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News and analysis from Kelley Drye’s labor and employment practice

COVID-19: Employee Benefit Measures for Preserving Cash and Saving Jobs

The uncertainties surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic have made it difficult for employers to predict the long-term impact of the pandemic on their businesses. In response, many employers are looking for ways to preserve…

Reentry Worries And The EEOC’S Latest Return To Work Guidance

As businesses all over the country prepare to open up and welcome employees back to work – even while the pandemic rages on – there remains a high degree of uncertainty concerning how to keep employees safe, especially…

Preparing for COVID-19 Whistleblower and Retaliation Claims

It is a virtual certainty that lawsuits from employees will increase, and likely with emphasis on whistleblower and retaliation claims as states reopen and more employees return to work. Employers need to think ahead…

HIPAA Compliance Failures Make for Bad Television

In response to the increased media presence in hospitals, the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) issued guidance this week reminding health care providers that the COVID-19 outbreak does not change HIPAA’s…

COVID-19: DOL Issues Administrative Changes for Employee Benefit Plans

In response to the COVID-19 outbreak, the Department of Labor (the “DOL”) recently issued guidance providing relief to employee benefit plan participants and administrators facing challenges in complying with various…