by admin | Jan 22, 2015 | Civil Rights Act, Federal Labor Law
A group of 10 terminated McDonald’s employees in Virginia — one Hispanic and nine African-American — are suing both the local franchisee and the behemoth mother corporation for discrimination, claiming they were let go because they...
by admin | Jan 21, 2015 | CMS, Health Care Reform, HHS, Obamacare
The Office of Inspector General (OIG) of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) yesterday released results of its review of the 60 “Federal Marketplace contracts” for HealthCare.gov awarded by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services...
by admin | Jan 20, 2015 | DOL, MSHA
The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) has announced a final rule that will strengthen protections for miners on the working section of underground coal mines by reducing the potential for pinning, crushing or striking accidents. Since 1984, there have been...
by admin | Jan 19, 2015 | OSHA
For the first time since it’s had jurisdiction over the nation’s 22 federal whistleblower statutes, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has investigated more than 3,000 cases in a year. The fiscal year 2014 total of 3,060 establishes a...
by admin | Jan 17, 2015 | Affordable Care Act, CMS, HHS, Obamacare
Though not subject to the scathing public indictment that Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sibelius faced for the Obamacare rollout, Marilyn Tavenner, head of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), is resigning a year after her boss...
