U.S. Supreme Court Upholds Affordable Care Act Subsidies in Federal Exchanges :: alerts
...ell the Court ruled 3 in favor of maintaining tax credits through federally established exchanges. Challengers to the ACA had argued that tax credits were not available through fed...

Is Sexual Orientation Now a Protected Class? :: alerts
...ion; or wait to see if the federal courts in the locations where you have operations will change their minds to agree with the EEOC on this point or if Congress amends Title VII to...

EEOC Proposal Seeks to Combat Discrimination Through the Tracking of Payroll Data :: alerts
...aking Portal. Comments received online will be posted publicly on the same portal without change including any personal information you provide. We will keep you updated if this ch...

City of Chattanooga Pension Reform Ruled Constitutional :: news
...ndment was reduction to the cost of living adjustment COLA paid to retirees. The COLA was changed from fixed annual increase to variable rate averaging 1.5 In April 2014 group of r...

What's Wellness Got To Do With It? :: alerts
...y coverage under the second lowest cost Silver Plan on the state or federal Health Care Exchange for the location that the employer identifies as its principal place of business. T...

Questions and Answers on the DOL Salary Basis Requirement Final Rule :: alerts
...y applies to the Executive Administrative and Professional exemptions. Did the Final Rule change the duties tests for these exemptions No. Last year the DOL invited comments on the...

30-Day Countdown to the New DOL Overtime Rule – Are YOU Ready? :: alerts
...mpensated employee exemption will increase from 100 000 to 134 004. The new rule does not change the duties test for these or any other exemptions. That said the rule provides empl...

Employee Training Requirements Lowered for Tennessee Drug-Free Workplace Employers :: alerts
...lly in writing the existence of the employer's drug free workplace policy. Note that this change does not eliminate the current requirement that all supervisory employees must unde...

Preparing for the MANDATORY Digital Age of Workplace Injury Reporting :: alerts
... for submitting the required information electronically. The rule does not require you to change the way you record injuries and illnesses or increase the type of information to be...

The DOL Persuader Rule Is Put On Hold :: alerts
...k or the drafting of communications or materials to be distributed to employees regarding changes in pay benefits or other terms and conditions of employment or to provide or assis...