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19 Mar 2015, 12:00 am
Ilyse Wolens Schuman On March 18, a handful of bills were introduced that seek to create a national right to paid leave, and entitle employees to request flexible work terms and conditions. [read post]
14 Apr 2015, 12:00 am
Ilyse Wolens Schuman On April 14, 2015 the Employee Benefits Security Administration unveiled its proposal to re-define who is rendered a "fiduciary" of an employee benefit plan under ERISA by providing investment advice to a plan or its participants or beneficiaries.read more [read post]
18 Mar 2015, 12:00 am
Ilyse Wolens Schuman The day after the House Appropriations Committee held a hearing to discuss the Department of Labor's budget proposal for FY 2016, a separate House committee put Labor Secretary Thomas Perez in the hot seat over the same issue.read more [read post]
14 Apr 2015, 12:00 am
Ilyse Wolens Schuman On the day the National Labor Relations Board's contentious "ambush" election rule took effect, members of the House and Senate introduced bills to preserve elements of the previous and long-standing representation election process. [read post]
12 Mar 2015, 12:00 am
Ilyse Wolens Schuman The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has issued a proposed rule revising its eye and face protection standards applicable to a number of industries. [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]
20 Mar 2015, 12:00 am
Ilyse Wolens Schuman Labor and employment-related bills are once again becoming popular at the federal level. [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]
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]
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]
24 Apr 2015, 12:00 am
Ilyse Wolens Schuman A federal judge in the District of Columbia refused to enjoin the implementation of the National Labor Relations Board's new expedited election rule while the lawsuit to revoke the rule is pending. [read post]
23 Feb 2015, 12:00 am
Ilyse Wolens Schuman On Monday, the White House and the Department of Labor publicized efforts to target conflicts of interest in managing employee retirement funds. [read post]
19 May 2015, 12:00 am
Ilyse Wolens Schuman The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's enforcement strategies and ligation history came under fire from Republican members of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions on Tuesday. [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]
15 May 2015, 12:00 am
Lotito Ilyse Wolens Schuman On Friday, May 15, 18 Democratic Senators sent a letter to President Obama calling for him to issue an executive order that would make the federal government a "model employer. [read post]
19 Mar 2015, 12:00 am
Ilyse Wolens Schuman As expected, the House of Representatives voted 232-186 in favor of a joint resolution of disapproval (S.J. [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]