#WorkforceWednesday: COVID-19 Pandemic, Election Rules Challenged, EEOC Limits GC’s Authority - Employment Law This Week®
Holland & Knight Health Dose is an in-depth weekly dose of legislative and regulatory insights to keep stakeholders abreast of happenings in Washington, D.C., impacting the health sector....more
Senate Committees Continue Nomination Hearings. The Senate VA Committee held a hearing for VA secretary nominee Doug Collins and subsequently voted for his confirmation with broad bipartisan support. His confirmation vote...more
In Washington: On Thursday, the U.S. experienced the deadliest 24 Hours since the Coronavirus pandemic began as a record 2,777 Americans died in just 24 hours. More than 14 million Americans have now tested positive,...more
In Washington: Two Treasury Department moves in recent days are generating controversy among lawmakers and policymakers: Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin announced Thursday that he will not extend the Federal...more
In Washington: Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) who have not agreed on much related to the COVID-19 response in recent months, differed again Friday when asked about when...more
In Washington: In a letter to colleagues on Monday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) said the White House has refused to sign on to Democratic lawmakers’ plan for a coronavirus testing strategy, despite earlier public...more
In Washington: President Trump left Walter Reed Medical Center Monday evening despite his personal doctor, Sean Conley, saying he “may not be entirely out of the woods yet.” In a memo on Tuesday, his doctor said the...more
In Washington - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) suddenly reverted back to an old guidance after posting an updated version 18 Sept. on the aerosol transmission of COVID-19. The CDC reports that it was...more
In Washington - Senate Republican leaders hope to recess for election season by the end of next week, believing that chances for a COVID-19 relief package are slim. Senators anticipate passing only a government funding...more
In Washington - The House of Representatives returns from recess this week to join the Senate colleagues for the final work period before they adjourn in mid-October for the November elections. The likelihood of a deal on...more
In Washington - With no deal between Democrats and the Trump Administration in sight, It’s appearing more likely that Congress might package additional coronavirus relief with the 12 must-pass appropriations bills before...more
In Washington - The Republican National Convention kicked off Monday night and centered around President Donald Trump’s response to the coronavirus pandemic. ...more
In Washington: Sens. Ben Cardin (R-MD) and Marco Rubio (R-FL) led a letter from a group of 31 senators calling on Senate leadership to include an international response to COVID-19 in the next coronavirus package....more
In Washington: The two top congressional Democrats are urging Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) to start negotiations on the next coronavirus relief package, as the country sees an uptick in cases. ...more
In Washington: The House will now require masks during committee hearings, per new guidance issued by the Capitol physician last night. Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) had discussed the idea with Democrats during a conference...more
In Washington - On the next coronavirus relief package, White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow told CNN that “the negotiations for the next package would probably be after July 4th weekend.” This comes after a...more
In Washington - House Republicans sent a letter to leadership asking that unemployment benefits be excluded from the next coronavirus relief package. Rep. James Comer (R-TN) said “Numerous employers in my home state of...more
In Washington: Senate Republicans continue to disagree over unemployment benefits amid a recession. Forty million Americans are unemployed and the $600 additional weekly benefit expires at the end of next month. ...more
In Washington - The House will be in session on Wednesday and Thursday and is expected to vote on two bills dealing with the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) giving small businesses more flexibility in the use of the...more
In Washington - The Senate is headed out of town for the Memorial Day recess. Sen. Cory Gardner (R-CO) had tried to block having a recess, and instead demanding that the Senate work on coronavirus assistance, but dropped his...more
In Washington: President Trump signed an executive order Tuesday directing federal agencies to ease up on businesses that make good-faith attempts to follow agency guidance and regulations during the coronavirus pandemic....more
In Washington: Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) will be launching a messaging campaign on “the cost of Republican inaction during the COVID-19 crisis.” Schumer said President...more
In Washington: Administration officials said that they plan to wind down the coronavirus task force at the end of May and shift management of the public health response back to the federal agencies....more
President Trump’s 2021 budget proposal is thicker than an old-fashioned phone book. Lots of the document became little more than chaff the instant it was printed, due to the likelihood of big changes in the spending plan by...more