A Professional Employment Organization (PEO) that employs and leases employees back to a prime contractor subject to the Service Contract Act (SCA) is considered a subcontractor under the provisions of…
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EEOC Lawsuit Probes Intersection Between ADA, Wellness Programs
A new case out of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin tested the boundaries of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) with respect to employer wellness…
What Federal Contractors Need to Know About the Commingling of SCA Assets
The Service Contract Act (SCA) enforcement process has changed over the past few years with the addition of more than 1,000 Department of Labor (DOL) investigators. Attention is now given…
OCR Levies Second-Biggest Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Fine Ever
The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has announced that an insurance company based in Puerto Rico will pay the second-largest HIPAA settlement in the…
Modernizing Payment Processing Methods in the Health Care Industry
Today’s health care environment has grown increasingly complex due to compliance requirements that were introduced as part of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Among other initiatives, the ACA included an…
New ACA FAQ Clarifies Coverage Requirements for Lactation, Obesity and More
The Departments of Labor (DOL), Health and Human Services (HHS), and the Treasury have released the twenty-ninth FAQ regarding the Affordable Care Act (ACA). These FAQs are released periodically to…