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Your clients may not know the best approach for supporting employees who are dealing with opioid addiction.

Now that theyve eliminated the mandate for individuals to buy health insurance coverage, Republicans have set their sights on a new target: the mandate for employers.

At the end of 2017, 12.2 percent of U.S. adults were uninsured; thats up from 10.9 percent at the end of 2016.

Companies like Uber and Lyft contend that, because drivers are independent contractors and not employees under the U.S.s various labor and employment laws, any attempt to form unions or bargain collectively for higher wages violates antitrust laws.

Nine former employees of Aflac Inc. are claiming pervasive fraud and other misconduct, including pushing them to use sales tactics akin to those of the Wells Fargo scandal, as well as ruthlessly retaliating against whistleblowers.

Theres still serious, growing concern that workplace wellness apps could violate privacy rules around users health dataa risk that in-house teams can help mitigate.