by Girish Anand | Dec 17, 2015 | EEOC, GINA
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has extended the comment period on its proposed wellness rule from Dec. 29 to Jan. 28, 2016. The proposed rule addresses “inducements to employees’ spouses or other family members who respond to questions...
by Girish Anand | Dec 16, 2015 | ACA, Affordable Care Act, HHS, Obamacare
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on Tuesday extended by 48 hours the deadline for consumers to sign up for health care coverage on the Obamacare exchanges that would kick in on New Year’s Day. After initially saying that those who had trouble...
by Girish Anand | Dec 15, 2015 | ACA, Affordable Care Act, Obamacare
As visits to HealthCare.gov soared on Monday to the highest level ever — some 178,000 individuals at the same time — anxious consumers who were unable to get the help they needed to sign up for Obamacare coverage beginning Jan. 1 were given special...
by Girish Anand | Dec 15, 2015 | ACA, Affordable Care Act, CMS, Health Care Reform, HHS
As consumers count down to today’s enrollment deadline for Jan. 1 coverage, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that new HealthCare.gov consumer decision support features piloted earlier this enrollment season are now fully deployed...
by Girish Anand | Dec 14, 2015 | FLSA, Minimum Wage Law
Since winning class action certification in October, the lawsuit against Major League Baseball (MLB) over wage-and-hour issues for its minor leaguers has seen some 500 current and former players add their names, including a couple already in the big leagues. “We’re...