As reported by INARF’s national partner ANCOR, the Department of Labor’s (DOL's) Wage and Hour Division issued an Administrator's Interpretation No. 2016-1 on January 20, which provides guidance on joint employment under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act (MSPA). Where joint employment relationships exist, all involved employers are responsible for compliance with wage and hour laws, with very few limited exceptions.
Information of Interest: ANCOR National Save Our Services Campaign Webinar Materials Posted2/2/2016
Last week, INARF's national partner the American Network of Community Options and Resources (ANCOR) held a series of messaging webinars for the National S.O.S. Campaign: Funding the Future of Disability Services. The S.O.S. Campaign is a call to the Federal Administration to Save Our Services by implementing a more manageable threshold, as well as ensuring that policies will be in place to provide appropriate funding to allow providers to meet the requirements of the Department of Labor's Proposed Overtime Exemption Rule.
The Indiana Family and Social Service Administration (FSSA) Division of Aging (DA) has announcedtheir intention to submit a proposed waiver amendment to the Aged and Disabled (A&D) waiver to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid for consideration. Additional information about the proposed changes to the A&D waiver amendment is available here.
The Bureau of Rehabilitation Services (BRS) has announced an opportunity for all active BRS community rehabilitation providers (CRPs) of employment services to increase competitive, integrated employment outcomes for individuals with disabilities across Indiana. BRS currently seeks applications from local CRPs who wish to become “model” sites and receive intensive technical assistance that aims to build Indiana’s capacity to provide quality employment services to meet the identified outcomes. Additional details about the technical assistance are available here.
Information of Interest: DOL Issues Proposed Rule to Implement Equal Opportunity Provisions of WIOA2/2/2016
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Civil Rights Center (CRC) has announced a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking updating the Section 188 WIOA Nondiscrimination and Equal Opportunity Regulations (29 CFR Part 38). Section 188 prohibits discrimination against individuals in any program or activity that receives financial assistance under Title I of the WIOA as well as by the One-Stop partners listed in WIOA Section 121(b) that offer programs or activities through the One-Stop/American Job Center workforce development system. Section 188 prohibits discrimination because of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, political affiliation or belief, and for beneficiaries, applicants, and participants only, citizenship status, or because of an individual’s participation in a program or activity that receives financial assistance under Title I of WIOA.
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