Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc.

Potential Roe v. Wade decision highlights wide variation in regulations regarding health coverage of abortion

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Thursday, May 19, 2022

Insurance coverage of abortion was not mandated or banned under the Affordable Care Act.However, states have passed their own rules and regulations regarding abortion coverage and those rules vary widely.

Key Points: 
  • Insurance coverage of abortion was not mandated or banned under the Affordable Care Act.However, states have passed their own rules and regulations regarding abortion coverage and those rules vary widely.
  • States were taking their own steps to regulate health insurance coverage of abortion long before the current lawsuit that could overturn Roe v. Wade, Norris said.States most likely to ban abortions already ban coverage of abortion by ACA-compliant health plans.
  • Heres the breakdown of state approaches:
    25 states ban or restrict coverage of abortion by health plans offered through ACA health insurance exchanges.
  • Unlike abortion coverage, the ACA mandates health insurance coverage for birth control ;as a result,that coverage is more consistent from state to state.

Hobby Lobby Raises Minimum Wage to $18.50

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Tuesday, December 14, 2021

Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc., today announced that it is raising its minimum full-time hourly wage to $18.50 effective January 1, 2022.

Key Points: 
  • Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc., today announced that it is raising its minimum full-time hourly wage to $18.50 effective January 1, 2022.
  • In 2009, Hobby Lobby was one of the first retailers to establish a nationwide minimum hourly wage well above the federal minimum wage, and has since raised its minimum wage twelve times over the last thirteen years.
  • In 2014, Hobby Lobby raised its full-time minimum hourly wage to $15, well before it became a trend with other retailers.
  • We have a long track record of taking care of our employees, said Hobby Lobby founder and CEO, David Green.

Hobby Lobby Hiring 11,000 Seasonal Employees and Raising Part-Time Wages by 18%

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Wednesday, October 13, 2021

Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc., today announced that it is hiring 11,000 seasonal store employees for the Christmas season.

Key Points: 
  • Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc., today announced that it is hiring 11,000 seasonal store employees for the Christmas season.
  • Further, in addition to raising its full-time minimum hourly wage to $17.00 last October, Hobby Lobby has also raised its part-time minimum hourly wage by over 18% to $13.00.
  • Hobby Lobby continues to experience solid growth with the opening of 25 new stores in 2021.
  • In 2009, Hobby Lobby was one of the first retailers to establish a nationwide minimum hourly wage well above the federal minimum wage and has since raised its minimum wages eleven times over the last twelve years.

NCLA Amicus Brief Defends Religious Exemption to Federal Obamacare Regulations

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Monday, March 9, 2020

The brief asks the Court to reverse the Third Circuits decision striking down a 2017 religious exemption rule issued by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

Key Points: 
  • The brief asks the Court to reverse the Third Circuits decision striking down a 2017 religious exemption rule issued by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
  • The rule seeks to expand narrow religious exemptions to a Contraceptive Mandate ordered by the Obama Administration in regulations implementing the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
  • In a previous case, the Supreme Court held that the Contraceptive Mandate violated the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA), because it forced religious groups to act against their beliefs.
  • NCLAs brief points out that interpreting the ACA to authorize the mandate, while simultaneously interpreting it to limit agencies authority to provide religious exemptions, would undermine RFRAs protections for religious Americans.