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Latest Legal Updates for Virginia
- New Notice Requirement of Group Health Plan Sponsor CHIPRA Premium Assistance
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[2/8/2010] The Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 ("CHIPRA") imposes certain notice requirements on employers maintaining group health plans. Under CHIPRA, beginning in April 2009, employers sponsoring group health plans must provide notice of the new special enrollment rights more »
- U.S. DOT Proposes Requiring Drug Testing for Ecstasy, Lowering Cutoff for Cocaine and Amphetamines
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[2/8/2010] The U.S. Department of Transportation ("DOT") published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to make DOT's drug testing procedures consistent with new U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' ("HHS") requirements that would take effect on May 1, 2010. Highlights of the February 4, 2010, proposed more »
- U.S. DOT Issues Regulatory Guidance to Ban Texting While Driving by Commercial Motor Vehicle Drivers
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[2/4/2010] The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration ("FMCSA") has published regulatory guidance prohibiting texting while driving by commercial motor vehicle drivers. The guidance interprets 49 C.F.R. § 390.17, "Additional equipment and accessories." more »
- OSHA Proposes to Restore MSD Column on "300 Log": Ergonomics Rule In the Offing?
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[2/3/2010] In a move sure to be viewed by some as a prelude to a new ergonomics rulemaking, OSHA has proposed adding a separate column on the OSHA 300 log for employers to record work-related musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs). (The initial 2001 recordkeeping final rule had included an MSD column, but OSHA more »
