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November 5, 2013
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Minimum Wage in Seattle Suburb Could Rise to $31,200 a Year -- Or More!

A Seattle suburban mayoral competition being decided today at the ballot box could vault the SeaTac suburb to the status of highest-minimum-wage entity in the U.S. SeaTac incumbent Mayor Mike McGinn, responding to his opponent Ed Murray's vow to raise the hourly minimum wage to $15 for certain workers, says he might not stop there, declaring "I'll be there" at whatever f...
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November 4, 2013
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Drug Copay Cards Legal Under Obamacare, HHS Rules

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), declaring that the Affordable Care Act (ACA) isn't a federal health care program like Medicare or Medicaid, has ruled that pharmaceutical companies are free to offer drug copay cards to Obamacare policyholders. Issuing such cards to Medicare and Medicaid participants is still illegal, however. Copay cards are offered by drug makers to...
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November 4, 2013
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Infosys Socked with $34 Million I-9 Fine; ICE Expands Audit Targeting

Just before Halloween, IT services giant Infosys Limited was fined $34 million for violations of the I-9 employment eligibility verification process, making it the largest immigration-related fine ever issued. An Oct. 30 Department of Justice (DOJ) press release announcing the fine said that "Infosys failed to maintain I-9 records for many of its foreign nationals in the United Sates...
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November 4, 2013
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Some 7 Million to Qualify for Free, Non-Medicaid Health Care

The New York Times reports today that some 7 million Americans will be able to receive free or almost-free non-Medicaid health insurance under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Health plans will be available for zero or next-to-zero cost after federal subsidies for those who fall just above the income threhold for Medicaid enrollment, the Times says in its front-page article. The analysis be...
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November 1, 2013
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SNAP, One of Last Great Recession Programs, Ends

A temporary increase in the federal food stamp program, introduced in 2009 as part of the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act (ARRA), came to an end today as Congress failed to renew the Supplemental Nutrition and Assistance Program (SNAP). The end of the increase cuts $5 billion, or about 6 percent, from the annual $75 billion food stamp budget. The expired increase, for instance,...
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October 31, 2013
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Treasury, IRS Now Allow $500 Rollovers on FSAs

The Department of the Treasury and the IRS today issued a notice modifying the longstanding “use-or-lose” rule for health flexible spending arrangements (FSAs). To make health FSAs more consumer-friendly and provide added flexibility, the updated guidance permits employers to allow plan participants to carry over up to $500 of their unused health FSA balances remaining at the end ...
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October 30, 2013
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USCIS Launches Redesigned Website

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) today announced the launch of the agency’s redesigned website available in both English and Spanish. The redesigned website provides customers with a simplified and more user-friendly experience, according to USCIS officials. “This redesign demonstrates our ongoing commitment to improving the quality of service we provide,&rdqu...
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October 30, 2013
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NLRB Chairman Welcomes Griffin as New General Counsel

The Senate yesterday confirmed Richard F. Griffin Jr. as General Counsel for the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). Griffin will replace Lafe E. Solomon, who has been acting general counsel since 2010. NLRB Chairman Mark Gaston Pearce immediately issued a statement, saying in part: “Having served as a staff attorney and as a member of the Board, Mr. Griffin has a wealth of exper...
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October 29, 2013
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Expiring Individual Health Plans Going Bye-Bye Under Obamacare

Bloomberg and other news sources are reporting that private health insurance plans carried by hundreds of thousands of Americans are being canceled prior to the start of the New Year, thrusting most of these policyholders onto the Marketplaces to find new insurance. Cancelation notices have already begun arriving in the mail for some of the 19 million individual policyholders in the U.S.. ...
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October 28, 2013
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Sunday Blackout Hits Obamacare Online Marketplaces Nationwide

A data center serving the Obamacare Marketplace websites in 14 state-operated exchanges as well as the nationwide HealthCare.gov site went down Sunday, blocking all online health insurance sign-up operations throughout the country. The data center, operated by Verizon's Terramark division, experienced a connectivity problem early Sunday that severed access to the federal databases nee...
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