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Obamacare requires that, as of January 1, 2014, all individuals obtain qualified health insurance through their employer, on an exchange, or elsewhere. Consequently, millions of Americans have been looking to purchase health plans through state and federally run health insurance exchanges.

The U.S. Department of Labor has just published its yearly increases to the maximum civil penalties that may be assessed via citations against employers by the Occupational Safety and...

And which ones people should not go around. so that is why they are asking everyone to evacuate that area as they continue with that search and rescue mission overnight. >> thank you so much to you and your team for the incredible reporting and bringing us those people stories as heartbreaking as they are, thank you my friend, stay safe. also coming up on the second hour of ayman, trump on trial. the new york attorney general lays out her plans to go to trial against team trump. plus, unacceptab...

♪ ♪ ♪ >> the clock is ticking for donald trump. according to a new letter filed by new york attorney general, letitia james, the state plans to fast-track it civilized against trump, the trump organization, and three of his children. james, who has accused the trumps of fraud wants a trial to start before the end of 2023, citing a quote, ongoing scheme. the expedited timeline could have massive ramifications for trumps expected 2024 presidential run, also casting a shadow over that run. th...

State plans are OSHA-approved workplace safety and health programs. OSHA proposed revoking affirmative determination granting final approval to Arizona’s plan because it is not as effective as federal standards which would put Arizona’s plan back to initial approval status.

Tucked into the state budget recently passed by the General Assembly and expected to be signed by Governor Cooper is a provision, see here (reference Part XIII. Labor, page 131), that...

Assistant Secretary Parker's written statement, submitted to the Workforce Protections Subcommittee ahead of his live testimony, asserted that "COVID-19 has been the occupational health issue of our time," ...

Seyfarth Synopsis: On May 25, 2022, Douglas Parker, Assistant Secretary for the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration, testified before the U.S. House...

Last year was the deadliest weather year in a decade for the contiguous United States, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and climatologists predict that...

OSHA does not have any COVID-19 focused regulations as the Healthcare ETS expired in December 2021. OSHA voluntarily withdrew its controversial vax-or-test ETS after the Supreme Court of the United States enjoined its enforcement in January 2022.