ATLANTA, Georgia, Sept. 27 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southeast Regional Information Office issued the following report on Sept. 26, 2023, entitled "Alabama Job Openings and Labor Turnover - July 2023": * * * Alabama had 126,000 job openings in July 2023, compared to 138,000 openings in June, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See table 1.) Regional Commissioner Victoria G. Lee noted that the job openings rate in Alabama was 5.5 pe  more

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama, Sept. 27 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release on Sept. 25, 2023: * * * Company Fired Longtime Employee to Avoid Health Care Costs, Federal Agency Charges * * * Gregg Orr Auto Collection, Inc., a company that provides administrative and operations services for a group of related automobile dealerships across Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana and Florida, violated federal law when it fired a longtime senior manager in its Texarkana, Tex  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issued the following dissent by Commissioner James Danly on a decision (Docket No. ER22-2341-000) involving Alabama Power Co., Georgia Power Co. and Mississippi Power Co.: * * * I dissent in part from today's issuance[1] to the extent that it concludes that Alabama Power Company, Georgia Power Company, and Mississippi Power Company (collectively, Southern Companies) would not be in compliance with the   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- The Health and Human Services Inspector General issued the following audit report (No. A-04-21-08090) entitled "Alabama Did Not Always Invoice Rebates to Manufacturers for Pharmacy and Physician-Administered Drugs" filed under the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Here are excerpts: * * * Report in Brief Why OIG Did This Audit For a covered outpatient drug to be eligible for Federal reimbursement under the Medicaid program's drug rebate requirements, manufa  more