by Girish Anand | Sep 24, 2013 | Random Musings
It's not the only store on the Champs-Elysees in Paris that stays open past 9 p.m., the official closing time for all stores in the country according to French law, but it's been "stabbed" by labor unions and forced to observe the curfew, says a...
by Girish Anand | Sep 24, 2013 | IRS
Federal agencies, though with reduced budgets because of the sequestration that kicked in at the start of the calendar year, are still rushing to spend every allocated penny before the close of the federal fiscal year on Sept. 30. The spending is part of a Washington...
by Girish Anand | Sep 22, 2013 | Affordable Care Act, Health Care Reform, Obamacare
In a report that is not all that surprising, the New York Times has concluded that insurers offering health care policies on the Obamacare Marketplaces are keeping costs lower by reducing the number of providers and choices available to purchasers. An article in...
by Girish Anand | Sep 20, 2013 | DOL, Employee Benefits Administration
Agreeing with an earlier pronouncement by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), the Department of Labor (DOL) has issued guidance that, for purposes of benefit plan administration for same-sex spouses, the agency would recognize a "state of celebration" as the...
by Girish Anand | Sep 19, 2013 | Affordable Care Act, Health Care Reform, PPACA
With just two weeks before the launch of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) Health Insurance Marketplaces, which will sell insurance to millions of Americans not covered at work and millions more not previously able to buy coverage, the federal computer...