Articles by Girish Anand

May 23, 2013

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President's Nominees to NLRB Sent to Senate for Full Vote

President Obama's five recent nominees to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) were voted out of committee yesterday, and their names are being sent to the full Senate for a package vote, up or down. The vote will require 60 Senators in favor for cloture should the Republicans decide to filibuster. Most contentious are the nominees who were recess appointees in January 2012 a...

May 22, 2013

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EEOC Seeks Public Input on Quality Control Plan for Investigations and Conciliations

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has released draft principles for the Quality Control Plan (QCP) for public feedback, the agency announced recently. The QCP will revise criteria to measure the quality of agency investigations and conciliations throughout the nation. The plan is being drafted by an internal work group chaired by EEOC Commissioner Chai Feldblum, Dallas Di...

May 22, 2013

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Wage-and-Hour Lawsuits Spike 10 Percent Over Previous Year

According to the Federal Judicial Center, which tracks lawsuit statistics at the federal level, employees filed 7,764 federal wage-and-hour lawsuits between April 1, 2012, and March 31, 2013, a 10 percent jump over the previous year. In contrast, such lawsuits rose only 1 percent year to year in the 2012 reporting period. Wage-and-hour lawsuits arise under provisions of the Fair Labor...

May 20, 2013

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EEOC Convenes Panel to Discuss Challenges, Pitfalls of Wellness Programs

Wellness programs are an increasingly common feature of employee benefits programs, and guidance is needed to avoid violations of federal equal employment opportunity laws, a panel of experts representing business, advocacy groups and providers told the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) at a meeting held recently. "We appreciate the valuable insights and diverse perspect...

May 19, 2013

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Recess Appointment of Craig Becker in 2010 to NLRB Ruled Unconstitutional

Throwing all decisions of the National Labor Rrelations Board (NLRB) since 2010 into doubt, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that the recess appointment of Craig Becker on March 27 of that year was unconstitutional. As with the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals and its recent decision ruling that President Obama's three NLRB recess appointments on Jan. 4, 2012, were unconstitu...

May 15, 2013

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New York Minimum Wage to Rise to $9 an Hour Over Three-Year Period

New York will greet New Year's Day 2014 with a new state minimum wage law in effect, the rate rising from $7.25 an hour to $9 an hour over a three-year period. The legislation was signed into law this past April 1. The minimum wage will first rise to $8 an hour, then to $8.75 by the end of 2014 and to $9 by the end of 2015. Meanwhile, under threat of a veto, the New York City Coun...

May 14, 2013

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Utah-U.S. Forge New Model for Health Insurance Marketplaces

Utah and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) this past week agreed to a fourth model for what the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) once called insurance exchanges but are now dubbed health insurance marketplaces. Under the new model, Utah will continue to operate its Avenue H Program, an exchange for employers with up to 50 eligible full-time employees (wor...

May 14, 2013

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Landmark EEOC $240M Verdict Reduced to $1.6M

A jury recently awarded $7.5 million each to 32 mentally disabled Iowa plant workers who were abused for years, giving the Equal Employment Oppotunity Commission (EEOC) a short-lived historical verdict of $240 million. This past Friday, however, both the EEOC and defendant Henry's Turkey Service agreed in legal briefs that federal law caps the recovery for each plaintiff at $50,000, r...

May 13, 2013

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DOL Proposes Rule for Defined Contribution Income-Stream Projections

The Department of Labor (DOL) is floating a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM), published in the Federal Register this past week, that would require administrators of defined-benefit plans, such as 401(k)s, to project a lifetime income stream based on investment level, along with an account balance as is currently required. The publication opened up a 60-day public commentary period. ...

May 7, 2013

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Colorado Extends Discrimination Protection to Small Business Employees

Colorado legislators have passed and the governor has signed HB 1136, which allows workers at small businesses, defined as those companies with fewer than 15 employees, to take discrimination charges to court and win compensatory and punitive damage judgments as well as attorneys' fees. Prior to the legislation, employees at small firms suffering discriminatory actions could only win ...

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