?The Biden administration announced a final rule codifying the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program for undocumented immigrants brought to the U.S. as children, a move aimed at strengthening the program... Read more »
The U.S. Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and the Treasury have issued a final rule on the arbitration process under the No Surprises Act, a bipartisan law to protect consumers... Read more »
This year, the average stop-loss coverage premium for self-insured group health plans in the U.S. increased 9.8 percent for the nearly 250 health plans in HR consultancy Segal’s national medical stop-loss database’s... Read more »
We actually used the pandemic period to launch a whole new self-guided trading platform that we call Kendra Academy, where we wanted people to be able to do this on their time,... Read more »
?On July 18, the U.K. government published a policy paper titled “Establishing a pro-innovation approach to regulating AI” (the “Paper”). Instead of giving responsibility for AI governance to a central national regulatory body,... Read more »
?On June 9, the Hong Kong Legislative Council passed the Employment and Retirement Schemes Legislation (Offsetting Arrangement) (Amendment) Bill 2022 (“Bill”). The long-awaited abolition of employers’ statutory right to offset long service... Read more »
?A new study by management consulting firm McKinsey & Co. shed light on the plight of employees of color who work in front-line positions. The report found that 70 percent of Black... Read more »
?On Sept. 28, amendments to Oregon’s Equal Pay Act excluding hiring and retention bonuses from the definition of compensation are set to expire. Oregon’s Equal Pay Act prohibits employers from discriminating between... Read more »
?States reported that 243,000 workers filed for new unemployment benefits during the week ending Aug. 20, a decrease of 2,000 from the previous week’s revised level. Unemployment claims have been trending up this... Read more »
When executives undergo 360-degree coaching—receiving mostly anonymous feedback from employees they manage, peers and others—those unfiltered responses can take them to the next level. The feedback contained in anonymous surveys can improve... Read more »
