by admin | Jul 16, 2015 | Affordable Care Act, CMS, Obamacare
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) ran a two-year sting operation on the federal Obamacare site, HealthCare.gov, and was able to enroll 11 fake applicants using fabricated documents and even leaving some required information out. All 11 were renewed this year,...
by admin | Jul 15, 2015 | DOL, Federal Labor Law, FLSA, WHD
The Wage and Hour Division (WHD) of the Department of Labor (DOL) today issued another broadside against employer misuse of the independent contractor job status to avoid the responsibilities of labeling and treating a worker as an employee. WHD administrator David...
by admin | Jul 15, 2015 | Affordable Care Act, Obamacare
The Little Sisters of the Poor, a Roman Catholic order that operates nursing homes, yesterday became the latest group to lose a court battle over the Obama administration’s plan to have health insurance companies directly contact employees about providing...
by admin | Jul 14, 2015 | DOL
Picking up on a theme he’s visited many times in the past — the creation of a national IRA (individual retirement account) — President Obama on Monday directed Thomas Perez, secretary of the Department of Labor (DOL), to draft a regulation enabling...
by admin | Jul 11, 2015 | Affordable Care Act, DOL, DOT, Health Care Reform, HHS, Obamacare, PPACA
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), along with the Department of Labor (DOL) and the Department of the Treasury (DOT), have issued interim final rules that establish an alternative way for eligible organizations that have a religious objection to...