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November 22, 2013
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CMS Follows California in Extending Obamacare Deadline to Dec. 23

A day after Covered California extended the sign-up deadline for Obamacare health policies starting on Jan, 1, the Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has opted to follow suit, giving consumers nationwide another eight days for enrolling on HealthCare.gov. The new deadline for policies commencing on New Year's Day is Dec. 23, up from Dec. 15, CMS announced today....
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November 22, 2013
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HHS Delays Enrollment Period for Year Two of Obamacare

Health and Human Services (HHS) plans to delay the start of the second year of Obamacare enrollment by one month to allow insurers more time to set rates after assessing their plan experiences during 2014, a department official informed Bloomberg Business News Thursday night. Translated, this means that instead of an Oct. 15-Dec. 7, 2014, enrollment period for health plans starting in Jan...
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November 20, 2013
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DOL Revises Rules to Reduce Burden on Businesses

The Department of Labor (DOL) today announced four rules designed to reduce unnecessary burdens on employers by updating or rescinding obsolete regulations and requirements. A rule from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) updates and streamlines the standards for the use of mechanical power presses while the remaining three rules from the Employment and Training Administr...
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November 20, 2013
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WHD and N.Y. Agencies Vow to Fight Misclassification of Employees

Officials of the Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division (WHD), the New York State Labor Department and New York State Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman's office have signed memoranda of understanding to protect the rights of employees by preventing their misclassification as independent contractors or other nonemployee statuses. The memoranda of understanding represent a...
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November 19, 2013
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E-Verify Adds SSN Fraud Detection Feature

E-Verify added an enhancement that will help identify and deter fraudulent use of Social Security numbers (SSNs) for employment eligibility verification.  E-Verify is now able to detect patterns that indicate an SSN may have been used fraudulently.  The enhancement strengthens the integrity of the E-Verify program by implementing standards that have proven effective in protecting in...
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November 19, 2013
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OSHA Issues Black Friday Guidance to Avoid Injuries

In advance of the holiday season, the Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is encouraging retail employers to take precautions to prevent workplace injuries during major sales events, including Black Friday. This year marks the fifth year anniversary of the death of a worker killed upon opening a large store for a Black Friday sales event. In 2008...
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November 19, 2013
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Three 20-Year-Olds Build Better Obamacare Mouse Trap

If you build it, they will come, and some two million have already visited thehealthsherpa.com, a site built in three days that uses data from HealthCare.gov to provide almost instantaneous quotes on Obamacare health insurance policies. The site, coded by three 20-year-olds in just three days drawing from a HealthCare.gov data feed, is simplicity incarnate. Just enter your zip code (...
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November 18, 2013
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Does It Pay to Be an Unpaid Intern?

Evidently not, according to a survey conducted by the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE). Unpaid internships led to full-time jobs 36 percent of the time with a median starting salary of $35,721 a year, according to survey results. In contrast, new hires with no internship experience were awarded a slightly higher starting salary, $37,087 a year, but at a slightly lower...
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November 18, 2013
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Agencies Issue Final Mental Health Parity Rule

The Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services and the Treasury have jointly issued a final rule increasing parity between mental health/substance use disorder benefits and medical/surgical benefits in group and individual health plans. The final rule implements the Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act, and ensures that health plan features l...
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November 18, 2013
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1989: The Last Time a Major Health Care Law Was Repealed

Obamacare supporters are quick to distance the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the federal health care reform measure signed into law in 2010, from the Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act of 1989, but some parallels do exist. For one, seniors in 1989 on Medicare balked at the higher premiums associated with catastrophic care (which was mandated and not optional), and for two, the nation wasn...
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