Labor and Employment
By: Virginia A. Talley and Shelley M. Jackson
on January 20, 2022
On January 14, 2022 the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) issued supplemental guidance (the “Supplemental Guidance”) for implementation of its Interim Final Rule – Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Omnibus COVID-19 Health Care Staff Vaccination (“CMS Rule”).
Scope of Guidance
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By: Nancy J. Townsend
on January 19, 2022
Imagine that your company contracts with a salesperson, consultant, or other professional, who insists on an independent contractor arrangement. He wants to be free to accept other work opportunities. Your company accommodates by paying a daily rate for services, setting up a payment-upon-invoicing…
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By: Elizabeth M. Roberson and Shelley M. Jackson
on January 14, 2022
Yesterday afternoon, the U.S. Supreme Court issued two key rulings relating to mandatory COVID-19 workplace measures. The rulings contain important implications for private and certain other employers with 100 or more employees and for health care entities subject to conditions of participation…
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By: Elizabeth M. Roberson
on January 6, 2022
As of January 1, 2022, Illinois employers must abide by significant new amendments to the Illinois Freedom to Work Act (the “Act”). Specifically, these amendments pertain to non-competition and non-solicitation agreements between employers and their employees that are entered into after January 1,…
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By: Shelley M. Jackson
on December 21, 2021
Employers with 100 or more employees may feel whiplash as they once again prepare to pivot in connection with the Biden Administration’s push to implement mandatory vaccination-or-test policies in the workplace. On Friday, December 17, 2021, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals granted an emergency…
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By: Shelley M. Jackson and Amy J. Adolay
on December 1, 2021
The Biden Administration’s push for mandatory vaccinations in the workplace has been dealt another blow, this time to the Interim Final Rule (the “CMS Rule”) issued on November 5, 2021 by the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) and scheduled to go into effect on December 6,…
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By: Shelley M. Jackson and Elizabeth M. Roberson
on November 5, 2021
Yesterday employers learned details of two significant new COVID-19 employment-related vaccine and safety mandates from the Biden Administration. First, the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) released an Interim Final Rule applying an Emergency Temporary Standard (“OSHA…
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By: Scott S. Morrisson
on October 4, 2021
Many businesses believe their company information is “trade secret” information deserving of special protection. But is it really? How can you protect and show it really is trade secret information? One way is to conduct an internal trade secret audit.
What is Trade Secret…
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