by Girish Anand | Jan 17, 2018 | OSHA
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) requires employers to post its Form 300(A) each Feb. 1, detailing the previous year’s work-related injuries and illnesses. The form must be left posted in a conspicuous place until April 30. Two exemptions...
by Girish Anand | Jan 14, 2018 | NLRB
President Trump on Friday nominated business lawyer John Ring to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to fill the seat of the departed Philip Miscimarra, who left in December. If Ring is approved by the Senate, Republicans would retain a 3-2 majority on the NLRB...
by Girish Anand | Jan 12, 2018 | IRS
The Internal Revenue Service has released Notice 1036, which updates the income-tax withholding tables for 2018 reflecting changes made by the tax reform legislation enacted last month. This is the first in a series of steps that IRS will take to help improve the...
by Girish Anand | Jan 12, 2018 | Minimum Wage Law
While Walmart is using tax reform to raise its nationwide minimum wage to $11 an hour and to grant bonuses, the Red Robin restaurant chain is reacting to mandated minimum wage laws by laying off all of its busboys. Walmart CEO Doug McMillon in a press...
by Girish Anand | Jan 11, 2018 | ACA, Affordable Care Act, CMS, Medicaid
UPDATE: One day after announcing states could institute work requirements for Medicaid, Kentucky became the first state to do so as CMS approved its 2016 waiver request. The state now requires able-bodied adult recipients to participate in at least 80 hours per month...
