by Girish Anand | Jun 22, 2017 | Federal Labor Law
The Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces Final Rule, which required anyone bidding for a federal contract to voluntarily report any state or federal labor law violations when applying, has already been killed twice — by legislative and executive action — since...
by Girish Anand | Jun 21, 2017 | HHS
Beth Killoran, the chief information officer (CIO) for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), recently told a tech conference that her department faces “500 million cyber hack attempts each week” due to the millions of medical records that HHS...
by Girish Anand | Jun 20, 2017 | MSHA
Data recently compiled between October 2015 and March 2017 by the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) shows that less experienced miners – both at a mine and at a specific occupation – suffer injuries at a higher rate than more experienced miners. Over this...
by Girish Anand | Jun 19, 2017 | DOL
Secretary of Labor Alexander Acosta on June 15 welcomed President Donald J. Trump’s step toward fulfilling his promise to grow the American economy with the announcement of an executive order to expand apprenticeships and vocational training, close the skills gap and...
by Girish Anand | Jun 19, 2017 | DOL, Overtime Rules
Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta informed a House subcommittee on June 7 that the Department of Labor (DOL) will submit a Request for Information (RFI) to seek input on the Obama-era overtime rule that has been blocked for half a year by a federal judge’s...
