by admin | Jun 30, 2015 | Minimum Wage Law
President Obama last night unveiled his long-awaited proposed overtime exemption rule, enabling those who earn up to $970 a week, or $50,440 a year, to be eligible for time-and-a-half when working more than 40 hours in a week. The current minimum salary exemption...
by admin | Jun 26, 2015 | U.S. Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has just issued a historic ruling upholding same-sex marriages in all states under the guarantees of the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Judge Anthony Kennedy, who has long been a champion of marriage for all, wrote the opinion in the 5-4...
by Girish Anand | Jun 26, 2015 | DOL, OSHA
Targeting some of the most common causes of workplace injury and illness in the health care industry, the Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced yesterday that the agency is expanding its use of enforcement resources...
by admin | Jun 25, 2015 | Affordable Care Act
The Supreme Court has handed President Obama a second victory in his signature legislative achievement, the Affordable Care Act (ACA), ruling that premium subsidies should be available to both federal and state health insurance enrollees despite ACA language saying...
by admin | Jun 24, 2015 | Minimum Wage Law
A minimum wage hike in January brought the wage floor at Ikea’s U.S. stores to at least $10 an hour, and now with another hike announced for next January, the floor is set to rise to almost $12 an hour. Currently, Ikea U.S. is using the MIT Living Wage...