by Girish Anand | Mar 28, 2018 | Medicaid
First it was Medicaid, and now it’s food stamps, at least in West Virginia. With no fanfare or public announcement, that state’s governor, Jim Justice, just signed a measure requiring able-bodied adults, 18-49 who are without dependents, to work, volunteer...
by Girish Anand | Mar 28, 2018 | ACA, Affordable Care Act, DOL, Health Care Reform
A bill has landed on Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds’s desk that will enable small businesses to band together to form association health plans that are exempt from the requirements of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). She is expected to sign it. The bill merges two...
by Girish Anand | Mar 27, 2018 | FLSA
Drones flying through the office blaring music to force employees to leave work; workers being forced to don purple “shame capes” for working late — such are the latest strategies in Japan’s continuing struggle against karoshi, or “death...
by Girish Anand | Mar 26, 2018 | DOL
The $1.3 trillion federal budget (good till the end of the fiscal year on Sept. 30), signed by President Trump on March 23, includes targeted spending for the Department of Labor (DOL). Key Provisions in Omnibus Appropriations Bill: Apprenticeships: Apprenticeship is...
by Girish Anand | Mar 22, 2018 | ACA, Affordable Care Act, DOL, Obamacare
BREAKING: The Senate approved the House version in the wee hours of Friday, March 23, and President Trump signed the measure the next day, averting a government shutdown. The bill funding the federal government through September still faces a stiff deadline of Friday...
