by Girish Anand | Jul 12, 2017 | I-9, ICE, USCIS
USCIS released a revised version of Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification, on July 17. Employers will be able to use this revised version or continue using Form I-9 with a revision date of 11/14/16 N through Sept. 17. On Sept. 18, employers must use the...
by Girish Anand | Jul 10, 2017 | ACA, Affordable Care Act, CMS, Health Care Reform
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) today announced that 141 individual market qualified health plan (QHP) issuers had submitted initial applications to offer coverage using the federally-facilitated exchange eligibility and enrollment platform...
by Girish Anand | Jul 10, 2017 | CDC, HHS
Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price, M.D., has named Brenda Fitzgerald, M.D., as the 17th director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and administrator of the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR). “Today, I am...
by Girish Anand | Jul 7, 2017 | DOL
The Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) of the Department of Labor (DOL) has published a Request for Information (RFI) in connection with its examination of the final rule defining who is a “fiduciary” of an employee benefit plan for purposes of the...
by Girish Anand | Jul 6, 2017 | DOL, Minimum Wage Law
The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has joined the 4th in deciding the 2011 tip pool rule by the Department of Labor (DOL) is invalid. The rule prohibits employers from sharing tips received by tipped employees such as servers with non-tipped employees such as...
