by Girish Anand | Mar 31, 2017 | EEOC
Texas Roadhouse, a national, Kentucky-based restaurant chain, will pay $12 million and furnish other relief to settle an age discrimination lawsuit brought by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today. The EEOC had filed...
by Girish Anand | Mar 31, 2017 | EEOC
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) will hold a meeting on Wednesday, April 5, from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. (Eastern Time), at agency headquarters, 131 M Street, N.E., Washington D.C. The meeting, entitled “The State of the Workforce and the...
by Girish Anand | Mar 31, 2017 | DOL, MSHA
The Department of Labor (DOL) has proposed a delay in the effective date of the final rule on Examinations of Working Places in Metal and Nonmetal Mines from May 23, 2017, to July 24, 2017. The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) is proposing to delay the...
by Girish Anand | Mar 30, 2017 | DOL
The Department of Labor (DOL), after closing a 15-day commentary period, has sent for approval the proposed 60-day delay in its Fiduciary Rule to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), which would push its implementation date from April 9 to June 10 at the...
by Girish Anand | Mar 29, 2017 | ACA, Affordable Care Act, Health Care Reform, HHS, Obamacare
Testifying before Congress today, Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price pledged to uphold the Affordable Care Act (ACA, or Obamacare) so long as it is “the law of the land,” including the individual and employer mandates. “So long as the law is on...