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(Wall Street Journal) —McDonald’s Corp. has warned federal regulators that it could drop its health insurance plan for nearly 30,000 hourly restaurant workers unless regulators waive a new requirement of the U.S. health overhaul.The move is one of the clearest indications that new rules may disrupt workers’ health plans as the law ripples through the […]
(Success Magazine) — John was 53 when the bad news hit: His department was being moved offshore. Since joining the company eight years earlier, he had worked his way up to a solid position in middle management with a decent salary and great benefits. Now, he was out of a job. Having spent his entire adult […]
(AOL Black Voices) — This week, Congress is set to allow unemployment benefits expire for 1.2 million Americans. Many of the unemployed not only depend on their benefits to pay the bills, but also need the funds to pay for life-saving medicine or health insurance. Read More…
(Washington Post) — Employers in the Washington-Baltimore region offered part-time workers better perks this year, such as paid days off, in lieu of creating full-time positions, according to an annual survey of human resources officials to be released Tuesday. This year, 73 percent of employers participating in the fifth annual Washington-Baltimore Metro Region Benefits Survey […]
(Washington Post) — President Obama extended Wednesday a wider range of benefits to the same-sex partners of eligible federal workers, including access to medical treatment, relocation assistance, credit unions and fitness centers. The move goes beyond a memo Obama signed last June, which permitted same-sex partners to use the government’s long-term-care insurance and other fringe benefits. […]