by Girish Anand | Sep 15, 2011 | NLRB
An Administrative Law Judge for the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has taken up the board's position that comments on Facebook and other social media sites can in many cases be considered "protected concerted activity." In a recent ruling,...
by Girish Anand | Sep 14, 2011 | DOL, HHS, IRS
The Departments of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Labor (DOL) have joined the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in proposing regulations to fulfill the requirement of 2010's health care reform for insurers to issue full statements of benefits to all affected....
by Girish Anand | Sep 12, 2011 | Federal Labor Law, NLRB
The National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) has sued the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to rescind its required employee rights poster, which the association says the board lacks the authority to mandate. The NLRB on August 30 published a final rule...
by Girish Anand | Sep 9, 2011 | OSHA
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has issued a new directive for its field agents entitled Enforcement Procedures for Inspecting Incidents of Workplace Violence. Specifically, the directive “highlights the steps that should be taken in...
by Girish Anand | Sep 8, 2011 | Health Care Reform
Under provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), beginning Sept. 1 states and the federal government will begin reviewing health premium increases in the small group and individual market, with any increase above 10 percent triggering an...