Health Reform Update
Several ACA taxes which begin in 2014 are now being passed on to premiums, sixty-one thousand apply for health insurance in Illinois, but new enrollments have few young people, new guidance released for plan designs, and higher deductibles are leaving many underinsured by new plans.ACA Taxes Increase Starting in 2014, Obamacare begins taxing insurance companies […]
Economy Entering New Year on a Roll
Wall Street Journal (12/25/13) Sarah Portlock; Josh Mitchell WASHINGTON—A pickup in business investment and robust new-home sales point to an economy on stronger footing heading into the new year. “It’s a holly, jolly data Christmas for the economy as all signs point to an accelerating economy,” said Joel Naroff, chief economist at Naroff Economic Advisors. […]
Extension of Benefits for Jobless Is Set to End
New York Times (11/17/13) Annie Lowrey During the last week of December around 1.3 million people will lose access to additional weeks of jobless benefits. Another 850,000 will be denied benefits in the first three months of 2014. Congressional Democrats and the White House are pushing to extend the amount of time covered by the […]
Quote of the Month
“Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.” ~ Thomas A. Edison
OSHA Urged to Launch Temporary Worker Emphasis Program Occupational Health & Safety (11/05/13)
The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s assistant secretary, Dr. David Michaels, has received 15 recommendations from a coalition of workplace safety groups that urge the agency to improve safety and health conditions for temporary workers. OSHA is preparing a proposal that would mandate that companies publicly post summary data from their log of work-related […]
Opinion: Safety Training Is Key to Health of All Workers
Chron.com (Houston Chronicle) (10/25/13) David Michaels The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration has received a large number of reports of workers killed in their first few days of work in recent years. Most of these workers have been temporary workers; this is due to a lack of safety training and experience at their work […]