by Girish Anand | Dec 6, 2017 | ACA, Affordable Care Act, Obamacare
As of Saturday, Dec. 2, Obamacare enrollment on the federal marketplace had reached 3.6 million with two weeks remaining before open enrollment closes on Dec. 15. A total of 823,180 people during the week ending Dec. 2 signed up for an insurance plan sold on...
by Girish Anand | Dec 5, 2017 | DOL, FLSA
The Department of Labor (DOL) is proposing to revise the agency’s 2011 tip pool regulations to allow the sharing of tips with back-of-the-house employees provided everyone is paid the minimum wage. It has published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) in the...
by Girish Anand | Dec 4, 2017 | NLRA, NLRB
In a memo issued Dec. 1, new National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) General Counsel Peter Robb ordered NLRB offices across the country to refer all cases to him that are based on rulings during the eight years of President Obama. Robb wrote: “Significant legal...
