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Obama Administration Now Has 1,000 Government Investigators Targeting Businesses for Minimum Wage Violations
Under President Obama, government officials are aggressively enforcing the law against employers who fail to pay the minimum wage, deny overtime compensation and misclassify workers as contractors. That was the central message Labor Secretary Tom Perez delivered before an audience of…
Healthcare job growth continues
Healthcare added 28,900 jobs last month to bring the sector’s employment across hospitals, ambulatory care, nursing and residential providers to 14.9 million workers, the latest federal data show. Robust growth in ambulatory care was largely responsible for the gains. November’s…
Is Medicaid expansion reducing disability claims?
The number of Americans applying for Supplemental Security Income benefits dropped in the first six months of this year compared to the same period last year, and experts are debating whether the decline is partly related to the healthcare reform…
Public-pension effects on Social Security benefits
Anyone who earns 10 years of Social Security work credits is eligible to receive a Social Security benefit at retirement age. Your benefit amount is based on your earnings averaged over the 35 years you earned the most and the…
What qualifies as compensation?
A recent tax case highlights the confusion over what counts as compensation for contributing to an individual retirement account. ..Read MoreIn the case (Alex Halo v. Commissioner; T.C. Summ. Op. 2014-92; No. 23774-12S, Sept. 11, 2014), the court ruled that…
How Do Your Social Security Benefits Measure Up?
Social Security is one of the most important sources of income for retirees in America. Those 65 and older get about 65% of their income on average from Social Security, according to the latest figures from the SSA’s Office of…
Sen. Jeff Sessions: White House giving ‘direct cash payments’ to illegals
A report published yesterday by National Review Online says Sen. Jeff Sessions, R- AL, is claiming the Obama administration will be giving “direct cash payments” to illegal immigrants through the president’s new executive amnesty plan. Sessions made the accusation after…
Candy Crowley leaving CNN this month
Veteran newswoman Candy Crowley is leaving CNN after 27 years. Crowley, the network’s chief political correspondent and anchor of “State of the Union,” will exit at the end of this month, she said Friday. Her final appearance hosting the “State…
The Shockingly Simple Solution to Our Retirement Crisis
The average U.S. household is in dire straits when it comes to retirement, according a study by the National Institute on Retirement Security, with the median retirement account balance among working-age households at just $3,000, and the median retirement account balance among…
Watch out for charity scams during holidays
Giving to charities during the holiday season is high on the list of many people — and unfortunately scam artists, the only criminals we call artists, are well aware of this fact. Charity scams occur throughout the year, but they…