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April 6, 2016
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San Francisco First to Mandate Fully Paid Parental Leave

San Francisco has piggy-backed on an existing California law allowing parents to take six weeks of 55-percent paid leave for the birth of a child by mandating their employers pay the other 45 percent. Result: Continuation of regular pay for six weeks upon the birth of a child. The 55 percent is currently paid from a state fund. The S.F. ordinance requires employers to make up the difference. ...
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April 4, 2016
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EEOC Publishes Latest Edition of its 'EEO Digest'

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced the latest edition of its federal sector Digest of Equal Employment Opportunity Law, which is available online at http://www.eeoc.gov/federal/digest/index.cfm. This edition (Fiscal Year 2016, Volume 2) features a special article titled Stating a Claim in the EEO Process: Determining One's Status as Either an Employee or Indepen...
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April 4, 2016
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Final Rule Published on Religious Liberty Protections for Beneficiaries of Federal Programs

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), along with other federal agencies, today published a final rule that will provide new religious liberty protections for beneficiaries of federally funded social service programs, while also adding new protections for the ability of religious providers to compete for government funds on the same basis as any other private organization. The regul...
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April 4, 2016
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DOL's Fiduciary Rule to Be Released Wednesday

According to the Wall Street Journal and other sources, the Department of Labor (DOL) on Wednesday will publish its long-awaited fiduciary rule, raising the bar from a "suitability" standard to a "best interest" standard in the marketing of retirement products. "The DOL has effectively created a uniform fiduciary standard for all retirement advisers, including brokers and insurance agents," sa...
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April 2, 2016
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Women's Soccer Players File Equal Pay Complaint

Alleging the U.S. women's soccer team earned $20 million more than the men's team in 2015 but its members were paid four times less than the men's, five female players have filed a complaint alleging pay discrimination with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). The EEOC has so far not commented on the Wednesday action by co-captains Carli Lloyd and Becky Sauerbrunn, forward Alex ...
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March 31, 2016
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OSHA Injury Reporting Fines Quadrupled -- and More!

Under new guidelines issued this year, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has followed up on its new injury-illness reporting requirements of January 2015 with increased fines for noncompliance, with the amounts rising 400 percent, backed by the threat of even higher fines to achieve the "necessary deterrent effect." Employers must report an in-patient hospitalization, am...
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March 29, 2016
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USCIS Opens Second Public Commentary Period on Revised Form I-9

The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has opened a public commentary period on its revised Form I-9, which will close its 30-day window on April 27. Many of the proposed changes to Form I-9 were designed to reduce technical errors and help customers complete the form on their computer after they have downloaded it from uscis.gov. In response to the public comments USCI...
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March 29, 2016
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DOL Introduces TalentWorks Web Tool for Recruiting Job Seekers with Disabilities

The Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP) of the Department of Labor (DOL) has announced the launch of “TalentWorks” – a free online tool that helps employers and human resources professionals ensure accessibility in their web-based job applications and other recruiting technologies for job seekers with disabilities. Created by ODEP’s Partnership on Employment & Accessible Technolo...
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March 28, 2016
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OSHA Updates Requirements for PPE

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has published a final rule that updates requirements for personal protective equipment (PPE) for workers in general industry, shipyards, longshoring, marine terminals and construction. The final rule reflects current national consensus standards, and ensures that workers can use up-to-date eye and face protection. The rule updates refer...
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March 28, 2016
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Obamacare Six Years Later: Medicaid Enrollment Swells

Six years after passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA, aka "Obamacare"), the ranks of Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) recipients have swelled, while enrollees on the federal and state health insurance exchanges have missed the official target by millions. Such is the conclusion of a study just released by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO)....
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