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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Feb 26, 2021 | Significant Activity Follows US EPA’s TSCA Asbestos Risk Evaluation
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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...
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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...
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Feb 23, 2021 | OSHA’s Virus Emergency Rule – Unintended Consequences?
Shortly after his inauguration, President Biden directed the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to consider an Emergency Temporary Standard to address issues relative to the spread of the COVID-19 virus in the workplace. For employe...
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Feb 23, 2021 | NLRB Challenges Brought on by Termination of GC Robb
In response to President Biden’s bold decision to terminate former General Counsel Peter Robb in January, employers have begun to raise legal challenges regarding the Biden Administration’s authority to oust Peter Robb. At the heart of the issue is t...
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Feb 23, 2021 | Biden Administration Repeals Industry-Led Apprenticeship Program Established by Trump Administration
This past week, President Biden issued an Executive Order to reverse a 2017 Executive Order signed by former President Trump that established the industry-led apprenticeship program—a program that sought to minimize the federal government’s role in c...
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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...
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Feb 18, 2021 | Roetzel HealthLaw HotSpot: Practice Growth Strategies for 2021
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 episode, Roetzel attorneys Ericka Adler and David Hochman along...
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Feb 16, 2021 | NLRB Relaxes Trump-Era Financial Disclosure Requirements for Unions
Last week, the NLRB’s General Counsel rolled back Trump-era financial disclosure requirements for unions. Even without a complaint, unions were required to explain fees charged to nonmembers. Now, beyond routine financial reporting, unions are only r...
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Feb 16, 2021 | COVID Relief Package Seeks to Expand the Affordable Care Act
On February 8, 2021, House Democrats revealed a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package, which in part would increase the ACA’s financial assistance for two years, in an effort to make premiums more affordable for enrollees. Specifically, in what would...