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March 10, 2014
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EEOC, FTC Weigh in On Employment Background Checks

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) today co-published two technical assistance documents that explain how the agencies' respective laws apply to background checks performed for employment purposes.  One document is for employers; the other is for job applicants and employees. This is the first time that the two agencies have part...
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March 8, 2014
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Final Regulations Issued on ACA Reporting for Large Firms

The Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) have released final rules to implement the information reporting provisions for insurers and certain employers under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) that take effect in 2015. “Today’s announcement is part of the administration’s effort to provide certainty and early guidance about major health policies s...
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March 7, 2014
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EEOC Issues Guidance on Workplace Religious Dress and Grooming

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has issued two new technical assistance publications addressing workplace rights and responsibilities with respect to religious dress and grooming under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The question-and-answer guide, entitled "Religious Garb and Grooming in the Workplace: Rights and Responsibilities," and an accompanyi...
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March 6, 2014
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Personnel Concepts Earns A+ Rating from Better Business Bureau

Our parent company, Personnel Concepts, has been awarded an A+ accreditation by the Better Business Bureau of Central California. Here's what the BBB site says: BBB has determined that Personnel Concepts Limited meets BBB accreditation standards, which include a commitment to make a good faith effort to resolve any consumer complaints. See more on the BBB site. 
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March 6, 2014
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EEOC Sets Meeting on Social Meeting for March 12

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) will hold a meeting on Wednesday, March 12, at 9:30 a.m. (Eastern Time), at agency headquarters, 131 M Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20507. In accordance with the Sunshine Act, the open session of the meeting will be open to public observation of the Commission's deliberations. The Commission will hear from invited panelists on how t...
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March 6, 2014
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Substandard Health Plans Given an Election-Year Extension

In a mostly symbolic move designed to stem Democratic losses in the 2014 and 2016 elections, the Obama administration has now given the green light to individuals and businesses to "keep it if you like it" -- their "substandard" health insurance plans -- until October 2017, providing the states and the insurance companies go along. Administration officials discussing t...
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March 6, 2014
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USCIS Issues I-9 Employee Information Sheet

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has issued a new Form I-9 Empoyee Information Sheet to answer frequent employee questions about the form, along with tips on filling out Section One. The sheet is available in both Spanish and English at I-9 Central.
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March 5, 2014
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HealthCare.gov One-Year Operating Expenses: $1.8 Billion

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) says it needs $1.8 billion (with a "B") to run the federal Obamacare website, HealthCare.gov, in fiscal 2015. Officials said about $1.2 billion of that will come from fees tied to Obamacare, but Congress will have to cough up the remaining $600 million. "If Congress funds the president’s budget … this would full...
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March 5, 2014
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SCOTUS Extends, Affirms Reach of Whistleblower Protections

A 6-3 Supreme Court decision has reaffirmed the extension of whistleblower protections under the Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) Act of 2002 to a public company's contractors and subcontractors. SOX states that no "public company ..., or any officer, employee, contractor, subcontractor or agent of such company, may discharge, demote, suspend, threaten, harass or in any other manner discrimi...
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March 3, 2014
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DOL Proposes New Reporting Requirements for Federal Contractors

The Department of Labor (DOL) has issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to change the way federal contractors report on their hiring of veterans, basically, to have them report aggregate numbers instead of by category. The NPRM states: The NPRM proposes revising the annual report prescribed by the regulations to require contractors and subcontractors to report the specified inf...
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