Healthcare Reform – Employer Mandate Penalties

The Employer Mandate is the Health Care Reform provision that requires all employers with 50 or more full time equivalent employees to offer a certain level of health insurance coverage at an affordable rate to all full-time employees, or face a penalty. The Employer...

New Rules for Reporting Injuries & Illnesses (OSHA)

New OSHA Rule Changes Employers’ Injury/Illness Reporting RequirementsOn September 11, 2014, OSHA issued a final rule regarding employers’ recordkeeping and reporting of occupational injuries/illnesses. The final rule takes effect on January 1, 2015, and...

Password Protection Laws

In 2012, Maryland became the first state to prohibit employers from requiring employees or job applicants to provide passwords to their personal social media accounts. Since then, the trend for states to limit employers’ access to personal online content has...

Contraceptive Mandate Accommodation

Agencies Release New Accommodations from Contraceptive Mandate for Nonprofit Organizations and for Closely-Held, For-Profit Corporations Agencies Release New Accommodations from Contraceptive Mandate for Nonprofit Organizations and for Closely-Held, For-Profit...