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Study Finds Workplace Discrimination Against Caregivers Growing
12/09/2012 Comments Off on Study Finds Workplace Discrimination Against Caregivers Growing
Workplace discrimination against caregivers is becoming commonplace as more employees must care for aging parents, a new report from the AARP, an advocacy group of older Americans. The report, “Protecting Family Caregivers from Employment Discrimination,” identifies workplace discrimination against workers with elder care responsibilities as an emerging trend. The report also highlights the limited legal […]
Continue reading …Health Care Reform After The Supreme Court Ruling – A Consumer’s Guide
27/08/2012 Comments Off on Health Care Reform After The Supreme Court Ruling – A Consumer’s Guide
By Mary Agnes Carey, KHN Staff Writer– The Supreme Court Thursday, 28 June 2012, upheld the 2010 federal health care reform law, dismissing the challenge by states to the law’s requirement that individuals get insurance. The justices, however, did give states the right to opt out of a critical provision requiring them to expand Medicaid […]
Continue reading …California Races To Enroll Uninsured After Health Care Law Affirmed
29/06/2012 Comments Off on California Races To Enroll Uninsured After Health Care Law Affirmed
By RUSS MITCHELL, KHN Staff Writer– With the health care law upheld by the Supreme Court, the state that boasts the largest number of uninsured is bent on losing that distinction. Peter Lee, charged with creating California’s online state insurance market, says his goal is to make shopping for health insurance as easy “as buying […]
Continue reading …Hospitals Celebrate Supreme Court Health Care Reform Law Decision
29/06/2012 Comments Off on Hospitals Celebrate Supreme Court Health Care Reform Law Decision
By JAY HANCOCK, KHN Staff Writer– Everybody agreed hospitals would be the biggest business losers if the Supreme Court overthrew the health care reform act. But the ruling that preserves most of the law — along with the promise of billions in extra hospital revenue — raises new problems for the industry. Hospital bosses applauded and […]
Continue reading …Supreme Court Health Care Law Ruling Puts Pressure On States To Act
28/06/2012 Comments Off on Supreme Court Health Care Law Ruling Puts Pressure On States To Act
By PHIL GALEWITZ and MARILYN WERBER SERAFINI, KHN Staff Writers– The Supreme Court has given states a way out of expanding their Medicaid programs under the health law, and top Republican officials in several states were quick to say they want to take that step. But governors will be under strong pressure to take the […]
Continue reading …Employer Wellness Programs Tie Rewards, Penalties To Health Tests, Lifestyle Choices
06/04/2012 Comments Off on Employer Wellness Programs Tie Rewards, Penalties To Health Tests, Lifestyle Choices
By JULIE APPLEBY, KHN Staff Writer– Once a year, employees of the Swiss Village Retirement Community in Berne, Ind., have a checkup that will help determine how much they pay for health coverage. Those who don’t smoke, aren’t obese and whose blood pressure and cholesterol fall below specific levels get to shave as much as $2,000 […]
Continue reading …KHN – Health Care On Trial, Arguments At The Supreme Court, Day 2
27/03/2012 Comments Off on KHN – Health Care On Trial, Arguments At The Supreme Court, Day 2From the Kaiser Health News service of the Kaiser Family Foundation here are excerpts of Tuesday’s oral arguments in the before the Supreme Court on the validity of the insurance mandate in the Affordable Care Act. 27 MARCH 2012 In the arguments before the Supreme Court Tuesday on the insurance mandate – sometimes referred to […]
Continue reading …KHN – Health Care On Trial, Supreme Court Arguments Day 1
26/03/2012 Comments Off on KHN – Health Care On Trial, Supreme Court Arguments Day 1From the Kasier Health News — A Guide To The Supreme Court Arguments, Day 1 The first day’s arguments focused on the Anti-Injunction Act and whether the court can rule on the case before a penalty is imposed on those who do not have health insurance. KHN’s reporter inside the court, Stuart Taylor, tells Jackie […]
Continue reading …Analysis – ‘Medical Cost-Shifting’ The Ripple Effect Of Uncompensated Health Care
20/03/2012 Comments Off on Analysis – ‘Medical Cost-Shifting’ The Ripple Effect Of Uncompensated Health Care
By WENDELL POTTER, iWatchNews– If I were trying to persuade the Supreme Court later this month that Obamacare should not be declared unconstitutional, I would tell the story of the woman who was the original named plaintiff in the lawsuit filed by the National Federation of Independent Business, one of the fiercest critics of the […]
Continue reading …HHS Unveils Requirements For Consumer Health Insurance Labels
10/02/2012 Comments Off on HHS Unveils Requirements For Consumer Health Insurance Labels
By SUSAN JAFFE, KHN– This story details of the final regulations for the new health insurance summaries that the federal health law requires plans to give to consumers to help them make informed coverage choices. “For too many Americans today, choosing a health plan means reading through a human resources book usually the size of a small phone book and […]
Continue reading …- Amazon’s unilateral mailbox installation nets workers a second election at Bessemer facility
- No injunction pending appeal for Mass General Brigham employees denied COVID vaccine exemption requests
- Sixth Circuit designated to rule on consolidated challenges to OSHA’s vaccinate or test mandate
- California AG announces first-of-its-kind stipulated judgment requiring Amazon’s compliance with COVID-19-related ‘right-to-know’ law
- Stay on OSHA’s ETS affirmed; agency ordered to ‘take no steps to implement or enforce’ vaccine mandate
- Manager who referred to mask as ‘KKK hood’ lawfully terminated for ‘cause’
- Biden Administration says there’s no need for emergency relief over vaccinate or test ETS
- Businesses, five states obtain temporary stay of Biden Administration’s private employer vaccine mandate
- Employee who didn’t opt out of post-hire arbitration agreement must arbitrate bias claims
- U.S. Supreme Court declines to grant injunction on Maine health care worker COVID vaccine mandate
- EEOC shares its own religious accommodation form as sample for vaccine requirement exemption requests
- Waste removal driver unable to revive Title VII and FLSA claims on appeal
- Transgender police officer who alleged she was involuntarily outed advances claims
- After appeal revived claim, white jail employee who complained of racial slur gets trial
- Mandatory vaccination rule for healthcare workers is facially neutral, does not single out religious objectors
- Hotel association challenges New York City’s new pandemic severance law
- 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
- Sprouts Farmers Market to Pay $280,0000 to Settle EEOC Disability Discrimination Suits
- ‘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
- UK Poised to Expand Workplace PPE Obligations
- DOL Sues Over Firing for E-Mail Allegedly Sharing Coronavirus Concerns
- Using Technology to Prepare Workforce for Post-Pandemic Times
- Ask HR: How Can Restaurant Owners Attract and Keep Good Workers?
- DOL Proposes Rule to Remove Barriers to ESG Funds in Retirement Plans
- Cal/OSHA Modifies Quarantine Rules for Asymptomatic, Unvaccinated Workers
- Boeing pilot indicted for allegedly deceiving US regulators over 737 Max
- Class certification granted for American Airlines pilots on USERRA, breach-of-contract claims
- Ipswich apprentice butcher encourages others to consider industry
- Ipswich apprentice butcher encourages others to consider industry
