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January 10, 2017
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DOJ Asks Appeals Court to Lift Injunction Against Administration's Transgender School Bathroom Ruling

On Friday, Jan. 6, lawyers for the Department of Justice (DOJ) filed papers with the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals to lift a federal judge's injunction against the Obama administration's 2016 school bathroom ruling, which gave transgender students free choice to use the facility they preferred. The injunction was issued by U.S. District Judge Reed O'Connor after several states filed a laws...
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January 10, 2017
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Obamacare Enrollments Up Slightly to 11.5 Million, Administration Says

Just 10 days before Donald Trump is sworn in as president, the Obama administration is going on the offensive to protect the president's signature legislation, the Affordable Care Act (ACA), commonly referred to as Obamacare. First, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced today that with three weeks to go on ACA open enrollment, sign-ups are running ahead of last year's pac...
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January 10, 2017
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OSHA Chief David Michaels Returns to Academe

David Michaels, who as deputy secretary of the Department of Labor (DOL), presided over the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), spent his last day in office today before returning to teach at George Washington University on Jan. 17. Michaels spent his final day presiding over a meeting to formulate a new regulation to prevent violence in the health care industry. Jordan Barab...
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January 6, 2017
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OSHA Issues Last Major Rule Under Obama

A new rule issued today by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) dramatically lowers workplace exposure to beryllium, a strategically important material that can cause devastating lung diseases. The new beryllium standards for general industry, construction and shipyards will require employers to take additional, practical measures to protect an estimated 62,000 workers from ...
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January 5, 2017
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Subscriber Updates for 2017 to Be Shipped Throughout January

Personnel Concepts customers who are on subscription plans will begin receiving their updated notices and poster replacements next week, with all shipments to be completed by the end of the month (January 2017). The process will insure that subscribers' mandated state and federal notices will be up to date for 2017. Many states just issued their new minimum wage posters in late December and e...
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January 4, 2017
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Federal Judge Denies DOL Request for a Stay on His Overtime Rule Injunction

After hearing arguments on Dec. 30, U.S. District Judge Amos L. Mazzant III yesterday (Jan. 3) rejected a request by the Department of Labor (DOL) that he halt his court's proceedings on the issue of whether the department's 2016 overtime pay rule is legal. The DOL rule would raise the threshold for exemption from overtime pay from $23,660 a year to $47,476 annually in salary. Judge Mazzant on...
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January 4, 2017
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Federal Judge Blocks HHS Transgender Regulation

The same federal judge who blocked a federal regulation that dictated free bathroom choice at public schools has now blocked a ruling by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that required Catholic hospitals to perform gender transition services as well as abortions. "Plaintiffs will be forced to either violate their religious beliefs or maintain their current policies, which seem ...
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January 3, 2017
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EEOC Issues Regulations on Affirmative Action Programs by Federal Agencies

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today published regulations explaining what federal agencies must do to comply with their legal obligation to engage in affirmative action in employment and otherwise serve as "model employers" for individuals with disabilities. The regulations do not impose any obligations on private businesses or state and local governments. EEOC has also pub...
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December 22, 2016
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First-Timers Help Obamacare SIgn-Ups Soar

Of the 6.4 million Americans who signed up for health insurance on the Obamacare exchanges by the Dec. 19 deadline for coverage beginning Jan. 1, about 2 million of them were first-timers, presenting the incoming Trump administration with added challenges in not alienating a huge bloc of U.S. voters. Another 2.2 million persons were automatically renewed in the process. The results were releas...
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December 20, 2016
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EBSA Rule Seeks to Clear Way for Municipal Retirement Plans

Saying that increasing access to retirement savings opportunities is the surest way to help more of America’s workers secure their financial futures, the Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) has announced a final rule to assist large cities and other political subdivisions that establish payroll deduction individual retirement account savings programs for workers who do not have acc...
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