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Now Available! 50-State Survey of Health Care Information Privacy …
WebSeyfarth Synopsis: Seyfarth’s Health Care industry group is pleased to release the 2023-2024 edition of our 50-State Survey of Health Care Information
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Cyber Strategy: HHS Weighs in on Cybersecurity in the Healthcare
WebBy Jesse M. Coleman, Owen R. Wolfe, and Sarah Fedner. Seyfarth Synopsis: The health care sector faces escalating cybersecurity risks given its size, technological dependence and the sensitive nature of data used therein.According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Service’s Office for Civil Rights, there has been …
A Proposed Fix For Wellness Plans Employment Law Lookout
WebBy: Paul H. Kehoe On March 2, 2015, U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) and U.S. House of Representatives Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-Minn.) introduced companion bills entitled “Preserving Employee Wellness Programs Act.”
OSHA To Address Soaring Injury Rates at Healthcare Facilities
WebBy James L. Curtis, Brent I. Clark, Mark A. Lies, Adam Young, Patrick D. Joyce, A. Scott Hecker, and Craig B. Simonsen. Seyfarth Synopsis: The U.S. Department of Labor reported today that “U.S. healthcare workers experienced a staggering 249 percent increase in injury and illness rates in 2020, based on employer-reported data, as they …
House Passes Legislation on Workplace Violence in Healthcare …
WebBy James L. Curtis, Mark A. Lies, II, Matthew A. Sloan, Adam R. Young, and Craig B. Simonsen. Seyfarth Synopsis: Recently the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill with bipartisan support that would require the Department of Labor to promulgate an OSHA standard specifically aimed at protecting healthcare and social service workers …
7th Circuit Rules that Extreme Obesity is Not an ADA Impairment …
WebBy Erin Dougherty Foley and Craig B. Simonsen Seyfarth Synopsis: The U.S. Court of Appeals in the Seventh Circuit has recently decided a case involving an extremely obese bus driver and denied his claims under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA), 42 U.S.C. §§ 12101–12213, as amended by the ADA Amendments Act of 2008 …
Exclusion for Gender Reassignment Surgery May Violate Title VII …
WebBy Nicholas De Baun and Tara Ellis. Seyfarth Synopsis: On December 23, 2019, District Judge Rosemary Marquez ruled, in connection with a motion to dismiss, that Title VII does protect discrimination based on a person’s transgender status, and that a health insurance plan’s exclusion for gender reassignment surgery may not be …
NIOSH Offers Free Training Program to Help Employers Address …
WebBy Adam R. Young, Kylie Byron, and Craig B. Simonsen. Seyfarth Synopsis: NIOSH releases a comprehensive training curriculum that home healthcare employers can use to minimize safety risks and prevent OSHA citations.. We had blogged previously about OSHA’s “Strategies and Tools” to “Help Prevent” Workplace Violence in the Healthcare …
Mental Health Compliance Report Issued to Congress Spoiler Alert
WebBy Nancy Chawla, Ben Conley, Caroline Pieper, Joy Sellstrom, and Joel Wilde Seyfarth Synopsis: The Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA) requires group health plans and insurers to cover treatments for mental health and substance use disorders in a manner that is equitable to the plans’ coverage of medical …
SCOTUS Rules on Pregnancy Accommodation Case
WebBy Camille Olson, Tracy Billows, Paul Kehoe and Ashley Laken. Earlier today in a 6-3 decision handed down in UPS v. Young, OPINION HERE the Supreme Court reversed a closely watched case which addressed whether denying pregnant workers accommodations was discriminatory under the Pregnancy Discrimination Act. In a …
Paging Healthcare Workers! California Legislature Passes Bill …
WebBy Parnian Vafaeenia and Jonathan L. Brophy. Seyfarth Synopsis: On September 14, 2023, the California legislature passed S.B. 525, which will raise minimum wages for health care workers across the state.The bill includes five separate minimum wage schedules for covered health care employees depending on the nature, size, and …
WEBINAR – Labor & Employment and Health Care Experts on …
WebIf you have any questions, please contact ACC Houston at [email protected] and reference this event.. Learn more about our Health Care, Life Sciences & Pharmaceuticals and Employment practice.
Pregnant Workers Fairness Act: EEOC Issues Final Rule To …
WebBy Yoon-Woo Nam, Danielle Shapiro, Christina Forte Meddin, Camille A. Olson, Karla Grossenbacher, and Lawrence Z. Lorber. Seyfarth Synopsis: On April 15, 2024, the EEOC issued its final regulation and interpretive guidance (“PWFA Regulations”) for the enforcement of the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (“PWFA”), a law that took …
What’s an “Implied” Request for an ADA Reasonable …
WebEmployers take heed: a request for reasonable accommodation may be implied by the circumstances in some instances. As a result, it is more dangerous than ever to ignore the warning signs that an employee is seeking help. For more information on this topic, please contact the author, your Seyfarth Attorney or a member of the Firm’s …
OSHA Standard Interpretation Repeats Vague Warnings on …
WebBy James L. Curtis, Mark A. Lies, II, Adam R. Young, Ilana R. Morady, and Craig B. Simonsen. Seyfarth Synopsis: The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has issued a standard interpretation cautioning employers on the use of headphones to listen to music on a construction site.. Many employers permit the use …
What to Expect When The Legislature Is Expecting (To Reintroduce …
WebBy Katherine Mendez. Hot off the heels of the Supreme Court’s decision in Young v.United Parcel Service, Inc., recently, a bipartisan group of lawmakers declared their intent to reintroduce the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act. You may recall that on March 25, 2015, the Supreme Court handed down its decision in Young v.United Parcel Service, Inc.
U.S. DOL Releases Final Overtime Rule—Effective July 2024
WebEffective July 1, 2024, an executive, administrative, or professional employee must receive a salary equivalent to $43,888 per year in order to be classified as exempt. This will increase to $58,656 on January 1, 2025. Meanwhile, the annual compensation threshold for the highly compensated employee exemption will increase to $132,964 on …
No Adverse Action
WebBy Glenn J. Smith, Howard M. Wexler, Ephraim J. Pierre, and Bill S. Varade Seyfarth Synopsis: The New Jersey Supreme Court held that a plaintiff need not plead an adverse employment action such as a termination or demotion to establish a prima facie case of failure to accommodate a disability under New Jersey’s Law Against …
Let’s Not Shake On It: Getting a Grip on Faith-Based Refusals to …
WebBy Megan Poonolly . As we previously noted, businesses are increasingly confronted with Catch-22 situations when trying to accommodate the religious beliefs of their employees and patrons. In the workplace, this circumstance arises frequently in the context of religious-based refusals to shake hands with opposite-sex co-workers.
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