Articles by Girish Anand

June 12, 2012

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DOL Issues Revised Target Completion Dates for In-Progress Regulations

The Department of Labor (DOL) has revised the completion dates for several regulatory initiatives, with no mention of the much-ballyhooed Injury and Illness Prevention Program (I2P2) announced in fall 2010. In its Retrospective Review Progress Report, the DOL breaks down the proposed regulations and due dates by division, to wit: OSHA: Sometime this month the Occupational Safety and Health Admi...

June 11, 2012

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HIPAA Omnibus Rule to Be Released by End of Summer

What the Health and Human Services (HHS) Department calls its HIPAA Omnibus Rule should be finalized by the end of summer, Farzad Mostashari, the national coordinator for Health IT, announced this past week. The rule, which combines four separate provisions, was submitted on March 23 to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for a required review, which could take up to 90 days, or longer if...

June 9, 2012

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HHS Misses Almost Half of Health Reform Act Deadlines

A study of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) reveals that it has missed 20 of 42 deadlines mandated by the health care reform act of 2010, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), according to the American Action Forum (AAF), which did the research. In one case, the department took a total pass, saying it couldn't implement the Community Living Assistance Serv...

June 8, 2012

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New Service Center Speeds I-9 Audits; 3,000 Slated for 2012

With the introduction of its National Employment Compliance Inspection Center in 2011, Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has been able to increase the number and scope of its I-9 audits, along with the number and amount of fines. Accordingly, ICE is on track this year to audit 3,000 firms of all sizes for compliance with the I-9 employment eligibility verification process. In 2010, I-9...

June 7, 2012

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EEOC Releases Its Strategic Agenda for 2012-2016

Calling it a "bold new plan," the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has released its strategic plan for fiscal years 2012 through 2016, as required by Congress. Though a bit late (since the government is already deeply into Fiscal Year 2012), the plan hinges on what it calls "three values": Commitment to Justice, Accountability, and Integrity. The EEOC's off...

June 5, 2012

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OSHA Chief: 'Not Allowed to Say' If I2P2 to Be Implemented Before November Elections

In a media briefing today at the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) meeting in Denver, OSHA administrator David Michaels admitted to the possibility that the new Injury and Illness Prevention Program (dubbed I2P2) could be implemented before the November elections, but added, "I'm not allowed to say," according to an Occupational Safety & Health magazine report. Micha...

June 4, 2012

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First Minimum Wage Law Passed 100 Years Ago Today

On June 4, 1912, Massachusetts became the first state to enact a minimum wage law, but it applied only to women and children. A commission was established to determine the minimum wage, but violators of the law faced only the minor penalty of being "outted" in the newspapers, and even that penalty was later thrown out by the state Supreme Court. Nonetheless, the wording of the law car...

June 3, 2012

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New Feature Enables Visitors to View EEOC Discrimination Charges by State

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has added a feature to its Web site at www.eeoc.gov that enables visitors to search the numbers and types of discrimination charges by each state. The statistics go back three years. Try it here.

May 31, 2012

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OSHA Slates Stakeholder Meeting to Assess State Plans' Effectiveness

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has scheduled an informal stakeholder meeting to solicit comments on how to determine whether OSHA-approved State Plans are at least as effective as the Federal OSHA program as required by the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970. The purpose of this meeting is to provide a forum to gather information and ideas on key outcome and ac...

May 30, 2012

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NLRB Issues More Guidance on Company Social Media Policy

Lafe Solomon, the acting general counsel for the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), has issued another memorandum citing examples of companies' social media policies that violate employee rights under Section 7 of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). Section 7 rights give employees the green light to discuss conditions of employment, including wages, with one another and with third ...

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