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July 26, 2016
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EEOC Launches Outreach on Religious Discrimination

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Chair Jenny Yang and Commissioner Charlotte Burrows participated in an inter-agency briefing at the White House and then announced the release of a one-page fact sheet designed to help young workers better understand their rights and responsibilities under the federal employment anti-discrimination laws prohibiting religious discrimination. The fac...
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July 25, 2016
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Arizona Relaunches CHIP Health Services for Children

Today, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that it has approved Arizona’s plan to allow new enrollment in the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) after enrollment was frozen for several years. Now all states provide CHIP coverage to eligible children. “Today’s approval is a step forward for the health of Arizona children in low-income families,” said Vikki W...
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July 23, 2016
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MLB Minor Leaguers Strike Out on Minimum Wage Lawsuit

A federal judge has decertified the collective of former minor league players suing Major League Baseball (MLB) over minimum wage claims, and he has also denied their certification as a class action. Lawyers representing the former minor leaguers vowed to appeal. U.S. Magistrate Joseph Spero of the Northern District of California made the ruling July 21. Eight months earlier, he had provisiona...
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July 21, 2016
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Administration Asks SCOTUS to Revisit Immigration Decision

The Department of Justice (DOJ), on behalf of the Obama administration, has petitioned the Supreme Court to reconsider its decision on the president's immigration executive orders "before a full nine-member court." The court earlier tied 4-4 in reviewing a Texas federal judge's injunction against the executive orders that would defer deportation and grant work permits to millions of undocument...
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July 21, 2016
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Under Cloud of Lawsuits, OSHA Delays Anti-Retaliation Provisions of Reporting Rule

After several lawsuits were filed in Texas over the issue, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced it is delaying enforcement of the anti-retaliation provisions in its new injury and illness tracking rule to conduct additional outreach and provide educational materials and guidance for employers. Originally scheduled to begin Aug. 10, 2016, enforcement will now begin ...
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July 19, 2016
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MSHA Respirable Coal Mine Dust Target Largely Being Met, Sampling Finds

A federal rule to protect the nation’s miners from exposure to dangerous levels of coal mine dust is having a significantly positive impact in Phase II, a recent sampling by the Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) shows. MSHA announced July 18 that approximately 99 percent of the respirable coal mine dust samples collected from April 1, 2016, through June 30, 201...
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July 16, 2016
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EEOC Publishes Revised EEO-1 Reporting Requirements

On July 14, 2016, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) published a slightly revised proposed rule on W-2 wage reporting requirements on the annual EEO-1 form for companies with 100-plus employees. This past winter the EEOC published a proposed rule that added wage reporting to the existing EEO-1 requirement for data reporting for each job category based on race, sex and ethnicity...
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July 14, 2016
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Annual Health Care Spending Reaches $10,000+ Per Person in the U.S.

Health care spending will hit $3.35 trillion this year, or $10,345 per man, woman and child in the United States, a record high, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced July 13. The agency  also predicted that growth in health care spending will average 5.8 percent from 2015 through 2025, outpacing growth in the economy, though this year's spending growth is a tad lower ...
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July 13, 2016
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OCR Notifies 167 Covered Entities That They're Being HIPAA-Compliant Audited

The Office for Civil Rights (OCR), in charge of enforcing the privacy, security, breach and other HIPAA rules, said yesterday it has notified 167 covered entities that they must submit all papers necessary for a remote "desk audit" within 10 days. "Letters were delivered on Monday, July 11, 2016, via email to 167 health plans, healthcare providers and healthcare clearinghouses," OCR confirmed....
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July 13, 2016
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Temporary Workers Now Automatically Included in Bargaining Units, NLRB Rules

After the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) ruling in 2015 that temporary workers are "joint employees" of both their staffing agency and the company where they work, employers feared that the next step would be to include such joint employees automatically in workplace bargaining units during unionization proceedings. As the National Law Review notes on its website, that shoe has now drop...
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