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by admin | Aug 7, 2014 | Minimum Wage Law, State Labor Law
Earlier, we learned that business owners in the SeaTac community of Washington had found innovative ways to combat the effects of a mandated new $15-an-hour minimum wage — charging for parking, ending free food, making employees pay for uniforms — and now...
by admin | Aug 5, 2014 | DOL, Federal Labor Law, FLSA, Minimum Wage Law
LinkedIn Corp. has agreed to pay $3,346,195 in overtime back wages and $2,509,646 in liquidated damages to 359 former and current employees working at company branches in California, Illinois, Nebraska and New York. An investigation by the Department of Labor’s...
by admin | Aug 5, 2014 | DOL
The Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) announced it has published a proposed rule that would amend its existing civil penalty regulations by simplifying the criteria for assessing health and safety violations and increasing emphasis...
by admin | Aug 4, 2014 | Affordable Care Act, HHS
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is working to verify the eligibility of those who received subsidized health care policies during the open enrollment period that ended March 31 but had discrepancies on their applications. Under the Affordable Care...
by admin | Aug 2, 2014 | Affordable Care Act, Health Care Reform, Obamacare, PPACA
After remaining steady for several months, the share of Americans expressing an unfavorable view of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) rose to 53 percent in July, up eight percentage points from June to its highest level since the ACA was passed in 2010, according to the...
