Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 241: Fighting Nurse Burnout with Data-Driven Innovation with Dr. Ecoee Rooney of Indicator Sciences
Podcast - What Healthcare Providers Should Be Telling Students and Interns About HIPAA and Snooping
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 219: The Evolving Nursing Industry with Terry McDonnell of Duke University Health System
(Podcast) California Employment News: California’s New Healthcare Minimum Wage
Podcast: California Employment News - Public Healthcare Workers Now Get Meal and Rest Breaks
California Employment News: Public Healthcare Workers Now Get Meal and Rest Breaks
End of Year Tax Planning: Tips for Healthcare Professionals and Practices
#WorkforceWednesday: Employers Respond to Dobbs, Implications of the Supreme Court's EPA Ruling, and Pay Increases for CA Health Care Workers - Employment Law This Week®
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Podcast | Episode 102: Matt Logan, President & CEO, Self Regional Health Care
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Podcast | Episode 101: Lara Hewitt, SCHA and Russell Baxley, Beaufort Memorial Hospital
Podcast: OSHA's Permanent COVID-19 Standard and Enforcement Blitz - Diagnosing Health Care
Healthcare Employment Contracts: Important Considerations Before Signing on the Dotted Line
Hybrid Workforces and Compliance with Sheila Limmroth
On Her Shoulders Podcast Season 2, Episode 2: Inspired Leadership (w/ Dr. Prathibha Varkey)
Hospice Leadership Strategy: Re-engaging Staff and Communities With Story
The Labor Law Insider: Understanding the Risk of Strikes Faced by the Healthcare Industry
Podcast: Owner's Outlook: Vaccine Mandate for Construction Workers at Health Care Facilities - Diagnosing Health Care
Employer Vaccine Mandates and Exemptions
COVID-19 Hospice How-To Series: Exploring Answers to Hospices' Top Vaccination Questions
#WorkforceWednesday: SCOTUS Decides on Vaccine Rules, Companies Can Still Require Vaccination, Restrictive Covenants in CO - Employment Law This Week®
On May 8, the Colorado Court of Appeals concluded that any claim that might be asserted under the Health Care Worker Protection Act (“HCWPA”), C.R.S § 8-2-123, is subject to the notice requirement in the Colorado Governmental...more
Signing off on a busy legislative year, Governor Newsom just confirmed into law over a dozen bills from the California Legislature. As a result, many California employees will begin next year with new and enhanced rights...more
News Briefs - Groups Urge Appeals Court to Revive Drug Price Negotiation Suit - Healthcare and drug industry groups urged a U.S. appeals court to revive their challenge to a law requiring manufacturers to negotiate the prices...more
The Whistleblower Protection Act of 1989 is federal legislation that protects whistleblowers who are or were employed by the government and who report a federal employee responsible for illegal activity, abuse of authority,...more
Maryland's highest court announced on August 30, 2023, that a health care employee who claims to have "blown the whistle" on their employer's alleged misconduct must satisfy the "but for" standard of causation to prevail on a...more
GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS - House Passes Sweeping $1.5 Trillion Omnibus Spending Bill - The Hill reported that the House passed a sweeping $1.5 trillion omnibus spending package to fund the government, hours after lawmakers...more
It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, there have been an unprecedented number of changes for the past few years—and this past month...more
While most of our focus over the last year has been on COVID-19-related developments, New York State and New York City employers also must ensure compliance with other recent and upcoming legal changes...more
A sharp increase in pandemic-related workplace litigation this summer could spell trouble for employers, as we expect to see a steady increase in COVID-19 lawsuits filed by employees across the country. That’s just one of 10...more
Fisher Phillips’ COVID-19 Employment Litigation Tracker continues to report that the healthcare industry is the hardest hit by COVID-19 employment litigation. As of the beginning of June, more than one in five of every...more
Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, many jurisdictions have enacted protections from COVID-19-related liability claims through legislation and executive orders. These liability shields, however, may give health care...more
In this episode, Jackie Hoffman interviews Spencer Hamer about recent developments in employment law that have impacted the health care industry. This episode touches on various topics, including COVID-19 screening at the...more
The impact of COVID-19 on the health care industry can hardly be overstated. Numerous important employment law developments occurred in 2020 related to COVID-19 that impacted the industry, including guidance on mandatory...more
As the virus wreaks havoc in the United States with an indefinite increase in hospitalizations and deaths, the number of Occupational Safety and Health Administration inspections has surged across the nation. Many of these...more
Here’s the scenario – Your Ambulatory Clinic just reopened in May, and since then one of the RN’s, let’s call her Rita, has been late multiple times, and is often on her phone when she should be working. When she was called...more
It is no surprise that COVID-19 whistleblower lawsuits are being filed against healthcare employers – and a recent claim filed by a former assistant director at a nursing home facility reveals ways in which healthcare...more
Key Points- California law provides enhanced whistleblower protection to employees who work in healthcare facilities, protecting their right to speak privately with state regulators....more
Public discourse on “healthcare” has focused primarily on health insurance and the significant changes made by the Affordable Care Act. But what about the providers of healthcare—the doctors, nurses, hospitals, pharmaceutical...more
In this day and age, healthcare employers are quite familiar with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), which protects the disclosure of patients’ confidential health information. After all, in the...more