by admin | Aug 31, 2015 | Affordable Care Act, CMS, Obamacare
The next open enrollment period for Marketplace coverage begins on Nov. 1, 2015, for coverage starting on Jan. 1, 2016. Some people can sign up for health coverage outside of open enrollment, before Nov. 1, because they qualify for a special enrollment period (SEP). A...
by admin | Aug 28, 2015 | NLRB
The growing practice of hiring contract workers from third-party staffing agencies instead of full-time employees took a hit yesterday when the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) ruled 3-to-2 that such firms are nonetheless responsible for labor violations...
by admin | Aug 27, 2015 | EEOC
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has completed its mailing of the 2015 EEO-1 survey notification letters, the federal agency announced Wednesday. The EEO-1 is an annual survey required to be filed by all private employers with 100 or more employees...
by admin | Aug 25, 2015 | DOL
National Consolidated Couriers Inc., based in San Leandro, Calif., but with clients across the country, has agreed to a court judgment requiring it to pay $5 million in back wages and damages to more than 600 drivers it misclassified as independent contractors, having...
by admin | Aug 23, 2015 | OSHA
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has issued updated “policies and procedures* for applying a new process for resolving whistleblower disputes. The new process is an early resolution process that is to be used as part of a regional Alternative...