Articles by Girish Anand

January 20, 2014

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OSHA Proposed Electronic Record-Keeping Rule Moves Along

This past week the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) held hearings on its proposed rule to require businesses with 250 or more employees to electronically report all work-related injuries and illnesses quarterly. The reports would then become public. In addition, the rule would require businesses with 20 or more employees in industries with high injury and illness rates...

January 17, 2014

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Federal Judge Rules DOL Strong Armed Two Oregon Farmers

Without ruling on the validity of the agency's claims against two Oregon blueberry farmers, U.S. Magistrate Judge Thomas Coffin has ruled that the Department of Labor (DOL) strong armed the duo by forcing them to admit to wage and hour violations before they could ship and sell their blueberries. The two farmers sued after the settlement, alleging "extortion" by the DOL...

January 16, 2014

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Judge Rejects Obamacare Challenge Over Tax Breaks

A group of small business owners who challenged the legality of the Affordable Care Act over a tax-credit provision has seen its lawsuit rejected by Judge Paul Friedman of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Their lawsuit contended that language in the ACA precluded the federally run exchange HealthCare.gov from awarding tax credits for lower-income Americans, poin...

January 16, 2014

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NLRB Issues Complaint Against Walmart

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Office of the General Counsel has issued a consolidated complaint against Walmart, alleging that the company violated the rights of its employees as a result of activities surrounding employee protests in 14 states. The Office of the General Counsel informed Walmart that complaints were authorized in November of 2013, but withheld issuing the complai...

January 15, 2014

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HHS Extends Enrollment Deadline for Those in PCIP Pool

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) in 2010 established a Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan (PCIP) as a stopgap until the full provisions of the law would kick in four years later. About 85,000 persons who were previously unable to obtain insurance elsewhere are still enrolled in PCIP but must switch to Marketplace insurance, whose policies cover all pre-existing condit...

January 14, 2014

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OSHA Annual Summary Form 300A Must Be Posted by Feb. 1

Even if you had no workplace injuries or illnesses in 2013, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) still requires you to post its annual summary Form 300A by Feb. 1. You must also maintain the same information on OSHA's 300A Logs and keep those on file. The 300A Logs must be certified by an officer of the company, or what it terms a "company executive." ...

January 14, 2014

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'Young Invincibles' Mostly Immune to Obamacare

The federal government has released enrollment figures for the Affordable Care Act (ACA, aka Obamacare) Marketplaces from inception on Oct. 1 through Dec. 28, pegging overall sign-ups at "nearly 2.2 million." The figure covers both federal and state health insurance exchanges. (The report does not say how many have actually paid premiums.) The goal is for 7 million enrollees by ...

January 13, 2014

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A-Rod and Taft-Harley

Both A-Rod and Taft-Harley have something in common besides hyphenated names. A-Rod, aka Alex Rodriguez, the Yankees' highly compensated third baseman, over the weekend learned that an arbitration panel for Major League Baseball (MLB) had reduced his suspension from baseball to 162 games from 211 -- in short, all of the 2014 season and postseason. The arbitration decision followed...

January 12, 2014

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HHS Issues New Set of Health Care FAQs

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently issued its 18th set of frequently asked questions (FAQs) regarding the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), which took full force of the law this past Jan. 1. Among the many issues the FAQs address is that of indemnity policies, which provide indemnity payments to individuals who get sick or injured and are designed...

January 8, 2014

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HHS Proposes That Health Plans Be Certified for HIPAA Compliance

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has published a proposed rule requiring that health plans be certified for compliance with the standards of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). The proposal also envisions fines for plans that do not certify their compliance. The proposal states: This rule proposes that controlling health plans (CHPs) mu...

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U.S. Department of Labor Officially Restores Prior Overtime Exemption Rules

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