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20th Anniversary: FMLA Benefits American Workers And Their Families
08/02/2013 Comments Off on 20th Anniversary: FMLA Benefits American Workers And Their Families
To mark the 20th anniversary of the signing of the landmark Family and Medical Leave Act, (FMLA) the U.S. Department of Labor today released the results of a survey on its use and impact. The survey “Family and Medical Leave Act in 2012: Final Report,” shows that the law has had a positive effect on […]
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 …Resource: Summary Of Health Care Benefits, Insurance Coverage & Uniform Glossary Of Terms
04/02/2013 Comments Off on Resource: Summary Of Health Care Benefits, Insurance Coverage & Uniform Glossary Of TermsUnder the Affordable Care Act, health insurers and group health care plans will provide the 180 million Americans who have private insurance with clear, consistent and comparable information about their health care plan benefits and coverage. Specifically, the regulations will ensure consumers have access to two forms that will help them understand and evaluate their […]
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 …New Rule: Some Families Ineligible For Health Care Insurance Subsidies
30/01/2013 Comments Off on New Rule: Some Families Ineligible For Health Care Insurance Subsidies
By JULIE APPLEBY, KHN— Some families with costly job-based health care coverage may be ineligible for federal subsidies to help them buy less expensive coverage through new online insurance markets, under final rules released Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2012, by the Internal Revenue Service. The two rules, published by the Treasury Department here and here, uphold earlier proposals outlining what […]
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 …Union Membership in the U.S. Takes Another Big Hit In 2012, At 76-Year Low
24/01/2013 Comments Off on Union Membership in the U.S. Takes Another Big Hit In 2012, At 76-Year Low
Opponents of labor union membership in the United States had a very successful couple of years during 2011 and 2012. Union membership nationwide reached a 76-year record low, during 2012, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Jan. 23, 2013. In 2012, the union membership rate — the percentage of wage and salary workers who […]
Continue reading …HMO-Like Plans Make Comeback In Online Health Care Insurance Markets
23/01/2013 Comments Off on HMO-Like Plans Make Comeback In Online Health Care Insurance Markets
By JULIE APPLEBY KHN Staff Writer— It’s back to the future for insurers, which plan to sharply limit the choice of doctors and hospitals in some policies marketed to consumers under the health care law, starting next fall. Such plans, similar to the HMOs of old, fell into disfavor with consumers in the 1980s and 1990s, […]
Continue reading …Patients’ Share Of Health Care Spending Is Shrinking
14/01/2013 Comments Off on Patients’ Share Of Health Care Spending Is Shrinking
By JAY HANCOCK, KHN Staff Writer— Consumer-driven medical spending may be the second-biggest story in health care, after the Affordable Care Act. As employers give workers more “skin in the game” through higher costs from purse and paycheck, the thinking goes, they’ll seek more efficient treatment and hold down overall spending. But consumers may not […]
Continue reading …An Invisible Maid Army, 52 Million Domestic Workers Toil Worldwide
09/01/2013 Comments Off on An Invisible Maid Army, 52 Million Domestic Workers Toil Worldwide
ILO News– At least 52 million people around the world – mainly women – are employed as domestic workers, according to the first research of its kind conducted by the International Labor Organization. They account for 7.5% of women’s wage employment worldwide and a far greater share in some regions, particularly Asia and the Pacific […]
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