by Girish Anand | Jul 31, 2017 | DOL, WHD
The Wage and Hour Division (WHD) of the Department of Labor (DOL) and Sonic Industries Services Inc. – franchiser of the SONIC Drive-In restaurant chain – have signed a voluntary agreement to help SONIC’s independently owned and operated franchise locations comply...
by Girish Anand | Jul 26, 2017 | OSHA
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has published a guide to help businesses comply with its new standard on exposure to respirable crystalline silica dust, a known carcinogen that can lead to silicosis, a lung disease. OSHA estimates that 2.3...
by Girish Anand | Jul 26, 2017 | HHS, HIPAA, OCR
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and its Office for Civil Rights (OCR) have launched a revised web tool that puts important information into the hands of individuals, empowering them to better identify recent breaches of health information and to...
by Girish Anand | Jul 25, 2017 | DOL
Speaking in Denver about apprenticeships, Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta pointed to licensing requirements as a barrier to employment that need to be streamlined. He noted that only one in 20 professions in the 1950s required licensing, but today it’s one in...
by Girish Anand | Jul 25, 2017 | DOL, Overtime Rules
The Department of Labor (DOL) announced it will publish a Request for Information (RFI) for the overtime rule on Wednesday, July 26, 2017. The RFI is an opportunity for the public to provide information that will aid the department in formulating a proposal to revise...