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February 11, 2021

Roetzel HealthLaw HotSpot: PPP Loans - Frequently Asked Questions

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 of the Roetzel HealthLaw HotSpot, hosts and Roetzel atto...

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February 10, 2021

Governor Mike DeWine Announces Home Relief Grant Program

On Tuesday, February 9, 2021 Governor Mike DeWine announced the Home Relief Grant program. This program includes $100 million to help low-income Ohioans who do not own their own home pay for housing costs, to include rent, mortgage, water, sewer, was...

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February 2021

I am not a Cat!

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February 09, 2021

National Paid Leave Proposal Reintroduced in the Senate and House of Representatives

This past Friday, Democrats in both the Senate and House of Representatives reintroduced legislation that would create a paid leave program on the national level. Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.) and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) reintroduced the Family...

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January 2021

The COVID-19 Vaccine: Issues for Employers

"Almost since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the message has been that much, if not everything will return to normal (or some approximation of normal), when a vaccine becomes widely available." To read the full article, click HERE.

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February 09, 2021

Biden Administration Further Delays Effective Date of Independent Contractor Rules

As noted in a prior newsletter, President Biden’s Chief of Staff froze rules that had not yet gone into effect as to the Department of Labor’s proposed sweeping independent contractor rule changes. On February 3, 2021, the DOL proposed extending the...

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February 09, 2021

Business Groups Urge EEOC To Clarify Legality of COVID-19 Vaccination Incentives

While one approach for employers wishing to have a widely COVID-vaccinated workforce is the provision of incentives to employees to get the vaccine, questions have arisen about how much of an incentive is too much so as to render the decision to get...

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February 09, 2021

The NLRB: A Farewell to Many Trump Administration Policies

As anticipated Acting General Counsel Peter Sung Ohr took no time to rescind a significant number of General Counsel Memoranda issued by former General Counsel Peter Robb during the Trump Administration. In a February 1, 2021, Memorandum (GC 21-02...

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February 09, 2021

OSHA Says Vaccinated Employees Should Still Wear Masks and Follow Other Practices Related to COVID-19

On January 29, 2021, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued guidance stating employers should still require employees who have received the COVID-19 vaccine to continue to wear masks and follow other protocols such as social distanc...

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February 04, 2021

Roetzel HealthLaw HotSpot: Effectively Marketing Your Medical and Dental Practice While Staying Legally 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. In this episode, Roetzel Health Law Attorneys, Ericka Adler and David Ho...

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February 02, 2021

Anticipated Change in Focus for DOL’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs

Under the new Biden Administration and the leadership of newly-appointed Director Jenny Yang, employers should expect to see a refocus on hiring and pay equity enforcement by the Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (“...

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February 02, 2021

Biden Proposes $15 Minimum Wage

Last week, President Biden and Congressional Democrats unveiled their proposal for a $15 an hour minimum wage bill. The current federal minimum wage has been $7.25 an hour since 2009. In many instances, federal minimum wage has been overtaken by high...

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February 02, 2021

Biden Administration Names Peter Sung Ohr as Acting General Counsel of the NLRB

After the unprecedented firing of the NLRB’s former general counsel, Peter Robb, the Biden Administration has named Peter Sung Ohr as the Acting General Counsel on January 25, 2021. Mr. Ohr was the NLRB’s Regional Director of Region 13 in Chicago...

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February 01, 2021

COVID-19 Insurance Coverage — The Uncertainty Continues

Last week we reported Judge Polster’s Decision in Henderson Road Restaurant Systems, Inc., et al. v. Zurich American Ins. Co., U.S.N.D. Ohio Case No: 1:20-cv-01239-DAP, wherein Judge Polster, based upon the language of the policy of insurance at issu...

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January 30, 2021

Pressing Pause and Pressing Stop: The Strategic Use of Contractual Suspension and Termination Rights

"Termination of Construction Contracts addressed events on a project that can trigger a project Owner’s right to terminate a Contractor, but what are the options for termination and suspension, especially when considering their interplay and strategi...

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Feb 1, 2021

Roetzel HealthLaw HotSpot: COVID-19 Vaccine Challenges in the Workplace

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 attorney Ericka Adler is joined by Aretta Berna...

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2021

“The Ethics of Remote Litigation”

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January 28, 2021

Employee Benefits Update: Recent Legislation and Regulations Impose New Obligations on Plan Administrators and Plan Sponsors

Congress’s passage of the Consolidated Appropriations Act (“CAA”) imposes a series of new recordkeeping and disclosure obligations on plan sponsors, as well as extending and expanding upon COVID-19 related relief. Less than one month into this year,...

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January 28, 2021

Roetzel & Andress: 2020 Appellate Year in Review

The Appellate Law Practice Group of Roetzel & Andress represented clients in a wide variety of cases in both state and federal courts, appealing adverse trial court rulings and successfully defending lower court victories on appeal. The Appellate Law...

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January 27, 2021

Not So Fast: DOL Freezes Rules That Have Not Yet Become Effective and Rescinds Opinion Letters

*This development supersedes Roetzel’s previous alert on this topic on January 19, 2021.  On January 20, 2021, the Biden administration issued a regulatory freeze memorandum requesting that executive departments and agencies delay the effective da...