Category Archives: Affordable Care Act

Looking Ahead: President Trump, the Overtime Rule, and Other Impacts on the Employment Landscape

November 10, 2016 By: Rachel D. Gebaide The U.S. Department of Labor’s new overtime rule will take effect December 1st unless a federal judge in Texas issues an injunction after a hearing next week in…

Breaking News! U.S. Supreme Court Issues Landmark Decisions in Hobby Lobby and Union Cases

BY:  TIMOTHY C. HAUGHEE JUNE 30, 2014 In two landmark cases today, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that (i) owners of closely held corporations cannot be required to provide contraception coverage under the Affordable Care…

U.S. Supreme Court Makes Moves on Affordable Care Act Cases

By:  TIMOTHY C. HAUGHEE DECEMBER 10, 2013 Last year, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of the “individual mandate” portion of the Affordable Care Act (“ACA”).  Despite that landmark legal ruling, however, the White…

Walt Disney World Offers Full-Time Employment to Certain Part-Time Employees Because of the Affordable Care Act

By: Timothy C. Haughee October 3, 2013 Contrary to concerns about employers reducing their workforce’s hours to fewer than 30 per week to avoid penalties under the Affordable Care Act, the Orlando Sentinel reported yesterday…