by admin | Aug 29, 2014 | Affordable Care Act, CMS
Pennsylvania, where Gov. Tom Corbett has long sought changes in how the federal health care system is run, has finally agreed to expand its Medicaid coverage under terms of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), but will let private insurers run the program for the state with...
by admin | Aug 28, 2014 | NLRB
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) recently ruled that a Facebook discussion on an employer's tax withholding calculations and an employee's "like" of the discussion constituted "protected, concerted activity" under the National...
by admin | Aug 28, 2014 | EEOC
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) will sign a national Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the United Mexican States on Friday, Aug. 29,\ at EEOC headquarters in Washington D.C. The MOU is designed to...
by admin | Aug 26, 2014 | OSHA
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) today released a publication called Recommended Practices for use by staffing agencies and host employers to better protect temporary workers...
by admin | Aug 26, 2014 | EEOC
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), which enforces Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, recently issued explicit guidance on "Religious Garb and Grooming in the Workplace: Rights and Responsibilities." The bottom line is that employers...