by Girish Anand | Dec 22, 2016 | ACA, Affordable Care Act
Of the 6.4 million Americans who signed up for health insurance on the Obamacare exchanges by the Dec. 19 deadline for coverage beginning Jan. 1, about 2 million of them were first-timers, presenting the incoming Trump administration with added challenges in not...
by Girish Anand | Dec 20, 2016 | DOL, EBSA
Saying that increasing access to retirement savings opportunities is the surest way to help more of America’s workers secure their financial futures, the Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) has announced a final rule to assist large cities and other...
by Girish Anand | Dec 17, 2016 | ACA, Affordable Care Act, CMS
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), which administers the health insurance marketplaces and regulates the provisions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), on Friday threw down the gauntlet to President-elect Donald Trump and his incoming administration...
by Girish Anand | Dec 17, 2016 | DOL, OSHA
The Department of Labor (DOL) announced on Friday it will publish a final rule on Monday, Dec. 19 — the day electors meet to cast their votes for the next president — that will clarify employers’ obligation to retain records of workplace injuries and...
by Girish Anand | Dec 16, 2016 | FLSA, NLRB
The U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed a district court’s ruling that denied employee status under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) to student athletes at the University of Pennsylvania, who had filed suit to establish an employer-employee...