| Above the Fold |
August 31, 2011 |
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Obama looks to spur private sector hiring
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| By Jim Kuhnhenn |
Limited in his ability to create jobs through direct spending, President Barack Obama is considering measures to encourage the private sector to free up its cash reserves and hire more workers to ease the nation's unemployment crush...Read more
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| Today's News |
| 6 FAQs about end of COBRA subsidy |
| By Jenny Ivy |
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Federal subsidies covering 65 percent of the cost of COBRA premiums will expire after Wednesday. In light of this, the Department of Labor updated Tuesday its COBRA ARRA Web page with six FAQs...Read more
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| GOP govs: Let states decide Medicaid spending |
| By Laurie Kellman |
| The nation's Republican governors, seeking a voice in Congress' upcoming debt debate, pushed Tuesday for looser restrictions on how states spend money on health care for poor and disabled Americans...Read more |
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| The Pulse |
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| Service agreements and DOL's new retirement plan regulations |
| By James Douglas |
| The 408(b)(2) requirements are now effective as of April 1, 2012 (instead of July 16, 2011). The extension not only gives all of us in the industry extra time to prepare, but it also gives us a chance to stop, take a deep breath, and assess what our respective disclosure obligations may be, pending release of the final regulations...Read more |
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| Overheard on BenefitsPro |
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 It would be nice to see the unions get back to their original mission - protecting the workers - rather than their present emphasis on protecting their power base.
-- Paul, Obama taps labor expert, promises jobs plan
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