According to Reuters, the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the nationwide availability of tax subsidies that are crucial to the implementation of President Barack Obama’s signature healthcare law, handing a major victory to the President. The court ruled on a 6-3 vote that the 2010 Affordable Care Act, widely known as Obamacare, did not … Continue reading Alert! Supreme Court Upholds Affordable Care Act
Law Effective September 30, 2015 Under a new law effective September 30, 2015, if an employer pays any amount of an employee’s debt under a default judgment (entered under the Revised Judicature Act, §§ 9–10), the employer may deduct that amount from the employee’s regularly scheduled wage payment without the written consent of the employee … Continue reading New Michigan Law – Employers May Deduct from Wages Without Consent if Paid Employee’s Debt
In its Annual Report to Congress on the Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Program, the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) reports that both the number of whistleblower claims and the magnitude of the financial awards stemming from those claims “were record-breaking” in FY 2014. Under the Dodd-Frank whistleblower incentive program, individuals who report original information that … Continue reading Record Breaking Awards in Whistle Blower Cases in 2014
With several cases of Ebola diagnosed in the United States, employers should be prepared to protect the workforce, especially if employees travel to an Ebola-infected country (for business or personal reasons), or even domestically, as cases arise in this country. Employers should educate employees working in areas threatened by the Ebola virus about how to … Continue reading Ebola Outbreak: Employer Tips To Protect Workforce
President Barack Obama issued an executive order on July 31 requiring federal contractors to disclose violations of wage and hour, health and safety, family and medical leave, collective bargaining, and other workplace laws. The Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces executive order, applying to new federal contracts of more than $500,000 starting in 2016, will require … Continue reading President Signs Executive Order Requiring Disclosure of Employment Violations
An Ohio Woman whose medical record was posted to Facebook, which revealed her name, and a syphilis diagnosis’s, has sued the hospital where she was treated and the worker who accessed her information. The 20-year old Cincinnati woman, filed the lawsuit against the University of Cincinnati Medical Center. According to the lawsuit, the events of … Continue reading Woman Sues After STD Diagnosis Posted on Facebook
Michigan has experienced record breaking snow levels and extensive adverse winter weather conditions. It is a great time to make sure you have an Inclement Weather Policy in place to ensure employees know what to do when they are unable to commute to work. Your Inclement Weather Policy should depend upon your type of company, … Continue reading Why You Need an Inclement Weather Policy
