This week, we’re covering the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL’s) launch of Project Firewall to enforce H-1B visa compliance and new guidance on stand-alone fertility benefits, as well as a federal court ruling voiding gender identity protections.
The DOL has introduced Project Firewall, an initiative to enforce compliance with H-1B visa regulations. The program aims to ensure employers follow federal guidelines while balancing U.S. workers’ rights and businesses’ needs for skilled foreign labor.
Employers can now offer stand-alone fertility benefits, such as in-vitro fertilization (IVF) coverage, as “excepted benefits” separate from traditional health plans under new guidance from the DOL.
A federal judge in the Southern District of Mississippi has voided a Biden-era rule that extended sex discrimination protections under the Affordable Care Act to include gender identity, raising questions about the future of gender-affirming care protections.
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