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September 18, 2014
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Hotel Chain Fined $2M After I-9 Audit | WWC

Grand America Hotel in Utah Salt Lake City-based Grand America Hotels and Resorts will forfeit nearly $2 million for hiring unauthorized workers, including illegal aliens, according to a non-prosecution agreement signed last week between the company, the U.S. Attorney for the District of Utah and U.S. Immigration and Custo...

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September 18, 2014
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OSHA Announces Top 10 Workplace Safety Violations for FY 2014

The Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has announced the preliminary Top 10 most frequently cited workplace safety violations for fiscal year 2014 (the code is in parentheses, followed by the number of incidents): Fall protection (1926.501) – 6,143 Hazard Communication (1910.1200) – 5,161 Scaffolding (1926.451) – 4,029 Respiratory Protection (1910.134) –...
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September 18, 2014
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DOL Earmarks $10.2 Million to Help States Fight Worker Misclassification

For years the Department of Labor (DOL) has been operating a cooperative program with several states to crack down on worker misclassification -- labeling actual employees as independent contractors to avoid paying taxes and benefits -- and now the agency is targeting $10.2 million in aid to those states to speed up enforcement efforts. The funds will be used to increase the ability of state u...
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September 16, 2014
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OFCCP Rules Against Pay Secrecy by Federal Contractors | WWC

The Department of Labor's Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) has announced a proposed rule that would prohibit federal contractors from maintaining pay secrecy policies. Under the terms of the proposal, federal contractors and subcontractors may not fire or otherwise discriminate against any employee or applicant for discussing, disclosing or inquiring about their compensati...
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September 12, 2014
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HIPAA Audits Delayed While Web Portal Is Built | WWC

The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) was set to begin HIPAA audits of covered entities and business associates next month, but the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is still constructing a Web portal to help in the process, thus delaying the start, according to Linda Sanches, OCR senior adviser. "We recently had an opportunity to update the technology we're using, giving us capabiliti...
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September 11, 2014
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OSHA Speeds Up Reporting Requirement for Workplace Fatalities and Injuries

The Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) today announced a final rule requiring employers to notify OSHA when an employee is killed on the job or suffers a work-related hospitalization, amputation or loss of an eye. The rule, which also updates the list of employers partially exempt from OSHA record-keeping requirements, will go into effect on Jan. 1, 2015,...
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September 10, 2014
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IRS Takes to YouTube to Promote Obamacare | WWC

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has uploaded a series of videos on YouTube featuring Commissioner John Koskinen, among others, explaining various provisions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA, aka Obamacare). Among the topics covered are the small business health care tax credit, the individual shared responsibility provision, the Flexible Spending Account (FSA) carryover provision, and the ad...
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September 9, 2014
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GAO Criticizes HHS for Approving Costly Arkansas Medicaid Experiment

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) says its audit of a demonstration program for Medicaid expansion in Arkansas shows that the program is not cost-neutral, which violates standards for allowing Medicaid experimentation. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) denies that the Arkansas program will cost the federal government $778 million more than if a standard Medicaid progra...
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September 8, 2014
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Supreme Court Asked by 32 States to Rule on Same-Sex Marriage Bans

Just this past week, a federal court in Louisiana ruled that that state's ban on same-sex marriages was constitutional, breaking a trend set by 20 other courts that had ruled state bans unconstitutional. Though that decision will now go before a circuit court for review, 32 states both for and against have already petitioned the Supreme Court for a decision on the constitutionality of state sa...
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September 7, 2014
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Raiders: Commitment to Back Pay | WWC

The Oakland Raiders have entered into a $1.25 million settlement, yet to be court approved, with their Raiderettes -- sideline cheerleaders -- over back pay. The cheerleaders filed a class action lawsuit in 2013, alleging the football team had failed to pay minimum wage and overtime as provided for under California labor law. That same year, the team commenced paying according to state law. T...
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