by admin | Jun 5, 2015 | DOJ, OSHA
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) will hold a meeting of the National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health (NACOSH), June 17-18, 2015, in Washington, D.C. The Temporary Workers Work Group will meet June 17 and the full committee...
by admin | Jun 4, 2015 | Affordable Care Act, HHS, Obamacare, PPACA
Since recording 11.7 million health care sign-ups by the end of the open enrollment period in February, Obamacare has witnessed a plunge of 1.5 million who failed to pay their premiums or simply dropped off, the administration announced this week. Coverage under the...
by admin | Jun 3, 2015 | Minimum Wage Law
After previously announcing it would raise the minimum wage paid its employees to at least $10 an hour, Wal-Mart is now embarking on a program to raise managers’ hourly rates depending on their department, starting with their Aug. 13 paychecks. Managers in more...
by admin | Jun 1, 2015 | EEOC, U.S. Supreme Court
Abercrombie & Fitch Co., the nationwide retailer, will no doubt have to revisit its hiring policies following a Supreme Court ruling today that a Muslim job applicant can sue the company after she was rejected for wearing a head scarf, which the company said...
by admin | Jun 1, 2015 | Affordable Care Act, Obamacare, PPACA
June is upon us, meaning we can expect the issuance of decisions on the more controversial issues the Supreme Court has weighed this year, including whether subsidies under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) are available only in states with their own exchanges or also on...