by Girish Anand | Sep 30, 2017 | ACA, Affordable Care Act, CHIP
The latest effort to repeal and replace Obamacare — the Graham-Cassidy bill that would turn health care over to the states — never made it to vote, and with the fiscal year ending tonight, the Republicans’ chance to use the reconciliation process,...
by Girish Anand | Sep 29, 2017 | EEOC
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced the latest edition of its federal sector Digest of Equal Employment Opportunity Law (EEO Digest), which is available on the EEOC’s website. This edition (Fiscal Year 2017, Volume 4) features a...
by Girish Anand | Sep 29, 2017 | HHS
Tom Price, M.D., secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), resigned today amid a nationwide controversy over his use of private jets for government travel, sticking the taxpaying public with a tab of $1 million or more. Before the announcement of Price’s...
by Girish Anand | Sep 28, 2017 | EEOC
While the Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia decides whether to vacate the current Wellness Rule, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) says it won’t be able to issue a revised rule until October 2019, effective in 2021. In...
by Girish Anand | Sep 26, 2017 | NLRB
The Senate on Monday, Sept. 25, confirmed business lawyer William Emanuel, President Trump’s pick to fill an open seat on the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), by a vote of 49-47. The vote puts the board, the nation’s top labor law enforcement agency,...
