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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...

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...

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,...

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 ...

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...

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...

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.. ...

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...

October 24, 2013

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IRS Health Insurance Penalty Deadline Extended Six Weeks

Due to a conflict between the date that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) said individuals must have health insurance or face a tax penalty and the date that the Marketplaces will cease selling coverage, the administration has pushed back the penalty date by six weeks. Both dates have now been set at March 31, 2014, so individuals who have not signed up for health insurance by that date ...

October 24, 2013

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Oklahoma Workplace Tobacco Laws Take Effect Nov. 1

Two laws coming into force on Nov. 1 in Oklahoma affect and clarify existing laws governing tobacco use in the workplace. New 21 Okla. Stat. § 1247 prohibits lighted tobacco products in any form in indoor workplaces. It does allow employers to establish smoking rooms that are fully enclosed and exhausted directly to the outside, provided no work is performed in those rooms. Anoth...

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