by Girish Anand | Mar 21, 2018 | HHS
As part of President Trump’s Initiative to Stop Opioid Abuse and Reduce Drug Supply and Demand announced March 19, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will spend $10 billion to help states monitor opioid prescriptions electronically. Part of the...
by Girish Anand | Mar 21, 2018 | DOL, Overtime Rules
A group of Chipotle workers in New Jersey filed suit to be paid under the Obama overtime rule that raised the exemption threshold to $47,476 a year, and U.S. District Judge Amos Mazzant — who issued a permanent injunction against the rule — wasn’t...
by Girish Anand | Mar 21, 2018 | DOL
Secretary of Labor Alexander Acosta has announced a new National Health Emergency Dislocated Worker Demonstration Grant pilot program to help communities fight the opioid crisis. The Department of Labor (DOL) will initially fund seven to ten pilot programs with awards...
by Girish Anand | Mar 20, 2018 | EEOC
President Trump’s nomination for chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Janet Dhillon, is still awaiting Senate action five months after being announced. Now into the mix comes the administration’s nomination for general counsel,...
by Girish Anand | Mar 19, 2018 | NLRB
BREAKING NEWS: A settlement has been reached with McDonald’s stipulating as part of the agreement that it is not a joint employer. An administrative law judge (ALJ) must now approve the deal, which lawyers for the plaintiffs vow to fight. In a case that could...
