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Not What The Doctor Ordered - A New Whistleblower Law for NY Healthcare Employers
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…
UPDATE: Quarantine Mandated For Travelers To Tristate Area
As the number of COVID-19 infections in certain states continues to rise, so does the number of states added to the tristate area travel advisory. Eight additional states were added to the existing list, including the…
80 Years of Precedent Restored: Discretionary Discipline and an Employer’s Duty to Bargain in Advance of a First Contract
This week, in 800 River Road Operating Company, LLC d/b/a Care One at New Milford, 369 NLRB No. 109, the National Labor Relations Board overruled a 2016 decision, and held that an employer does not have a duty to…
Quarantine Mandated For Travelers To Tristate Area, Effective June 25, 2020
In a press conference earlier today, the Governors of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut announced that travelers to the tristate area from states with spikes in COVID-19 infection rates would be required to…
COVID-19 Relief Triggers ERISA Participant Notice Requirements
In response to the COVID-19 outbreak, Congress, the Department of Labor (“DOL”) and the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) have each offered temporary relief from certain legal requirements applicable to employee benefit…