by Girish Anand | Mar 19, 2018 | OSHA
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) was expecting some 350,000 electronic filings of injury and illness reports (Form 300A) by the Dec. 31, 2017, much-delayed deadline, but instead received only 153,653 filings, according to a report by Bloomberg....
by Girish Anand | Mar 19, 2018 | ACA, Affordable Care Act, BLS, CMS, Health Care Reform
The price of health care in the United States shot up 2.2 percent in February compared to 1.6 percent overall annual growth in 2016 and 2017, according to statistics gathered and released by health care consultancy Altarum. The lowest annual growth rate — 1.1...
by Girish Anand | Mar 19, 2018 | EEOC
A Southfield, Mich.-based oral surgery practice will pay $47,000 to settle an age discrimination lawsuit filed by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced recently. The EEOC’s lawsuit charged that Professional Endodontics, P.C....
by Girish Anand | Mar 16, 2018 | DOL, Fiduciary Rule
The Obama-era Fiduciary Rule, requiring retirement investment advisers to place their clients’ interests first, underwent a mixed week of results in U.S. circuit courts of appeals. A few days ago, the 10th Circuit Court affirmed the rule, and yesterday the 5th...
by Girish Anand | Mar 14, 2018 | NLRA
To aid in the consideration of the issues involving the 2014 Election Rule, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) is further extending the time for filing responses to the Request for Information Regarding Representation Election Regulations published in the...