Wednesday, February 12, 2014

Debt Limit/ Military Pensions/ Affordable Care Act/ Wildlife Trafficking





Missoulian: Obama to raise minimum wage for contract workers
FACT SHEET - Opportunity For All: Rewarding Hard Work
“The Executive Order the President will sign today will benefit hundreds of thousands of people working under contracts with the federal government who are making less than $10.10 an hour. ”


Missoulian: Wiggle room for big firms under new coverage rule
Final Regulations Implementing Employer Shared Responsibility Under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) for 2015
“To avoid a payment for failing to offer health coverage, employers need to offer coverage to 70 percent of their full-time employees in 2015 and 95 percent in 2016 and beyond, helping employers that, for example, may offer coverage to employees with 35 or more hours, but not yet to that fraction of their employees who work 30 to 34 hours.”


White House Unveils National Strategy for Combating Wildlife Trafficking
“The United States today announced a National Strategy that will strengthen U.S. leadership on addressing the serious and urgent conservation and global security threat posed by the illegal trade in wildlife.”

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