2015 Post Holiday Update | Assorted Links on PPACA, California Law & Employment Law

This is an excellent summary of the monumental challenges for employers using temporary staffing agencies under Obamacare rules. (SHRM).

The growth rate of healthcare spending has slowed, quite simply, because people now spend a greater portion of their own money with the prevalence of higher deductibles and copays under consumer driven and Obamacare plans. (CFO.com)

To reiterate, your existing sick leave policy is not good enough to comply with California's new 2015 requirements.  There are action items to undertake now. And here. 

Up to half (3.4 million) Obamacare subsidies were too large and those recipients now owe refunds.  This is going to be a massive mess. 

Proposed California Senate Bill 4: will ensure that all persons in the state, even if here illegally, have access to affordable health coverage and care. Bill text here.

The National Labor Relations Board has officially begun its attempt to overturn decades of precedent recognizing the separate and distinct operations of franchisors and franchisees.  The NLRB seeks to hold McDonald’s jointly liable for the alleged infractions as a joint employer and upend franchisees’ independent business ownership.  

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Quote: "Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys." P.J. O'Rourke.  

Oh how times have changed: