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Illinois bans companies from forcing workers to listen to their anti-union talk

2:36pm July 31, 2024

by Andrea Hsu

Illinois is the 8th state to adopt a law making it illegal for employers to hold mandatory religious, political or anti-union meetings, a move aimed at helping workers trying to unionize.

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Fume Bistro owner Terry Letson enters his restaurant in Napa, Calif., on Tuesday. A handful of businesses in Napa have made the decision to begin reopening their dining rooms with occupancy limits

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Health & Safety

As Businesses Reopen, A Fight Is Brewing Over Worker Safety Lawsuits

1:24pm May 06, 2020

by Scott Horsley

Republican Senate Leader Mitch McConnell insists any coronavirus relief bill must protect employers from lawsuits filed by workers who get sick. Workers' rights advocates oppose such a move.

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Health insurers say the U.S. government owes them more than $12 billion in payments that were rescinded by a Republican-controlled Congress. The money was supposed to subsidize insurers' expected losses between 2014 and 2016.

Health & Safety

ACA Insurers In The Supreme Court: Why Consumers Should Pay Attention

10:41pm December 09, 2019

by Phil Galewitz

The case centers on $12 billion in payments the federal government pledged to insurers to defray their losses in the first years of the health law. Did rescinding those payments send premiums soaring?