by admin | Apr 8, 2015 | DOJ, OFCCP
President Obama’s executive order prohibiting employment discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity by businesses with federal contracts goes into effect today, effectively extending protection to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender...
by admin | Apr 7, 2015 | DHS, USCIS
President Obama’s plan to provide legal status and even work permits for up to 5 million undocumented immigrants has been blocked by a federal judge in Texas since February, but yesterday a consortium of 73 cities and counties in 27 states filed a legal brief...
by admin | Apr 6, 2015 | NLRA, NLRB
Since the enactment of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), the Decisions and Orders of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) have been published in bound volumes. Since the NLRB’s headquarters in Washington, DC, will be moving to a smaller location this...
by admin | Apr 3, 2015 | BLS, OSHA, workplace violence
In 2013, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported more than 23,000 significant injuries due to assault at work. More than 70 percent of these assaults were in healthcare and social service settings. Health care and social service workers are almost four times as...
by admin | Apr 2, 2015 | Affordable Care Act, DOL, Health Care Reform, HHS, PPACA
Under pressure from business groups and others, the Department of Labor (DOL) has delayed until 2016 implementation of revised standards for the health insurance Summary of Benefits and Coverage (SBC) required by the Affordable Care Act (ACA). When it released the...
