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Feds Blame Mississippi Governor For Health Insurance Exchange Denial
11/02/2013 Comments Off on Feds Blame Mississippi Governor For Health Insurance Exchange Denial
By PHIL GALEWITZ, KHN— One, Mississippi has become No, Mississippi. The Obama administration on Friday, Feb. 8 2013, offered an explanation for why it rejected Mississippi’s bid to establish a state-based online health insurance marketplace, called One, Mississippi. In a letter, the federal government’s top exchange official said they had no choice because Gov. Phil Bryant would not allow […]
Continue reading …Administration Delays Basic Health Insurance Plan Option Until 2015
08/02/2013 Comments Off on Administration Delays Basic Health Insurance Plan Option Until 2015
By PHIL GALEWITZ, KHN— The Obama administration has delayed by one year the rollout of a basic health insurance program aimed at low to moderate-income people who won’t qualify for the expanded Medicaid program under the federal health care law. Under the so-called Basic Health Program, some states had planned to offer government insurance to people who don’t […]
Continue reading …Study: Health Care Premium Increases Offset By Subsidies, Better Coverage
08/02/2013 Comments Off on Study: Health Care Premium Increases Offset By Subsidies, Better Coverage
By JULIE APPLEBY, KHN— How the federal health care law will affect premiums is among the most asked – and most controversial – questions in the final months before new rules kick in requiring most Americans to carry coverage. A white paper out Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013, considers how the law will affect premiums for people […]
Continue reading …Americans For Job Security: Nonprofit’s Election Year Spending Spikes, Opposes Obama
07/02/2013 Comments Off on Americans For Job Security: Nonprofit’s Election Year Spending Spikes, Opposes Obama
By DAVE LEVINTHAL, The Center For Public Integrity— Pro-business powerhouse Americans for Job Security cannot, by federal law, make politics its primary purpose. But as contentious federal elections and state-level ballot initiatives raged during 2012, the nonprofit organizationʼs income spiked at least tenfold compared to 2011, a non-election year, records show. The cash windfall fueled tens […]
Continue reading …UK Lags Behind Major Economies On Youth Unemployment
07/02/2013 Comments Off on UK Lags Behind Major Economies On Youth Unemployment
The United Kingdom has experienced the fastest rise in youth unemployment of any country in the G8 since the start of the Great Recession. The UK now has the third worst levels in the OECD, with only Spain and Greece experiencing higher levels, according to a new report published in January 2013 by London-based The […]
Continue reading …HR Advocates To DOL: Flexibility Key To Successful Wellness Programs
02/02/2013 Comments Off on HR Advocates To DOL: Flexibility Key To Successful Wellness Programs
WorldatWork, a nonprofit human resource association, said it has submitted a comment letter to the U.S. Department of Labor responding to the request for comments on Wellness Programs governed by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). “The majority of WorldatWork members are committed to providing valuable health benefits to their employees, however the […]
Continue reading …NLRB Finds New York City School Bus Strike Is Legal
01/02/2013 Comments Off on NLRB Finds New York City School Bus Strike Is Legal
New York’s school bus strike can keep rolling. A strike by New York City bus drivers is legal and may continue, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has ruled. The NLRB has found that a strike by union bus operators against a group of New York school bus companies does not violate the National Labor Relations […]
Continue reading …Health Care Proposal: Religious Nonprofits Won’t Pay For Birth Control
01/02/2013 Comments Off on Health Care Proposal: Religious Nonprofits Won’t Pay For Birth Control
By JENNY GOLD, KHN— After a year of lawsuits and public outcry, the Obama administration proposed Friday, Feb. 1, 2013, a way for women who work at nonprofit religious institutions to get free birth control without requiring their employers to pay for it. Instead, institutions that insure themselves, such as hospitals and universities, could use a third party to find […]
Continue reading …NRLB Sets Terms To Dismisses Wal-mart Picketing Complaint Against Union
31/01/2013 Comments Off on NRLB Sets Terms To Dismisses Wal-mart Picketing Complaint Against Union
A union seeking better conditions for Wal-mart workers worker won a a partial legal victory today, Jan. 31, 2013, as the National Labor Relations Board ruled to dismiss an unfair labor practice complaint filed by against the world’s employer against the union. The case involved picketing and protests at Wal-mart stores. The NRLB agreed to dismiss an unfair labor practice filed […]
Continue reading …‘Olive Garden’ Company Sees Steep Sales Drop After Fighting Obamacare
28/01/2013 Comments Off on ‘Olive Garden’ Company Sees Steep Sales Drop After Fighting Obamacare
Darden Restaurants, the company that owns the Red Lobster and Olive Garden chains, saw its net income plunge by 37% in the wake of bad publicity about its policies regarding the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare. According to the Associated Press, “revamped menus and new ad campaigns” fell flat as the corporate giant […]
Continue reading …- Celebrating the Resilience of Low-Income Women
- CEOs Get to Retire Comfortably. Workers Like Me Deserve the Same.
- Jobs Increased 339,000 In May, Unemployment Up 0.3% To 3.7%
- The decline of job creation at new establishments
- Contractor faces 2 serious citations after US Department of Labor finds safety failures led to welder’s death at Bonner Bridge demolition project
- Investigation into worker’s severe arm injury finds Cusseta auto parts manufacturer, supplier willfully ignored safety precautions
- ‘It’s a sweat factory’: Instacart workers ready to strike for pay and conditions
- Ships backed up outside US ports pumping out pollutants as they idle
- Privacy fears as Moscow metro rolls out facial recognition pay system
- ‘We are not machines’: Hollywood workers poised to strike for better conditions
- Boeing pilot indicted for allegedly deceiving US regulators over 737 Max
- Ipswich apprentice butcher encourages others to consider industry
- Ipswich apprentice butcher encourages others to consider industry
- Over 10,000 John Deere workers strike over ‘years’ of poor treatment
- Corporations are pledging to be ‘water positive’. What does that mean?
- US Department of Labor investigation of crane collapse, double fatality on Interstate 10 finds Lufkin company failed to assemble crane properly
- For the 6th time in 7 years, federal inspectors find Illinois contractor putting construction workers at risk of industry’s deadliest hazard
- US Department of Labor proposes $83K in fines to healthcare facility for failing to protect workers from coronavirus hazards
- Facebook says it will do more to prevent online hate, harassment
- As U.S. prepares to reopen border, some urge Canada to relax testing requirement
- Biden orders companies to ease supply chain bottlenecks or he’ll ‘call them out’
- What is the ‘new model’ the EU is proposing for Northern Ireland?
- Apple to make 10 million fewer iPhones due to microchip shortage
- US Department of Labor, Mexican Consulate in Boston enter alliance to promote workplace safety, health among New England’s workers
- US Department of Labor sues Austin luxury car dealer that retaliated against employee who raised concerns of coronavirus hazards
- Vaccine hesitant New Yorkers consider leaving the city as mandates take effect
- Carbon emissions ‘will drop just 40% by 2050 with countries’ current pledges’
- House passes bill to raise US debt ceiling through early December
- ‘The stakes couldn’t be higher’: GE urged to invest in green US jobs
- Zellers returns — kind of — but the lowest price isn't quite the law
- Cement makers across world pledge large cut in emissions by 2030
- India faces electricity crisis as coal supplies run critically low
- California justice department to investigate enormous oil spill