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The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) and a third-party administrator that provides employee health benefit plans with access to a network of doctors, hospitals, and other medical providers have reached an agreement in which the administrator has committed to improve its communications with health plans and to return certain fees the plans paid for claims […]
“Intern” might sound like the answer to your prayers—what’s not to like about an eager, capable person that you don’t have to pay, right? Stop right there!
Employers will get the opportunity to offer feedback on changes to the regulation governing which workers are eligible for overtime pay after the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) published a Request for Information (RFI) in the Federal Register on July 26.
Forward-thinking companies like The Dow Chemical Company (Dow) are always on the lookout for innovative training opportunities that can help close the skills gap. Dow, which has successfully run apprenticeship programs across Europe for 40 years, recently reached an important milestone with its U.S. program.
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) on June 29 issued its fifth request (82 Fed. Reg. 31278) for public comments on the agency’s fiduciary definition and related exemptions, which took effect June 9. But the latest request for information (RFI) by the DOL since the rule’s inception in October 2010 may not be its last.
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), headed by newly appointed Secretary of Labor Alexander Acosta, has decided not to defend the overtime rule finalized under the Obama Administration. Instead, the DOL will seek to begin a new rulemaking process, likely with a lower salary threshold for exemption.
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) released a draft model form for plan participants and others to use when asking group health plans to explain their limits on mental health coverage.
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on June 1 got into the act of examining standards of conduct for investment advisers after long being overshadowed in the area of fiduciary oversight by the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL).
Organizations are always on the lookout for innovative training opportunities that can help close the skills gap. One such company is the Dow Chemical Company (Dow), which has successfully run apprenticeship programs across Europe for 40 years and has recently reached an important milestone with its U.S. program.
An employer will pay nearly $1.2 million to resolve claims that it created wage and hour violations by automatically deducting a lunch break from workers’ hours, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has announced.