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4 Feb 2015, 12:00 am
Ilyse Wolens Schuman The number of discrimination charges filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission that included allegations of retaliation reached an all-time high in FY 2014, according to newly released enforcement and litigation statistics. [read post]
3 Feb 2015, 12:00 am
Ilyse Wolens Schuman In a "message" vote, the Republican-led House of Representatives elected to repeal the Affordable Care Act in its entirety. [read post]
2 Feb 2015, 12:00 am
Ilyse Wolens Schuman As promised during last month's State of the Union Address, President Obama's budget proposal for Fiscal Year 2016 allocates funding to a number of initiatives designed to promote "middle class economics. [read post]
29 Jan 2015, 12:00 am
Ilyse Wolens Schuman Recent actions by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) were under scrutiny during Thursday’s Senate hearing on wellness programs. [read post]
22 Jan 2015, 12:00 am
Ilyse Wolens Schuman During the first employment-related hearing conducted by the new Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP), Senators and panelists debated whether the Affordable Care Act's definition of "full-time" employment should be amended. [read post]
21 Jan 2015, 12:00 am
Ilyse Wolens Schuman During last night's State of the Union address, President Obama touched on a number of employment and benefits-related topics that fit into his theme of promoting "middle-class economics. [read post]
12 Jan 2015, 12:00 am
Ilyse Wolens Schuman Continuing its efforts to chip away at the Affordable Care Act, the House of Representatives on Monday voted 401-0 to exempt emergency service volunteers from the 50-employee threshold triggering the healthcare law's pay-or-play mandate. [read post]
8 Jan 2015, 12:00 am
Ilyse Wolens Schuman On Thursday, the House of Representatives readily approved by a vote of 252-172 the Save American Workers Act of 2015 (H.R. 30), a bill that would increase from 30 to 40 the number of hours an employee must work per week to be considered "full-time" under the Affordable Care Act (ACA).read more [read post]
6 Jan 2015, 12:00 am
Ilyse Wolens Schuman As expected, the 114th Congress began its term by attacking provisions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). [read post]
6 Jan 2015, 12:00 am
Ilyse Wolens Schuman The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has announced it will hold a public meeting to discuss how to prevent and address workplace harassment. [read post]
7 Feb 2014, 4:00 am
(h/t Ilyse Wolens Schuman @ D.C. [read post]
29 Oct 2012, 8:06 am
By Ilyse Schuman The number of employers that provide health benefits to retirees has dwindled significantly over the past 15 years, according to a recent report issued by the Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI). [read post]
21 Oct 2012, 10:41 pm
Bus Drivers’ Hours of Service: Ilyse Schuman reports that the Department of Transportation (DOT) Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) is beginning to ramp up new “hours of service” or HOS rules for motorcoach operators. [read post]
3 Oct 2012, 11:01 am
By Ilyse Schuman Employers, employee benefits specialists, and human resources professionals may be interested in an upcoming program on the implications of health care reform. [read post]
1 Oct 2012, 7:39 am
By Ilyse Schuman Updated October 27, 2012: Due to the forecast of severe weather, the DOL has announced that the ERISA Advisory Council meeting scheduled for October 30-31 will be held on November 26-27. [read post]
26 Sep 2012, 6:40 am
By Ilyse Schuman As of September 23, 2012, health insurance issuers and group health plans must provide health plan participants and enrollees with information to better help them understand the plan’s benefits and coverage. [read post]
21 Sep 2012, 6:36 am
By Ilyse Schuman On Thursday the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) conducted a roundtable discussion on the problems facing pension plans and ways to improve pension plan structure and administration. [read post]
19 Sep 2012, 9:57 am
By Ilyse Schuman The Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) has launched a website enabling retirement plan fiduciaries to electronically inform the DOL of a service provider’s failure to disclose fee information, as required under the agency’s fee disclosure rule. [read post]
14 Sep 2012, 2:25 pm
By Ilyse Schuman During a House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee hearing held on Wednesday, several witnesses emphasized the need for final regulations on a number of Affordable Care Act (ACA) provisions and programs, including those related to the future insurance exchanges (“Exchanges”). [read post]
12 Sep 2012, 3:19 pm
By Ilyse Schuman According to a new survey (pdf) conducted by the Kaiser Family Foundation/Health Research & Educational Trust (HRET), the average annual cost of health care premiums for employer-sponsored health insurance rose 3% for single coverage and 4% for family coverage in 2012. [read post]
