New Aflac survey reveals employees are not prepared for increased costs, may not want control and lack education
May 1st, 2013
American workers are facing a sea of change when it comes to health care options. With rising health care costs and reform legislation, the traditional method of simply picking a comprehensive insurance plan from among a few options offered by an employer will soon be a thing of the past. But will consumers be prepared [Read more...]
Dems introduce measure in both House & Senate to extend FMLA rights to same-sex families
April 30th, 2013
Representative Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY) and Senator Richard Durbin (D-IL) reintroduced the Family and Medical Leave Inclusion Act (S. 846) on Thursday, April 25, 2013, a measure that would allow employees to take unpaid leave to care for a same-sex spouse or partner, parent-in-law, adult child, sibling, grandchild or grandparent.
“While groundbreaking at the time if [Read more...]
Percent of families with an unemployed person at 10.5% in 2012, BLS reports
April 30th, 2013
In 2012, 10.5 percent of families included an unemployed person, down 1.0 percentage point from 2011, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported April 26. Of the nation’s 80.1 million families, 80.0 percent had at least one employed member in 2012.
Families and unemployment. The number of families with at least one member unemployed decreased to [Read more...]
NLRB petitions Supreme Court for review of D.C. Circuit’s Noel Canning decision
April 29th, 2013
As anticipated, the Obama administration today asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review the D.C. Circuit’s ruling in Noel Canning v NLRB, a January 2013 decision that invalidated the President’s recess appointments to the NLRB. As the questions presented in the government’s cert petition attest, the issues at stake before the High Court are much [Read more...]
Arkansas joins list of states with social media privacy laws
April 29th, 2013
Arkansas has joined the list of a growing number of states enacting social media privacy laws.
Under House Bill 1901, enacted April 22, an employer is prohibited from requiring that employees and job applicants (1) disclose usernames and passwords to their social media accounts, which include accounts established with Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, MySpace and Instagram; (2) [Read more...]
