The Burr Broadcast – Labor and Employment Update
Podcast: Impact of COVID-19 on Pharmacist Scope of Practice: Before and After the PREP Act - Diagnosing Health Care
#WorkforceWednesday: New COVID-19 Testing Guidance, NLRB Increases Use of Injunctive Relief, D.C. Amends Near-Universal Ban on Non-Competes - Employment Law This Week®
DE Under 3: Updated EEOC COVID-19 Technical Assistance Guidance, Case Decision & Wage & Hour Division Proposed Rule
COVID Laboratory Testing Investigations
#WorkforceWednesday: CA COVID-19 Policies Get Updates, NYC Pay Transparency Law Postponed, DOL Targets Worker Retaliation - Employment Law This Week®
HIPAA Tips With Williams Mullen - COVID Health Information and HIPAA – Do You Know the Rules?
Looking back at 2021 and ahead to 2022
Legally Qualified: What Employers Need to Know about COVID-19 Vaccination Requirements and Testing
#WorkforceWednesday: SCOTUS OSHA Decision Reactions and the Impact of New COVID-19 Benefits on Employers - Employment Law This Week®
#WorkforceWednesday: SCOTUS Decides on Vaccine Rules, Companies Can Still Require Vaccination, Restrictive Covenants in CO - Employment Law This Week®
Employment Law Now VI-110 - End of the OSHA ETS? Supreme Court Re-Issues A Stay
What will SCOTUS Decide on the OSHA ETS and CMS Vaccine and Testing Mandates?
#WorkforceWednesday: SCOTUS Considers Federal Vaccine Mandates, CDC Shortens Quarantine Periods, Definition of "Fully Vaccinated" - Employment Law This Week®
Discussion on Legal and Practical Issues
Update and Discussion on Practical and Legal Issues - NYS Paid Sick Leave, NYC Employment Law Update, New Whistleblower Law, COVID19
#WorkforceWednesday: Year in Review and a Look Ahead to 2022 - Employment Law This Week®
Employment Law Now V-109- BREAKING: OSHA ETS Stay is Lifted and Can Be Enforced Again
#WorkforceWednesday: Update on Federal COVID-19 Vaccine Rules and NY and NYC Vaccine Mandates - Employment Law This Week®
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Below is Alston & Bird’s Health Care Week in Review, which provides a synopsis of the latest news in healthcare regulations, notices, and guidance; federal legislation and congressional committee action; reports, studies, and...more
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