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October 9, 2018

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Celebrating Ada Lovelace Day in October

RELATED: Forbes issues inaugural 'Top Women in Tech' list in honor of Ada Lovelace Day. The second Tuesday in October is traditionally celebrated as Ada Lovelace Day. World's first programming language In 1833 Ada Lovelace developed what was arguably the world's first programming language, or algorithm, for mathema...

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EEOC Sexual Harassment Suits Jump 50%

October 8, 2018

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Be sure to watch our exclusive YouTube video on "Workplace Harassment Investigations." The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), fueled by awareness created by the #MeToo movement, has seen a more than 50 percent spike in sexual harassment lawsuits over fiscal year 2017, according to a report released this past week. The report, What You Should Know: EEOC Leads the Way in Preven...

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DOL Offers Compliance Assistance for Association Health Plans

October 4, 2018

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The Department of Labor (DOL) has added compliance assistance materials on Association Health Plans (AHPs) to its new Employer.gov website that will help job creators and plan sponsors understand their Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) obligations when setting up and managing AHPs. A recent final rule published by the department's Employee Benefits Security Administrati...

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DOJ Says Web Accessibility Under the ADA Open to Interpretation

October 4, 2018

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After 103 House members of both parties beseeched the Department of Justice (DOJ) to clarify website accessibility rules under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the nation's top law enforcement agency essentially took a pass. The letter from House members urged the department to “provide guidance and clarity with regard to website accessibility under the … ADA” for those in the publ...

Massachusetts Restricts Non-Compete Covenants

October 3, 2018

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After years in the making, a Massachusetts law curtailing non-compete agreements took effect this week (Oct. 1), reflecting a nationwide movement to restrict such covenants, which prevent departing employees from joining competing firms or using the knowledge they gained in a new venture. The law contains several restrictions, including one that precludes the use of non-compete covenants on ...

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CA Requires Women on Corporate Boards

October 2, 2018

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In a move that is sure to draw high-profile legal challenges, California Gov. Jerry Brown has signed legislation requiring all corporate boards in the state to seat at least one woman member by the end of 2019. Brown said he was signing the law despite potentially "fatal" legal problems in the measure. California Gov. Jerry Brown...

Gig Economy Shrinking, DOL Says

October 1, 2018

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The percentage of Americans working in the gig economy has shrunk to 10.1 today from 10.7 in 2005, the Department of Labor (DOL) claims in an unreleased June study, according to Bloomberg Law. The report seems to contradict other assessments that put gig workers at 33 percent of the American workforce. Labor Secretary Acosta ...

September 28, 2018

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DOL Takes Rare Budgetary Haircut

President Trump today signed into law a "minibus" federal funding measure that keeps the full government running through Dec. 7 while finalizing budgets for some agencies, including the Department of Labor (DOL), which lost $128 million in budgeting from FY 2018. In addition to the DOL and its $12.1 billion FY 2019 budget, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Department of Defense (DOD...

WeWork Reaches Settlement over Non-Compete Covenants

September 27, 2018

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WeWork, an international company providing co-work office space, has reached a settlement with the New York State Attorney General over its use of non-compete agreements, which forced employees at its locations nationwide to agree not to take employment in any city where WeWork operates for a period of one year following their departure. The agreement, reached with WeWork in New York City, f...

Judge Restores ACA Cost-Sharing Payments

September 24, 2018

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A federal judge has ruled in favor of a Montana health insurer, which brought suit to be paid $5.3 million in cost-sharing reduction (CSR) payments it said was due for 2017 under provisions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA, or Obamacare). President Trump ended the reimbursement program a year ago, saying the funds for the CSRs had never been authorized by Congress. Judge Elaine D. Kaplan o...

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