Business Law & Regulations, Workplace Safety & Health
March 1, 2024
Via: JD SupraAs employment-related artificial intelligence (“AI”) tools proliferate, multinational employers feel increasing pressure to deploy AI across their global offices. These tools can provide great value and efficiency across the employment life cycle. For example, recruiters request AI screening services that […]
Business Law & Regulations, Workplace Safety & Health
February 26, 2024
Via: JD SupraThe Federal Labor Government (Government) has completed its third tranche of workplace relations reform with the recent passage through Federal Parliament of its Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Closing Loopholes No. 2) Bill 2023. Along with its ‘Secure Jobs, Better Pay’ […]
Business Law & Regulations, Workplace Safety & Health
February 8, 2024
Via: JD SupraTexas Governor Greg Abbott’s latest push against vaccine mandates takes form in a new law now in force in the Lone Star State. Senate Bill 7 prohibits private employers from adopting or enforcing certain COVID-19 vaccine mandates. SB 7 directly […]
Business Law & Regulations, Workplace Safety & Health
February 6, 2024
Via: National Law ReviewDemocratic Assembly Member Matt Haney introduced Assembly Bill (AB) No. 1976, which, if enacted, would require the California Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board to “adopt revised standards” under Section 3400 of Title 8 of the California Code of Regulations […]
Business Law & Regulations, Workplace Safety & Health
January 11, 2024
Via: National Law ReviewThe Occupational Safety and Health Act was passed by the U.S. Congress in 1970, and, in addition to other things, the OSH Act called for the creation of an agency to develop regulations to effectuate its purpose and administer its […]
Business Law & Regulations, Workplace Safety & Health
December 4, 2023
Via: National Law ReviewEmployers must take notice that the United State Equal Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is cracking down on companies that discriminate against workers because they have a mental health condition. Mental health conditions, such as major depressive disorder, bipolar disorder, and schizophrenia, […]
Business Law & Regulations, Workplace Safety & Health
November 8, 2023
Via: National Law ReviewIn late April this year, the Office of Inspector General, Department of Health and Human Services (OIG) announced that it would make changes to its existing body of healthcare compliance program guidance (CPGs) as part of its current Modernization Initiative.[1] […]
Business Law & Regulations, Workplace Safety & Health
October 18, 2023
Via: LexBlogLast month, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services reaffirmed its longstanding position that an arrangement that “carves out” Federal health care program (FHCP) business is not dispositive with respect to whether […]
Business Law & Regulations, Workplace Safety & Health
October 16, 2023
Via: National Law ReviewIn September 2023, federal trial courts in Wisconsin and Kentucky issued decisions dismissing plaintiffs’ claims related to employers’ COVID-19 vaccination and testing requirements. The decisions (1) interpreted “undue hardship” following the Supreme Court of the United States’ Groff v. DeJoy […]
Business Law & Regulations, Workplace Safety & Health
September 12, 2023
Via: JD SupraThe Occupational Safety & Health Administration (“OSHA”) can conduct inspections for several reasons, including as a response to an employee complaint, after the report of a fatality or injury, and in accordance with an emphasis program. The reasonable scope of […]
Business Law & Regulations, Workplace Safety & Health
August 28, 2023
Via: JD SupraOn August 8, 2023, the Connecticut Supreme Court issued opinions in Mills v. Hartford HealthCare Corp.and Manginelli v. Regency House of Wallingford, Inc. that addressed the scope of immunity for health care workers and facilities under Governor Ned Lamont’s Executive […]
Business Law & Regulations, Workplace Safety & Health
August 23, 2023
Via: JD SupraBackground and Proposed Changes Currently, California has an Outdoor Heat Illness Regulation for all outdoor places of employment. That regulation has been in effect for more than a decade, and Cal/OSHA regularly and aggressively enforces it throughout California. The May […]
Business Law & Regulations, Workplace Safety & Health
August 4, 2023
Via: LexBlogRecently, things may have sped up a little in your doctor’s office. The notes for your recent visit may have been organized and filed a little more quickly. You might have received assistance sooner than expected with a physician letter […]
Business Law & Regulations, Workplace Safety & Health
July 27, 2023
Via: SHRMThere’s a growing momentum to establish federal standards to prevent heat illness in the workplace, as temperatures hit record levels in many parts of the U.S. and Europe. President Joe Biden outlined steps the federal government will take to protect […]
Business Law & Regulations, Workplace Safety & Health
June 30, 2023
Via: JD SupraThe Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has issued new guidance, Notice 2023-37, which states that for plan years ending after December 31, 2024, HSA-compatible high-deductible health plans (HDHPs) will no longer be permitted to cover COVID-19 testing and treatment before the […]
Business Law & Regulations, Workplace Safety & Health
June 13, 2023
Via: JD SupraIntroduction Following the Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization overturning Roe v. Wade, the federal government, pursuant to President Biden’s Executive Order (the EO) took several steps to protect reproductive health privacy, some of which we […]
Business Law & Regulations, Workplace Safety & Health
June 8, 2023
Via: JD SupraOn May 16, 2023, National Labor Relations Board General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo (the “GC”) issued revisions to her original July 6, 2020 memorandum of suggested manual election protocols for use during the COVID-19 pandemic, found here. The Board’s policies have […]
Business Law & Regulations, Workplace Safety & Health
May 25, 2023
Via: LexBlogHealth officials in Snohomish County, WA, are warning people who ate at two Taco Bell locations to monitor themselves for signs of hepatitis A infections and get vaccinated if they are not already. “People who ate food from the Taco […]
Business Law & Regulations, Workplace Safety & Health
May 16, 2023
Via: LexBlogIt has been a while since I blogged on the EEOC running Covid-19 guidance. The EEOC just came out with some more updates (it very well could be the last one for a while considering Covid-19 is now endemic), so […]
Business Law & Regulations, Workplace Safety & Health
May 9, 2023
Via: JD SupraAs we have reported previously, on April 10, 2023 President Biden signed legislation ending the COVID-19 National Emergency. However, the rollback of COVID-19 requirements was already underway in many state and municipal legislatures, with some requirements having previously been repealed […]