by Girish Anand | Aug 30, 2017 | EEOC
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has initiated “a review and immediate stay of the effectiveness of the pay data collection aspects” of the EEO-1 form, according to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), which under President Obama...
by Girish Anand | Aug 25, 2017 | OSHA
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) will launch a request for public input next April as it seeks to update its 1989 lockout/tagout standard, which is falling behind the times, especially when it comes to computer-based control of hazardous...
by Girish Anand | Aug 25, 2017 | DOL, Overtime Rules
The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has set Tuesday morning, Oct. 3, as the time for oral arguments on the Obama-era overtime rule that was blocked by a federal judge days before it was to take effect this past December. That rule would’ve doubled the salary...
by Girish Anand | Aug 25, 2017 | ACA, Affordable Care Act
Seven states had been scrambling to find insurers willing to sell Affordable Care Act (ACA) health insurance policies in 81 “bare” counties, and this week the sole remaining, unserviced county — Paulding in rural Ohio — found a suitor in...
by Girish Anand | Aug 24, 2017 | ACA, Affordable Care Act
Faced with the possibility of having no insurance company selling on the Obamacare exchanges in the state, Iowa has applied for a 1332 innovation waiver under provisions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). If approved, Iowa will sell just one standard policy on the ACA...
