Articles by Girish Anand

April 12, 2016

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2015 Safest Year in Mining History, MSHA Says

The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) has released preliminary data for calendar year 2015, updating the “Mine Safety and Health at a Glance” page. The charts include information on inspections, violations and number of mines and miners. They also show fatality and injury rates for coal, metal and nonmetal and all mining. The data show that last year was the safest year in mining hi...

April 12, 2016

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California Ups the Ante on Paid Family Leave

Just a week after San Francisco went all out by guaranteeing 100 percent pay for employees who take family leave for the birth of a child, the state of California is raising its contribution to the program beginning in 2018. When it kicks in, those earning close to the minimum wage will receive 70 percent of their pay for six weeks of leave for childbirth or caring for a family member, while h...

April 7, 2016

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Much-Anticipated Fiduciary Rule Unveiled by DOL

For many in the financial services industry, dread became reality yesterday when the Department of Labor (DOL) introduced its much-discussed, much-anticipated fiduciary rule for agents who market retirement plans, setting the standard of service at "best interest" of the client rather than "suitable" for the client. The rule makes all retirement investment advisers into fiduciaries, meaning th...

April 6, 2016

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Former Massey CEO Sentenced to Prison for Mine Safety Violation

Don Blankenship, former CEO of Massey Energy, has been sentenced to 12 months in prison for conspiring to violate federal mine safety laws, becoming the first American executive to be imprisoned for breaking the nation's safety laws. The sentence, meted out by U.S. District Judge Irene C. Berger, includes a $250,000 fine and comes six years and one day after Massey's Upper Big Branch coal mine...

April 6, 2016

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San Francisco First to Mandate Fully Paid Parental Leave

San Francisco has piggy-backed on an existing California law allowing parents to take six weeks of 55-percent paid leave for the birth of a child by mandating their employers pay the other 45 percent. Result: Continuation of regular pay for six weeks upon the birth of a child. The 55 percent is currently paid from a state fund. The S.F. ordinance requires employers to make up the difference. ...

April 4, 2016

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EEOC Publishes Latest Edition of its 'EEO Digest'

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced the latest edition of its federal sector Digest of Equal Employment Opportunity Law, which is available online at http://www.eeoc.gov/federal/digest/index.cfm. This edition (Fiscal Year 2016, Volume 2) features a special article titled Stating a Claim in the EEO Process: Determining One's Status as Either an Employee or Indepen...

April 4, 2016

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Final Rule Published on Religious Liberty Protections for Beneficiaries of Federal Programs

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), along with other federal agencies, today published a final rule that will provide new religious liberty protections for beneficiaries of federally funded social service programs, while also adding new protections for the ability of religious providers to compete for government funds on the same basis as any other private organization. The regul...

April 4, 2016

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DOL's Fiduciary Rule to Be Released Wednesday

According to the Wall Street Journal and other sources, the Department of Labor (DOL) on Wednesday will publish its long-awaited fiduciary rule, raising the bar from a "suitability" standard to a "best interest" standard in the marketing of retirement products. "The DOL has effectively created a uniform fiduciary standard for all retirement advisers, including brokers and insurance agents," sa...

April 2, 2016

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Women's Soccer Players File Equal Pay Complaint

Alleging the U.S. women's soccer team earned $20 million more than the men's team in 2015 but its members were paid four times less than the men's, five female players have filed a complaint alleging pay discrimination with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). The EEOC has so far not commented on the Wednesday action by co-captains Carli Lloyd and Becky Sauerbrunn, forward Alex ...

March 31, 2016

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OSHA Injury Reporting Fines Quadrupled -- and More!

Under new guidelines issued this year, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has followed up on its new injury-illness reporting requirements of January 2015 with increased fines for noncompliance, with the amounts rising 400 percent, backed by the threat of even higher fines to achieve the "necessary deterrent effect." Employers must report an in-patient hospitalization, am...

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