by Girish Anand | Jun 5, 2014 | HHS
The Senate today, by a vote to 78 to 17, confirmed Sylvia Mathews Burwell as secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), succeeding Kathleen Sibelius, who will be remembered as the architect of HealthCare.gov and its many travails. Ms. Burwell, 48, moves over from...
by Girish Anand | Jun 4, 2014 | Minimum Wage Law
In advance of a shareholders' meeting on Friday, WalMart employees nationwide and online will strike today over wages and what they claim is retaliation for employees who speak out about company issues. Protests will be held in some 20-plus cities to...
by Girish Anand | Jun 3, 2014 | Affordable Care Act, Health Care Reform, IRS, Obamacare, PPACA
The Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) have released final rules to implement the information-reporting provisions for insurers and certain employers under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) that take effect in 2015. “Today’s...
by Girish Anand | Jun 3, 2014 | Minimum Wage Law, State Labor Law
Despite reports that nearby SeaTac, which enacted a similar $15-an-hour minimum wage ordinance encumbered by subsequent job losses, reductions in hours, elimination of overtime and implementation of paid parking for employees, Seattle has passed its own historic...
by Girish Anand | Jun 2, 2014 | DOL
The Spring Regulatory Agenda published recently by the Department of Labor (DOL) lists November 2014 as the issue date for proposed new regulations on overtime pay exemptions. Currently, under rules issued in 2005 employees in executive, administrative, professional,...
