jun 14, 2014 | DOL
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, in a 3-0 decision, has ruled that the Department of Labor (DOL) illegally lowered wages and worsened working conditions for cattle herders, sheepherders and goat herders because it bypassed required rulemaking...
