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December 19, 2014

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New OSHA Reporting Rules Start Jan 1 | WWC

For employers under federal jurisdiction of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), New Year's means more than just making resolutions; employers will also need to comply with new reporting requirements going into effect Jan. 1, 2015. Employers will now be required to report all work-related fatalities within 8 hours and all in-patient hospitalizations, amputations, and losse...

December 18, 2014

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HHS Partners With Tech Companies to Spread the Obamacare Word

Following its pact with PayNearMe, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has now partnered with tech companies Monster.com, Peers.org and higi to help spread the word on signing up for insurance coverage on HealthCare.gov. “These innovative companies help us to reach our consumers where they are with the information they need to sign up and reenroll in quality, affordable care thro...

December 15, 2014

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CMS Proposes to Afford Same-Sex Spouses Equal Rights

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued a proposed rule to fold the United States v. Windsor decision on marriage into the two medical programs it oversees by allowing same-sex spouses to participate in and administer "patient rights and services." "Specifically, we propose to revise certain definitions and patient's rights provisions, in order to ensure that same-sex s...

December 15, 2014

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HHS Partners With PayNearMe for Obamacare Policy Sales | WWC

To reach more Americans this open enrollment season, Health and Human Services Secretary (HHS) Sylvia M. Burwell hsa announced a first-of-its-kind partnership between HHS and the electronic cash transactions company PayNearMe to reach financially underserved and other cash-preferring consumers. Secretary Burwell joined PayNearMe and 7-Eleven. Inc leaders in announcing the partnership at a 7-El...

December 13, 2014

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NLRB Rules Company Emails Open to Employee 'Protected' Use

While conceding that companies are not required to provide email systems for their employees, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has ruled that, once an email system is in place, employees must be allowed to use it for "protected, concerted" activity under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). Concretely, that means employees can discuss wages and benefits, send out union organizing ...

December 12, 2014

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NLRB Issues Final Rule on 'Quickie' Union Organizing Elections

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has adopted a final rule amending its representation–case procedures to "modernize and streamline the process for resolving representation disputes." The rule will be published in the Federal Register on Dec. 15, and will take effect on April 14, 2015. The final rule was approved by Board Chairman Mark Gaston Pearce and members Kent Y. Hirozawa and Nan...

December 11, 2014

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1.3M Enroll in ACA in First 3 Weeks | WWC

As the Dec. 15 deadline approaches to sign up for health care coverage beginning on Jan. 1, 2015, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has released what it calls a "snapshot" of activity on the site. According to the just-released snapshot, 618,548 people enrolled on HealthCare.gov and CiudaddeSalud.gov in the third open-enrollment week (Nov. 29-Dec.5), bringing the total to 1,383...

December 10, 2014

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OSHA’s Combustible Dust Rule Delayed | WWC

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) began writing a combustible dust rule in early 2009, right after Barack Obama took office on a campaign promise (among many others) to have the agency author such a rule. It was "long past time" for action on combustible dust, he had noted during his campaigning in 2008. Issued during Thanksgiving week this year when few were around the ...

December 9, 2014

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Amazon Workers Unpaid for Security Lines | WWC

A unanimous Supreme Court decision issued today declared that Amazon warehouse workers who are forced to stand in line for security checks upon leaving their worksite are no longer on the clock, and thus the time spent in line is not compensable. Amazon requires those who work in its warehouses to go through security checks on the way out to ensure they haven't pilfered any products. Warehous...

December 8, 2014

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DOL: 1,000 Wage & Hour Inspectors Active | WWC

Speaking Dec. 4 at the Center for American Progress in Washington, D.C., Secretary Tom Perez told attendees that the Department of Labor (DOL) now has 1,000 Wage and Hour (WHD) investigators aggressively enforcing the nation's pay, overtime and worker classification laws. That figure is up from the 730 investigators the Obama administration inherited. The DOL is “back in the enforcement busine...

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