E‐Verify Unavailable Due to Federal Shutdown E‐Verify went off‐line Oct. 1 because of the partial federal shutdown that occurred when Congress failed to pass a government funding measure. During the period that EVerify remains unavailable, employers will be unable to use the system for checking workers’ employment eligibility or to perform other tasks, according to Read more →

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Recent news regarding health reform’s requirement that health insurance plans cap how much consumers can pay out-of-pocket each year for medical care has shown to be somewhat confusing to employers and individuals since being announced on August 13. The bottom line: for many plans, the protections will take effect as scheduled in 2014. Some plans Read more →

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On January 25, 2013, Health and Human Services (HHS), the federal agency in charge of implementing the Health Information Privacy and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) issued regulations modifying the HIPAA Privacy and Security enforcement rules. These regulations finalized the amendments to HIPAA that were made by the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Read more →

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Summary: April 25th  2012, the EEOC (Equal Employment Opportunity Commission) voted to adopt a new guidance regarding employers’ use of criminal background checks. This guidance will affect nearly every employer in the country. According to the EEOC, some current criminal background check policies have a disproportionate effect on racial minorities.Therefore, the EEOC makes it clear that Read more →

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    A federal appeals court has recently temporarily blocked the National Labor Relations Board from making millions of businesses put up posters informing workers of their right to form a union. The rule requiring most private employers to display the posters was supposed to take effect on April 30, but the U.S. Court of Appeals Read more →

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