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OSHA Announces Whistleblower Protections under the Affordable Care Act

By Elina Basham on Posted in Employee Benefits

The Affordable Care Act (ACA)’s whistleblower provisions may present a hazard for unsuspecting employers. On February 27, 2013, the Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) released an interim final rule prescribing the procedures and time frames for handling whistleblower complaints filed under ACA, which prohibits retaliation against workers who report violations of the law’s consumer protections.

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DOL Expands FMLA Eligibility to Families of Eligible Veterans and Military Families

By Elina Basham on Posted in Medical & Other Leaves

Military family leave, enacted in 2009, provides for two forms of Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) leave benefits related to military service: Qualifying Exigency and Military Caregiver Leave.  On February 5, 2013, on the twentieth anniversary of the FMLA, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued a Final Rule expanding FMLA protections. One of the expansions provides families of eligible … Continue Reading

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