Articles by Girish Anand

June 9, 2016

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EEOC Miami Office to Help with Women's Issues in Puerto Rico

The Miami District Office of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) entered into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) this week with the Office of the Women's Advocate of Puerto Rico in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The agreement establishes an ongoing collaboration between these entities to provide women with information, guidance, and access to resources on the prevention of discriminat...

June 7, 2016

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DOL to Award $100 Million in America's Promise Grants for Job Training, Placement

The Department of Labor (DOL) has announced the availability of approximately $100 million in America’s Promise Job-Driven Grants to develop and grow regional partnerships between workforce agencies, education and training providers and employers in a variety of industries such as information technology, healthcare, advanced manufacturing, financial services and educational services. The Ameri...

June 7, 2016

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ERISA Advisory Council Meeting for Three Days

The Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans, also known as the ERISA Advisory Council, is meeting at the Department of Labor’s headquarters today through Thursday, to hear testimony from invited witnesses and to receive an update from the Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA). The council has scheduled the EBSA update tentatively for the morning of June 9. The...

June 6, 2016

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Benefits.gov Website Now Geotargeted

The Department of Labor (DOL) announced that the Benefits.gov – official federal government benefits website – now customizes the user’s search for government benefits based on the user’s location. By personalizing the content on government benefits and other information – and providing content most commonly requested – the site now provides a better and more efficient tool for its users, accor...

June 3, 2016

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EEOC Seeks Public Input on National Origin Discrimination Enforcement

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced that it has voted to release for public input a proposed enforcement guidance addressing national origin discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. EEOC's enforcement guidance documents express official agency policy and explain how the laws and regulations apply to specific workplace situations. Title VII protec...

June 2, 2016

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DOL Grants to Help Homeless Veterans Find Employment

Secretary of Labor Thomas E. Perez has announced the award of $36 million in Homeless Veterans’ Reintegration Program (HVRP) grants to help an estimated 17,000 veterans successfully transition to sustainable housing and good civilian jobs. The grants will fund a variety of services to assist homeless veterans in their return to the labor force including occupational, classroom and on-the-job tr...

June 2, 2016

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DOL, South Dakota Join Forces to Fight Misclassification

The Wage and Hour Division (WHD) of the Department of Labor (DOL) and the South Dakota Department of Labor and Regulation have signed a three-year Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) intended to protect employees’ rights by preventing their misclassification as independent contractors or other non-employee status. The two agencies will provide clear, accurate, and easy-to-access outreach to emplo...

June 1, 2016

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UnitedHealth to Leave All But Six Obamacare States

With the announcement by Covered California that UnitedHealth Group Inc. would be exiting its Obamacare exchange in 2017, the role of the nation's largest health insurer in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has now been reduced to six states. UnitedHealth on Tuesday informed its brokers that "at this time, we have filed to offer On-Exchange products" in Nevada, New York and Virginia for 2017, acco...

June 1, 2016

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EEOC Raises Non-Posting Penalty from $210 to $525

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is publishing a final rule tomorrow that raises penalties for violations of its posting requirements from $210 to $525, taking advantage of the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015. The increase will take effect 30 days after publication, on July 2, 2016. EEOC enforces the posting of notifications for Title...

May 26, 2016

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11 States Sue Administration Over Transgender Bathroom Mandate

Following directives by the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Department of Education (DOE) detailing how public school bathrooms and locker rooms must be gender-neutral, 11 states have filed suit against the Obama administration to stop the mandate. The lawsuit argues that the directive conspires "to turn workplace and educational settings across the country into laboratories for a massive soci...

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