By George J. Miller
On May 19, 2010, the U.S. Department of Labor published in the Federal Register (75 FR 28368) a final regulation implementing President Obama’s Executive Order 13496, which he issued in January 2009. The regulation goes into effect on June 19, 2010.
EO13496 requires federal contractors to include clauses in their ...
By Kim Koratsky
Yesterday, a Southern District of New York jury smacked Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp. with $250 million in punitive damages in a gender bias case. Earlier this week, the five women and four men on the jury awarded $3,367,250 in compensatory damages to the 12 named plaintiffs (current and former sales reps) who prevailed on claims ...
By Kim Koratsky
Ongoing review of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (“PPACA”) is much like a long hike through an unfamiliar forest; each time we go around a turn, we find something that we have not seen before. Included in its many provisions, the PPACA contains whistleblower protection for persons who report abuses or ...
By Edwin S. Hopson
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act just passed by Congress and signed into law by President Obama has changes that take effect in the near term (typically 6 months after passage). These include:
--small business tax credits of up to 35% of premiums;
--the elimination of co-pays for preventive services for ...
By Edwin S. Hopson
On May 21, 2010 in Louisville and June 3, 2010 in Lexington, the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce will sponsor a seminar on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Topics to be covered include:
“Expanded Coverage: Who, What, When;”
“Changes in the Delivery System: Quality, Efficiency and Related Initiatives;”
By LaToi Mayo
Employers should revamp their sexual harassment training materials and programs to protect themselves from an increasing number of claims being filed by male workers. Since the start of the recession, a growing number of sexual harassment claims have come from men. Some 16.4% of all sexual harassment claims, were filed by men in ...
By Debra H. Dawahare
On March 27, 2010, President Obama appointed Chai Feldblum, Victoria Lipnic, and Jacqueline Berrien as EEOC Commissioners, and P. David Lopez as the agency’s General Counsel. Berrien and Feldblum are Democrats, and Lipnic is a Republican. Two of the five EEOC Commissioners must be of a party other than the President’s ...
By Kim Koratsky
A 68-29 vote in the Senate will send a bill to President Obama that will offer tax breaks to employers who hire the unemployed. The bill, which passed March 16, offers $18 Billion in tax breaks and pumps $20 Billion into highway and transit programs. Under this new legislation, businesses that hire the unemployed will be exempt from ...