Articles by Girish Anand

November 22, 2016

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EEOC Revises Guidance on National Origin Discrimination

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has issued its updated enforcement guidance on national origin discrimination to replace its 2002 compliance manual section on that subject, the federal agency announced on Monday, Nov. 21. The commission has also issued two short user-friendly resource documents to accompany the guidance: a question-and-answer publication on the guidance docu...

November 18, 2016

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IRS Extends Deadline to Supply Annual Health Care Information Forms to Employees

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) today extended the deadline for employers to furnish their employees with their annual health care information forms from Jan. 31 to March 2, though it left intact the deadline for employers to file their forms 1094-B and 1094-C with the agency. Those deadlines remain Feb. 28 for paper filing and March 31 for electronic filing. Under the Affordable Care Act (...

November 18, 2016

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EEOC Touts Discrimination Claim Settlements, Reduction of Backlog

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) secured more than $482.1 million for victims of discrimination in private, state and local government and federal workplaces during fiscal year 2016, which ended Sept. 30, the agency reported in its annual Performance and Accountability Report published on Nov. 15. This includes $347.9 million for victims of employment discrimination in privat...

November 18, 2016

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USCIS Publishes Long-Promised Highly Skilled Immigrant Rule

USCIS today published a final rule to modernize and improve several aspects of certain employment-based nonimmigrant and immigrant visa programs. USCIS has also amended regulations to better enable U.S. employers to hire and retain certain foreign workers who are beneficiaries of approved employment-based immigrant visa petitions and are waiting to become lawful permanent residents. This rule g...

November 17, 2016

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Death Knell Tolls for DOL Persuader Rule

A federal judge in Texas has converted his temporary injunction to a permanent one, blocking the Department of Labor (DOL) from implementing its so-called "Persuader Rule," which would have forced employers to reveal the identities and advice of those assisting them in union organization fights. Senior U.S. District Court Judge Samuel Cummings first placed an injunction on the rule in July, an...

November 17, 2016

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Slips, Trips and Falls Final Rule Finally Issued

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) today issued a final rule updating its general industry Walking-Working Surfaces standards specific to slip, trip, and fall hazards. The rule also includes a new section under the general industry Personal Protective Equipment standards that establishes employer requirements for using personal fall protection systems. "The final rule wil...

November 16, 2016

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House Republicans Ask Obama Agencies to Cease Rulemaking

House Republicans, led by Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R.-Calif.), have sent letters to the heads of all federal agencies asking that they cease issuing rules during the lame-duck last two months of the Obama administration. The House members also intend to pass a bill forbidding rulemaking until the new president is sworn in. The White House said it would immediately veto the bill and anno...

November 16, 2016

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Obamacare Enrollees Not Deterred by Trump Victory and His Vow to End Program

About 53,000 more individuals than last year signed up for health insurance policies during the first 12 days of open enrollment this year, which commenced Nov. 1 and runs through Jan. 31, despite the election of Donald Trump as president and his vow to "repeal and replace" the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that for the first 12 days o...

November 15, 2016

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140 Rules the New Congress Could Overturn Instantly in January

According to the Bill Clinton-era Congressional Review Act (CRA), Congress has 60 working days to review and disapprove new regulations issued by federal agencies. Thus any rule issued by the Obama administration since June 1 will be subject to the review by the new Congress in January. Congress can then disapprove any rules it dislikes and send them to the new president for his signature. (Un...

November 14, 2016

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Revised Form I-9 Released

Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) today published a revised version of Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification. By Jan. 22, 2017, employers must use only the new version, dated 11/14/2016 N. Until then, they can continue to use the version dated 03/08/2013 N or the new version. Among the changes in the new version, Section 1 asks for “other last names used” rather than “other...

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