by Girish Anand | Oct 19, 2017 | ICE
In a major shift from the Obama administration and its focus, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is now looking to deport workers it discovers who lack legal immigration documents to work in the United States. The vehicle for this will be worksite inspections...
by Girish Anand | Oct 17, 2017 | ACA, Affordable Care Act, Health Care Reform
Senators Lamar Alexander (R.-Tenn.) and Patty Murray (D.-Wash.) today announced they have reached agreement on a bipartisan bill that will fund cost-sharing reduction (CSR) payments to insurers serving the Affordable Care Act (ACA) (Obamacare) marketplaces for two...
by Girish Anand | Oct 16, 2017 | DOL
Following President Donald J. Trump’s Executive Order “Expanding Apprenticeships in America,” Secretary of Labor Alexander Acosta today announced members of the President’s Task Force on Apprenticeship Expansion. The Task Force — representing...
by Girish Anand | Oct 13, 2017 | ACA, Affordable Care Act
Confirming what a federal judge had already ruled, President Trump has ended cost-sharing reduction (CSR) payments to insurance companies participating in the Obamacare marketplaces because the payments were never authorized by the House of Representatives, where all...
by Girish Anand | Oct 12, 2017 | ACA, Affordable Care Act, DOL, HHS, Obamacare
As anticipated, President Trump today signed an Executive Order that, once fully implemented, will give consumers new options for health insurance and expand employer-funder Health Reimbursement Arrangements (HRAs). The executive action orders the Department of Labor...