Biden Administration Reviewing Proposal to Insert CMS advice into workers’ comp and liability case settlements
On March 1, 2022, the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs released notice of its review of the CMS proposed rule that would “ensure that Medicare beneficiaries are making the best health care choices possible by providing them and their representatives with the opportunity to select an option for meeting future medical obligations that fits their individual circumstances, while also [...]
Rep. Danny Davis (D – IL) introduces Bill to Waive Interest on Federal Unemployment Loans
On March 3, 2022, Representative Danny K. Davis (D-IL) introduced the Continued Waiver of Interest on State Unemployment Loans during the Pandemic Act. This legislation would extend the waiver of interest payments on federal unemployment loans. Congress previously waived the interest on unemployment loans under Section 4103 of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA), https://www.congress.gov/116/plaws/publ127/PLAW-116publ127.pdf, and extended the waiver through September 6, 2021. However, many [...]
USDOL Seeks to Broaden Pandemic Benefit Overpayment Waivers – Administrative Challenges
On February 7, 2022, the US Department of Labor released UI-PL 20-21, Change 1 To provide additional instructions for circumstances under which a state may waive recovery of overpayments under the CARES Act Unemployment Compensation (UC) programs, including elaborating on the criteria for waiving recovery of overpayments where an individual is without fault on an individual, case-by-case basis and expanding [...]
US Supreme Court Vaccination Decisions Impact on Unemployment Compensation
Two US Supreme Court decisions recently addressed the question of whether federal agencies had authority to require that individuals be vaccinated. In one decision the court addressed the authority of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to require employers with 100 or more employees to require their employees to be vaccinated. In the second decision the Court addressed the [...]
US Supreme Court Vaccination Decision Impacts on Workers’ Compensation
Two US Supreme Court decisions recently addressed the question of whether federal agencies had authority to require that individuals be vaccinated. In one decision the court addressed the authority of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to require employers with 100 or more employees to require their employees to be vaccinated. In the second decision the Court addressed the [...]
Texas Pays off Loan from Federal Unemployment Account
The Texas Workforce Commission announced today (November 9, 2021), that Governor Abbott signed SB 8 making supplemental appropriations including appropriating approximately $7.2 billion to be used to retire Title XII Advances and replenish the UI Trust Fund to the statutory floor. The bill is effective immediately. Texas was among the list of 10 states and the Virgin Islands that had [...]