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Health And Safety: Court Looks At When Unintended Safety Lapses May Lead To Penalties For Willful Violation Of Cal/OSHA Rules

By Jennifer Carsen Jul 1, 2000 HR Management & Compliance

Updated: May 18, 2015

John Blackstock, an apprentice electrician with Rick’s Electric Inc., a San Diego electrical contractor, was seriously hurt when he received a 227-volt shock while working on electrical cables. Foreman Glen Woodmansee believed the cables weren’t energized, but didn’t check before assigning Blackstock to the project. Plus, Blackstock hadn’t been trained to work on live equipment. […]

Governor Daniels Signs “Bring Your Gun to Work” Bill Into Law

By Holly Jones, Senior Legal Editor Mar 19, 2010 HR Management & Compliance

Updated: Mar 19, 2010

On March 18, Governor Mitch Daniels signed into law a bill allowing most employees in the state to bring weapons onto their employer’s property as long as the weapons are kept out of plain sight in locked vehicles. The bill will take effect July 1, 2010. In the signing statement accompanying the bill, Governor Daniels […]

New Massachusetts law to expand transgender protection

By Massachusetts Employment Law Letter Jul 11, 2016 HR Management & Compliance

Updated: Jul 11, 2016

by Stefanie M. Renaud Massachusetts law has prohibited discrimination against transgender people in employment and housing since 2011, but a new law taking effect on October 1 will expand transgender protections to places of public accommodation. On July 8, Governor Charles Baker signed into law a bill that prohibits discrimination against persons because of their […]

‘Mini-med’ plans get a new lease on limits

By Todd Leeuwenburgh Jun 21, 2011 Benefits and Compensation

Updated: Jun 21, 2011

Employer sponsored health plans that set low annual limits on “essential” benefits have been able to apply to HHS for a waiver if they can demonstrate that compliance with June 28, 2010 interim final rules phasing out such caps would cause a “significant decrease in access to benefits or a significant increase in premiums.” Waivers […]

News Flash: Albertson’s To Pay Multimillion Dollar Settlement To Employees Who Weren’t Paid For “Off-The-Clock” Work

By HR Daily Advisor Staff Dec 1, 1999 HR Management & Compliance

Updated: May 19, 2015

Albertson’s grocery chain recently settled eight class-action lawsuits filed by workers who allege the company didn’t pay them for work performed at the end of their shifts or on their days off. The employees claim they feared being fired if they reported the off-the-clock work. Albertson’s has denied wrongdoing, but agreed to take a $37 […]

Protect Your Data: Identity Thieves Hit from Where You Least Expect

By David Slaughter, JD, Senior Content Specialist, Legal Feb 4, 2012 Benefits and Compensation

Updated: Feb 4, 2012

A 39-month prison sentence was handed down Feb. 1 for an Alabama woman who had pleaded guilty to stealing more than 4,000 patient records from a Birmingham hospital. A federal district court sentenced Chelsea Catherine Stewart to 15 months for wrongfully obtaining individual health information in violation of HIPAA, along with an unrelated bank fraud attempt […]

Nonreligious Firm Wins Enforcement Stay of Reform’s Contraceptive Mandate

By Todd Leeuwenburgh Jul 31, 2012 Benefits and Compensation

Updated: Jul 31, 2012

A Colorado-based company that is not a religious organization got a temporary reprieve in complying with the Obama administration’s mandate that health plans cover contraceptives without patient cost sharing, under a new ruling from the U.S. District Court in Colorado. The reform requirement takes effect for non-grandfathered and non-religious employer health plans on Aug. 1. […]

End of the Canada-wide Information Technology Program

By Northern Exposure Oct 18, 2010 Northern Exposure

Updated: Oct 18, 2010

By Susan Bradley and Gilda Villaran In November 2009, we started a discussion on the fundamentals of Canadian work permits. Until now, Canadian employers didn’t have to obtain a Labour Market Opinion (LMO) from Services Canada for certain information technology (IT) professionals. Employers didn’t have to prove that they had advertised the position, that they […]

COBRA Premium Subsidy Law —What a Difference a Year Makes

By Gwen Cofield, Contributing Editor May 27, 2011 Benefits and Compensation

Updated: May 27, 2011

Last year around this time, COBRA administrators were waiting with dread to see if Congress would enact yet ANOTHER extension to the continuation coverage premium subsidy law. The law had been extended three times before, so why not four? But due to the political shifts in Congress as a result of the 2010 elections, and […]