Showing 241 - 260 of 1629 results
Alert | Employment Services Alert
Mar 16, 2021 | Department of Labor Seeks to Rescind the Trump Administration’s Joint-Employer Rule
The Department of Labor (DOL) has issued a proposed rule to rescind a Trump administration joint-employer rule. The joint-employer rule attempted to treat companies, like McDonald’s and FedEx, as joint employers of franchise and contract workers only...Alert | Employment Services Alert
Mar 16, 2021 | Expansive Labor Relations Legislation Passes House
On March 9, 2021, the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act, a bill that would provide significant protections for workers seeking to organize and bargain, cleared the House of Representatives on a 225-206 vote. Five Republicans joined Democrats...Alert | Employment Services Alert
Mar 16, 2021 | The Gig is Up: DOL to Nix Trump-Era Gig Worker Rule
As anticipated, the Department of Labor (DOL) formally announced its proposal to eliminate the Trump Administration’s gig worker rule that would have provided companies an easier and simpler path to classify workers as independent contractors. Fo...Alert | Public Law Alert
Mar 11, 2021 | The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021
Update: President Biden signed The American Rescue Plan Act on March 11, 2021 On Wednesday afternoon, Congress passed The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, a broad, comprehensive policy response to the challenges brought on by the COVID-19 pandemi...Podcast
Mar 11, 2021 | Roetzel HealthLaw HotSpot: Financial Planning For Health Care Professionals
Roetzel HealthLaw HotSpot® is a podcast and YouTube channel for physicians and health professionals that covers the legal issues and trends that affect the health care industry. Roetzel Health Law attorney Ericka Adler is joined by Brady Petersen, CF...Alert | Employment Services Alert
Mar 9, 2021 | White House Memo Reverses Trump Restrictions on Diversity Training
Last week, a White House memorandum implemented President Biden’s executive order reversing former President Trump’s executive order on diversity training. Notably, both orders only applied to federal agencies, federal contractors and recipients of f...Alert | Employment Services Alert
Mar 9, 2021 | Acting General Counsel of the NLRB, Peter Ohr, Begins Undoing Past General Counsel’s Projects and Procedures
After being named Acting General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Peter Ohr has not slowed down. In a recent American Bar Association committee meeting, Ohr stated, “when I was asked to serve as acting general counsel, it was not...Alert | Employment Services Alert
Mar 9, 2021 | Secretary of Labor Nominee to Bring Expertise to Address Multiemployer Pension Plan Crisis
Albeit typically a matter for Congress, tapped Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh is prepared to utilize his labor experience to address the growing concern regarding the uptick in underfunded multiemployer pension plans that are on the verge of collapse...Podcast
Mar 4, 2021 | Roetzel HealthLaw HotSpot: An Overview of Private Equity Firm Acquisitions of Medical Practices
Roetzel HealthLaw HotSpot® is a podcast and YouTube channel for physicians and health professionals that covers the legal issues and trends that affect the health care industry. In this HealthLaw HotSpot episode, Roetzel health law attorneys and co-h...Alert | Public Law Alert
Mar 3, 2021 | Ohio Legislature Drops Multi-Billion Dollar COVID Relief Plan
The Ohio Legislature dropped a multi-billion dollar COVID relief plan on Tuesday afternoon intended to improve public health and provide support to entities disproportionately impacted by the pandemic. The $2.15 billion proposal is part of the Stateh...Alert | Employment Services Alert
Mar 2, 2021 | Department of Labor Will Provide Additional Benefits for Those Who Refuse ‘Unsafe’ Work
On February 25, 2021, the Department of Labor (DOL) issued guidance in the form of a Program Letter based upon President Biden’s recent directive to ensure unemployment benefits are available to people who refuse to work because of COVID-19 safety co...Alert | Employment Services Alert
Mar 2, 2021 | DOL’s Wage and Hour Division Gearing Up to Focus on Contractor Wage Standards
In response to President Biden’s soon to be rolled out infrastructure and jobs package, which is set to increase federally funded construction and service projects developed by private companies, the DOL’s Wage and Hour Division is shifting its focus...Alert | Employment Services Alert
Mar 2, 2021 | President Biden’s Executive Orders: Impact on Employee Benefits and Healthcare
In the opening days of his administration, President Biden has signed a flurry of Executive Orders impacting multiple sectors of the U.S. economy. This article summarizes the Orders that impact employee benefits and healthcare and what those Orders m...Alert | Employment Services Alert
Mar 2, 2021 | Could There Be Changes to ERISA Fiduciary Requirements Under the Biden Administration?
President Biden nominated Marty Walsh, Mayor of Boston, as Secretary of Labor, and as his nomination remains pending, questions arise on what changes will be made regarding ERISA fiduciary rules that were established under the Trump Administration....Alert | Employment Services Alert
Mar 2, 2021 | U.S. House Passes LGBTQ Civil Rights Bill
The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill last week known as the Equality Act, which would amend the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to include sexual orientation and gender identity as protected classes. Last year, the U.S. Supreme Court held Tit...Article
March 2021 | Audit Alley: Misconceptions Plague Use of Locum Tenens
Shareholder Ericka Adler discusses the most common errors and misconceptions when it comes to using a “locum tenens,” or a physician who stands in for another due to the absence of the latter physician. Read the full article by downloading the PDF or...Article
Feb 26, 2021 | Significant Activity Follows US EPA’s TSCA Asbestos Risk Evaluation
Podcast
Feb 25, 2021 | Roetzel HealthLaw HotSpot: Is Your Practice's Marketing HIPAA Compliant?
Roetzel HealthLaw HotSpot® is a podcast and YouTube channel for physicians and health professionals that covers the legal issues and trends that affect the health care industry. Healthcare practices know they need to be HIPAA compliant, but very few...Alert | Education Law Alert
Feb 24, 2021 | Federal Government Makes Unexpected Announcement: States Must Administer Statewide Assessments in 2020-2021 School Year
Given the havoc that COVID-19 has wreaked on our educational system, should schools be mandated to administer statewide summative assessments during the 2020-2021 school year? Nationwide, state legislatures have invited testimony, debated possibl...Alert | Employment Services Alert
Feb 23, 2021 | Congressional Democrats Renew Efforts to Pass Equality Act
Against the backdrop of the 2020 United States Supreme Court case of Bostock v. Clayton County, and with a Democratic president and majority in both houses of Congress, the Democratic majority in the House of Representatives has again introduced the...
previous
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
next