by Girish Anand | Sep 29, 2016 | ACA, Affordable Care Act
Starting in 2017, states can opt out of the federal Affordable Care Act (ACA) and implement their own health care systems, but they must match or exceed ACA standards. Hawaii has now jumped into the opt-out, do-better fray, saying its own standards already exceed...
by Girish Anand | Sep 29, 2016 | EEOC
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced that, starting in March 2018, it will collect summary employee pay data from certain employers. The new data will improve investigations of possible pay discrimination, which remains a contributing...
by Girish Anand | Sep 29, 2016 | DOL
The Department of Labor (DOL) today announced a final rule requiring federal contractors to provide paid sick leave to employees who work on or in connection with certain federal contracts. The rule will allow these workers to use paid leave if they are sick, need to...
by Girish Anand | Sep 28, 2016 | ACA, Affordable Care Act, Health Care Reform, HHS, Obamacare, PPACA
With the sign-up of young persons lagging behind the needs of balancing young and old, healthy and sick, the administration is turning to cyberspace and other initiatives to lure young people into signing up for health insurance on the Affordable Care Act (ACA)...
by Girish Anand | Sep 27, 2016 | EEOC
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today unveiled a new online resource center designed to help small business owners comply with the laws enforced by EEOC. The Small Business Resource Center (SBRC), located on EEOC’s public website at...