by admin | Feb 10, 2015 | OSHA
The Liberty Mutual Research Institute for Safety has released its 2014 Workplace Safety Index, which ranks the 10 leading causes of workplace injuries and their associated direct workers’ compensation costs. Overexertion ranked first as the leading cause of...
by admin | Feb 9, 2015 | EEOC
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has issued an advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM) on the equal employment opportunity (EEO) complaint process in the federal sector, the agency announced. The ANPRM, which has been coordinated with other...
by admin | Feb 9, 2015 | HHS, HIPAA, OCR
The theft of the personally identifiable data of 80 million policyholders of Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield from the company’s database pinpoints a flaw in federal privacy standards, which do not require data encryption but merely encourage it. Under the...
by admin | Feb 5, 2015 | DOL
On Tuesday, the Department of Labor (DOL) posted a notice in the Federal Register seeking public commentary on “improving regulation and regulatory review” and set the deadline for receipt of the comments on Feb. 25 — a window of a scant three weeks....
by admin | Feb 4, 2015 | EEOC
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today released a comprehensive set of fiscal year 2014 private sector data tables providing detailed breakdowns for the 88,778 charges of workplace discrimination the agency received. The fiscal year ran from Oct. 1,...
