by Girish Anand | Jun 26, 2014 | Minimum Wage Law
Ikea, the Swedish home goods megastore, is raising the minimum wage it pays its workers at 38 U.S. locations to $10.76 an hour beginning Jan. 1, 2015, a 17-percent increase over the current $9.17-an-hour rate. "The happier the co-worker, the happier the customer...
by Girish Anand | Jun 24, 2014 | DOL
The Department of Labor (DOL) today awarded $68,745,912 to 37 states, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and the District of Columbia to implement or continue re-employment and eligibility assessments for Unemployment Insurance beneficiaries. "Offering newly...
by Girish Anand | Jun 23, 2014 | OSHA
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has launched a new interactive training tool to help small businesses effectively identify hazards in the workplace. Employers and workers can virtually explore how to identify common workplace hazards in the...
by Girish Anand | Jun 20, 2014 | Affordable Care Act, CMS, HHS, Obamacare, PPACA
In her first week in office, Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell has already shaken up the Affordable Care Act (ACA, aka Obamacare) personnel structure and announced plans to hire a "marketplace chief executive officer," in other...
by Girish Anand | Jun 20, 2014 | DOL, FMLA
Secretary of Labor Thomas E. Perez announced today a proposed rule extending the protections of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) to all eligible employees in legal same-sex marriages regardless of where they live. The proposal would help ensure that...
