by Girish Anand | Aug 23, 2017 | ADA, EEOC, GINA
A federal judge has granted summary judgment to the AARP in its suit against the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) over the latter’s May 2016 wellness rule concerning company-run wellness programs. Judge John D. Bates of the U.S. District Court for...
by Girish Anand | Aug 23, 2017 | ACA, Affordable Care Act, Health Care Reform, IRS
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) reports that 4 million Americans paid an average of $708 for not having health insurance in 2016 — what the IRS terms the Individual Shared Responsibility Payment (ISRP). The average is just over the base penalty of $695...
by Girish Anand | Aug 21, 2017 | OSHA
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) will hold the second of two meetings Aug. 28, 2017, in New Orleans, La., to continue the discussion on the future direction of the agency’s Voluntary Protection Programs (VPP). The discussion will include a...
by Girish Anand | Aug 17, 2017 | ACA, Affordable Care Act, IRS
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) recently issued four letters emphasizing that the employer shared responsibility and individual mandate provisions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) are still the law of the land and will be enforced. In the two years since businesses...
by Girish Anand | Aug 16, 2017 | HHS
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced today the appointment of national experts to guide a new initiative to better serve Americans with serious mental illness. The Interdepartmental Serious Mental Illness Coordinating Committee (ISMICC) was...
