by admin | Aug 11, 2014 | Federal Labor Law, WARN Act
Laid-off employees at the Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) in Hawthorne, Calif., are taking the Elon Musk-owned company to court over some 200-400 layoffs conducted on or about July 21. The vehicle for the lawsuit is the Worker Adjustment and Retraining...
by admin | Aug 10, 2014 | Affordable Care Act, Obamacare
Oracle Corp. has filed suit against the Oregon agency that operated the state's now-defunct Obamacare marketplace website, in the process accusing Gov. John Kitzhaber of trying to systematically "vilify the company in the media." In a 21-page complaint...
by admin | Aug 8, 2014 | Federal Labor Law, FLSA, Personnel Concepts
In a case brought to trial against the NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Association) by former UCLA basketball star Ed O'Bannon, a federal judge has ruled that Division 1 football and basketball players, who were included in the lawsuit, own the rights to their...
by admin | Aug 7, 2014 | Affordable Care Act, Health Care Reform, Obamacare, PPACA
In addition to the "outs" provided in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) itself, the Obama administration has engineered 14 ways uninsured Americans can avoid paying a penalty for not having health insurance, according to today's Wall Street Journal. An...
by admin | Aug 7, 2014 | OFCCP
The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) has released a Fact Sheet, FAQs and Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) requiring federal contractors and subcontractors to submit an annual Equal Pay Report on employee compensation. The NPRM would amend the...