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September 12, 2017
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NLRB on Office-Closing Spree

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) is in various stages of assimilating and evaluation public comments received on its plan to close offices in five cities across the country. According to a press release, "This proposal is being considered in connection with the Agency’s ongoing efforts to reduce costs by decreasing office space and by taking advantage of new technologies and workplace...
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September 7, 2017
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Repeal and Replace Back from the Dead?

Sen. John McCain (R.-Ariz.), who cast the third and decisive no vote the last time Obamacare repeal and replace was considered in the Senate, seemed to flip-flop on Sept. 6 when he said he would consider supporting a new measure called Graham-Cassidy, which has yet to make it into print. The effort, named after its authors, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R.-S.C.) and Sen. Bill Cassidy (R.-La.), would es...
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September 5, 2017
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Trump Ends DACA Program But Leaves It in Place for Six Months

Speaking on behalf of President Trump, Attorney General Jeff Sessions today announced the end of the Obama-era program known as DACA -- Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals -- which allowed undocumented aliens who arrived here as children to stay, work and study without fear of deportation. Sessions called DACA a constitutional "overreach" that had to go to restore "the constitutional order a...
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September 1, 2017
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District Court Trumps Appeals Court on Obama Overtime Rule

A month before the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals was to consider the preliminary injunction against the Obama-era overtime rule raising the salary threshold for exemption to $47,476 a year, the Texas District Court that issued the preliminary injunction against the rule made it permanent. This means the process must start all over again, with a new appeal filed by the Trump administration i...
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August 31, 2017
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Trump Administration to Cut Funding for Obamacare Advertising, Promotion

The Trump administration is slashing advertising for enrollment in Affordable Care Act (ACA) policies for 2018 from $100 million to $10 million, and cutting funding for "navigators," individuals who help people sign up, from $62.5 million to $36 million, CNBC reports today, citing phone calls from Health and Human Services (HHS) officials. Those officials and others in the administration claim...
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August 31, 2017
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HHS Restores Work Requirement for Temporary Assistance for Needly Families

Done away with by the Obama administration in 2012, the requirement to work to participate in the Temporary Aid for Needy Families (TANF) program has been restored by the Trump administration in an announcement by the Department of Health and Human Services on Aug. 30. “Reemphasizing the work requirements in the welfare program means once again promoting gainful employment and economic indepen...
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August 31, 2017
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HHS Issues Limited HIPAA Waivers for Hurricane Harvey-Devastated Areas

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has issued a limited set of waivers from HIPAA requirements for those affected in Texas and Louisiana by Hurricane/Tropical Storm Harvey. Though the agency cannot waive the HIPAA Privacy Rule, it can take more limited, focused actions. Here, then, are the five provisions for which Secretary Tom Price, M.D., waived HIPAA sanctions and penalties...
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August 31, 2017
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DOL Opens 15-Day Public Commentary Period on 18-Month Delay of Fiduciary Rule

The Department of Labor (DOL) has wasted no time in promulgating a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) on its 18-month delay in enforcement of the Obama-era fiduciary rule that took effect June 9. The NPRM was published Aug. 31. The publication opened a 15-day public commentary period. The delay will take enforcement of the fiduciary rule from Jan. 1, 2017, to July 1, 2019. "It's a very clea...
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August 30, 2017
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OMB Approves DOL Request to Publish 18-Month Delay of Fiduciary Rule

The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) this week approved a request by the Department of Labor (DOL) to publish a rule delaying implementation of the enforcement phase of its fiduciary rule for 18 months, from Jan. 1, 2017, to July 1, 2018. Once the DOL publishes the rule, a public commentary period will commence, with the whole matter likely to wrap up from the end of October. The delay i...
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August 30, 2017
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OMB Blocks Pay Reporting Requirement of EEO-1

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 had instituted compensation reporting requirements on firms with at least 100 employees. The deadline for submitting the data had earlier been...
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