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January 5, 2016
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OSHA to Hold Hearing on Proposed Beryllium Exposure Rule

Responding to a request by the Non-Ferrous Founders' Society, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) will hold what it's calling an "informal public hearing" on its proposed beryllium exposure rule on Monday, Feb 29. The public comment period on the August 2015 proposed rule closed this past Nov. 5, but not before the society made its request for a public hearing. Beryllium,...
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January 4, 2016
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OSHA Relying More and More on General Duty Clause

According to watchers of the organization, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is relying more and more on its General Duty Clause to cite firms for safety violations, causing some observers to cry foul. The clause has been the fourth-most cited standard for severe injury reports triggered by new reporting requirements effective Jan. 1, 2015, with 175 violations issued in ...
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December 30, 2015
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The Obama Immigration Plan Legal Saga Continues

President Obama's executive immigration edicts from November 2014 have been put on hold by a federal district judge and then once again upon review by the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, and both decisions now rest on the docket of the U.S. Supreme Court for final review. Facing a possible hearing by SCOTUS in April, with a decision possible in June, both sides of the issue -- which would g...
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December 30, 2015
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Time to Update Your Labor Law Poster, Especially If...

Especially if you're in one of the 13 states that will greet the New Year with new minimum wage rates and mandatory workplace notices: Alaska, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaii, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nebraska, New York (which actually takes effect on Dec. 31, 2015), Rhode Island, South Dakota and Vermont. In addition, both Washington, D.C. and Maryland will increase their ...
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December 29, 2015
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Rules Proposed for Child Care Block Grant Program

New proposed rules to improve child care have been announced by the Administration for Children and Families, an office within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The proposed rules offer additional guidance on program requirements established by the bipartisan Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 2014, which was passed by Congress and signed by President Obama in Novemb...
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December 29, 2015
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Health Care Reporting Deadlines Extended for Employers

The February and March deadlines for employers to report health care information to their employees and to the IRS have been pushed back to March 31, and in some cases to June 30. The original deadline for reporting to employees was Feb. 1, with a new two-month window until March 31. The Feb. 29 and March 31 deadlines for reporting the same information to the IRS (by paper or electronically, r...
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December 18, 2015
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Obamacare Death by a Thousand Cuts?

As part of the budget deal set to pass today, Republicans (largely) have delayed two Obamacare taxes and extended a moratorium on federal funds for use in the "risk corridors" program. Both the medical device tax and the Cadillac tax on expensive health insurance plans have been delayed, the first until Dec. 31, 2017, and the second until Jan. 1, 2020. Both are two-year extensions. The risk c...
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December 17, 2015
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Comment Period Extended Until Jan. 28 on EEOC Proposed Wellness Rule

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has extended the comment period on its proposed wellness rule from Dec. 29 to Jan. 28, 2016. The proposed rule addresses "inducements to employees' spouses or other family members who respond to questions about their current or past medical conditions on health risk assessments (HRA)" in connection with wellness programs. Click here for comme...
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December 16, 2015
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What's a Federal Deadline Worth? Not Much Evidently Unless It's Tax Time

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on Tuesday extended by 48 hours the deadline for consumers to sign up for health care coverage on the Obamacare exchanges that would kick in on New Year's Day. After initially saying that those who had trouble signing up by the original deadline, Dec. 15, would have additional time if they left contact information, HHS caved when faced with a m...
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December 15, 2015
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As Web Visits Soar, Some Obamacare Shoppers Given Extensions for Jan. 1 Coverage

As visits to HealthCare.gov soared on Monday to the highest level ever -- some 178,000 individuals at the same time -- anxious consumers who were unable to get the help they needed to sign up for Obamacare coverage beginning Jan. 1 were given special enrollment period (SEP) status, according to the New York Times and USA Today. Today is technically the final day to enroll in health insurance o...
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