by Girish Anand | Jan 17, 2016 | OMB, OSHA
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has withdrawn its Walking Working Surfaces and Personal Fall Protection Systems rule, commonly referred to as “slips, trips and falls,” from review by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)....
by Girish Anand | Jan 14, 2016 | ACA, Affordable Care Act
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) yesterday reported 74,000 new sign-ups on HealthCare.gov from Jan. 3 to Jan. 9, bringing total federal Obamacare enrollments to 8.7 million for the 38 states covered by the online exchange. With another 2.7 million...
by Girish Anand | Jan 13, 2016 | ACA, Affordable Care Act, Obamacare
Health insurers are bombarding Obamacare administrators with complaints that people are waiting to get sick before buying health insurance and then dropping it once they are cured. They want the rules and verification system for special enrollment period (SEP)...
by Girish Anand | Jan 12, 2016 | ACA, Affordable Care Act, Obamacare
The federal Obamacare marketplace, HealthCare.gov, today launched a transgender page, offering both application assistance and health-care rights explanations. On the application front, it advises transgender persons to use the names that appear on their Social...
by Girish Anand | Jan 12, 2016 | EEOC
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) on Monday announced publication of the latest edition of its federal sector Digest of Equal Employment Opportunity Law, which is available online. The digest now includes hyperlinks so that stakeholders can easily...
