by Girish Anand | Apr 18, 2016 | OSHA
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is not the only federal agency that is authorized to “catch up” on inflation by increasing its fines on Aug. 1, but it’s the one agency that’s been the most vocal over the years, with...
by Girish Anand | Apr 15, 2016 | ACA, Affordable Care Act, Obamacare
This time it’s a biggie: UnitedHealth Group Inc., the nation’s largest health insurance firm, is pulling out of the Obamacare sweepstakes in Michigan, the largest state so far that it’s bailed from in the face of $500 million in yearly losses from...
by Girish Anand | Apr 15, 2016 | USCIS
The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has created a web page to show statistics on the numbers of businesses using the E-Verify database system to confirm the eligibility of job applicants to work at their firms.T As of March 31, when the...
by Girish Anand | Apr 14, 2016 | Minimum Wage Law, State Labor Law
Attorneys-general from eight states, including California, have collaborated in an effort to rein in on-call worker policies that leave employees dangling and unable to do anything while waiting for a call to work that might never come. On-call policies demand that...
by Girish Anand | Apr 12, 2016 | MSHA
The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) has released preliminary data for calendar year 2015, updating the “Mine Safety and Health at a Glance” page. The charts include information on inspections, violations and number of mines and miners. They also show...