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US Senate Votes to Disallow US DOL Regulations Restricting States from Testing UI Applicants for Controlled Substances
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US Senate Votes to Disallow US DOL Regulations Restricting States from Testing UI Applicants for Controlled Substances

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US Senate Votes to Disallow US DOL Regulations Restricting States from Testing UI Applicants for Controlled Substances

By Doug Holmes|2025-08-12T08:16:36+00:00March 15th, 2017|Categories: Unemployment Insurance|Tags: drug testing, regulations, Unemployment Insurance|

President Trump Expected to Sign The U.S. Senate on March 14th voted to approve House Joint Resolution H.J. Res 42 to disallow the regulations adopted by US DOL in August of 2016. The resolution may be viewed at https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hjres42/BILLS-115hjres42ih.pdf The Senate vote was along party lines, 51-48. The regulations have been the subject of concern for [...]

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US DOL Requests OMB Authority to Expand Surveys to Search for Occupational Injury and Illness Underreporting

By Doug Holmes|2025-08-12T08:17:29+00:00March 10th, 2017|Categories: Workers' Compensation|Tags: Illness Underreporting, Occupational Injury, OMB, Workers' Compensation|

On March 7th The Department of Labor (DOL) submitted the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) sponsored information collection request (ICR) revision titled, ‘‘Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses,’’ to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval for use in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995. Public comments on the [...]

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Trump Administration Proposal To Pay Child Care Leave With UI Would Increase Employer Taxes and Administrative Burden

By Doug Holmes|2025-08-12T08:18:00+00:00February 23rd, 2017|Categories: Unemployment Insurance|Tags: child care leave, paid child care proposal, Unemployment Insurance|

Recent discussions on Capitol Hill and with the Trump administration indicate that the outline of the paid child care proposal released during the campaign is being seriously proposed. A recent article in Bloomberg described some recent discussions. Background The Child Care proposal that was posted during the campaign provided for a series of tax credits and [...]

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US House Passes Resolution to Disallow US DOL Drug Testing Regulations That Limit Agency Testing

By Doug Holmes|2025-08-12T08:27:38+00:00February 16th, 2017|Categories: Unemployment Insurance|

The US House of Representatives on February 15, 2017 passed a resolution disallowing US DOL adopted regulations that limited drug testing of UI claimants.>> View H.J. Res 42 Background Attached is House Ways and Means background document on the Congressional Review Act and this issue. The House leadership believes that the Department of Labor did not respect Congressional [...]

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US DOL Releases New Comprehensive Black Lung Regulations

By Doug Holmes|2025-08-12T08:26:16+00:00January 5th, 2017|Categories: Workers' Compensation|

On January 4, 2017, as part of the wave of federal regulations filed late in the administration, the US DOL Office of Workers Compensation Programs released substantive rules for comment with respect to the payment of Black Lung medical benefits. The regulations generally set a new national method of determining approved medical reimbursement amounts. The changes in [...]

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US DOL Releases FUTA Offset Credit Decisions

By Doug Holmes|2025-08-12T08:25:22+00:00December 2nd, 2016|Categories: Unemployment Insurance|

On November 23, 2016, the US DOL, Employment and Training Administration released its determination with respect to FUTA offset credits in the Federal Register. See https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2016-11-23/pdf/2016-28238.pdf Sections 3302(c)(2)(A) and 3302(d)(3) of the FUTA provide that employers in a State that has an outstanding balance of advances under Title XII of the Social Security Act at the [...]

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US DOL Proposed Rule Would Result in Increased Longshore Maximum Benefits

By Doug Holmes|2025-08-12T08:36:23+00:00October 19th, 2016|Categories: Workers' Compensation|Tags: Workers' Compensation|

Comments due by October 26 The US Department of Labor on August 26, 2016 filed proposed rules for comment on the definition of minimum and maximum compensation rate annual adjustments. See https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2016-08-26/pdf/2016-20467.pdf The main issue in contention is that the US DOL Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs is proposing to employ the average weekly wage of [...]

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US DOL Report on State Workers’ Compensation Supports New Federal Involvement

By Doug Holmes|2016-10-12T02:51:24+00:00October 12th, 2016|Categories: Workers' Compensation|Tags: DOL, Workers' Compensation|

The US Department of Labor on October 5th released a report entitled “Does the Workers’ Compensation System Fulfill Its Obligations to Injured Workers?”. The release of the report was accompanied by statements from the Secretary of Labor, the Commissioner of the Social Security Administration, and the US DOL Assistant Secretary for OSHA. The report may be [...]

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Congress Enacts Enhanced Veterans Administration Authority Impacting Workers Compensation/Insurance

By Doug Holmes|2025-08-12T09:01:28+00:00September 29th, 2016|Categories: Workers' Compensation, Workers' Compensation Archive|Tags: Continuing Resolution, Veterans Administration, Workers' Compensation|

On September 28, 2016, The US Senate passed a continuing resolution (CR) to provide appropriation authority so that the federal government could pay its bills after September 30th. The President is expected to sign the CR. The legislation includes a number of permanent provisions including a provision that prohibits the Veterans Administration from paying for medical [...]

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US DOL Briefing to Review State Workers’ Compensation: Recommend Federal Oversight

By Doug Holmes|2016-09-26T18:01:41+00:00September 26th, 2016|Categories: Workers' Compensation|

On October 5th the US Department of Labor in coordination with the National Academy of Social Insurance will release two reports reviewing state workers’ compensation. The Department of Labor’s State Workers’ Compensation Report, which addresses recent trends in state workers’ compensation systems and the effect of these trends on workers, employers, and communities; and The National [...]

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US Senate Votes to Disallow US DOL Regulations Restricting States from Testing UI Applicants for Controlled Substances

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