by Girish Anand | May 26, 2015 | DOL
Following a Congressional mandate, the Department of Labor (DOL) — along with all other federal regulatory agencies — has released its semi-annual regulatory agenda and report. Prominent among anticipated regulations are three: a proposed regulation on...
by admin | May 23, 2015 | HIPAA
The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), charged with enforcing the privacy, security and breach provisions of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), has confirmed it has dispatched preliminary...
by admin | May 22, 2015 | Affordable Care Act, Obamacare, PPACA
Though proposed health insurance premium increases are subject to state and federal review, the third year of the Affordable Care Act (ACA, aka Obamacare) looks to be one in which insurers seek to recoup the money needed to cover the newly enrolled sick and elderly....
by admin | May 20, 2015 | Minimum Wage Law
The Los Angeles City Council has voted with a lone naysayer to raise the minimum wage in the city to $15 an hour in 2020, joining other major cities like San Francisco, Washington, D.C., Seattle and New York City. Like the other municipalities, Los Angeles will raise...
by admin | May 19, 2015 | U.S. Supreme Court
A unanimous Supreme Court has ruled that employers can be sued by employees if the 401(k) company retirement plans they sponsor are shown to have charged excessive fees. The ruling affirms that employers have a “continuing duty to monitor” 401(k) accounts...
