by Girish Anand | Jun 30, 2017 | DOL, Overtime Rules
The Department of Labor (DOL) today asked the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals to clarify its authority to establish a salary threshold for determining overtime eligibility, but did not endorse the Obama-era proposed salary level of $47,476 a year. In a brief filed in the...
by Girish Anand | Jun 30, 2017 | DOL
The Department of Labor (DOL) has published a Request for Information (RFI) related to the fiduciary rule. The RFI is an opportunity for the public to provide data and information that may be used to revise the rule and associated exemptions. There is a 15-day comment...
by Girish Anand | Jun 29, 2017 | EEOC
President Trump on Monday created some new beltway waves when he nominated outsider Janet Dhillon, currently an executive vice president and general counsel at Burlington Stores Inc., to be chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). If confirmed by...
by Girish Anand | Jun 28, 2017 | OSHA
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (SHA) has proposed a delay in the electronic reporting compliance date of the rule Improve Tracking of Workplace Injuries and Illnesses from July 1, 2017, to Dec. 1, 2017. The proposed delay will allow OSHA an...
by Girish Anand | Jun 28, 2017 | ACA, Health Care Reform, Medicare
At the same time that it issued its assessment of the Senate’s new health care plan, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released a related report comparing physician and hospital costs when paid by private insurers and when paid by Medicare and Medicare...