As 2017 comes to a close, recent headlines have underscored the importance of compliance and training. In this Take 5, we review major workforce management issues in 2017, and their impact, and offer critical actions that employers should consider to minimize exposure:
- Addressing Workplace Sexual Harassment in the Wake of #MeToo
- A Busy 2017 Sets the Stage for Further Wage-Hour Developments
- Your “Top Ten” Cybersecurity Vulnerabilities
- 2017: The Year of the Comprehensive Paid Leave Laws
- Efforts Continue to Strengthen Equal Pay Laws in 2017
Our colleague Jeffrey H. Ruzal, Senior Counsel at Epstein Becker Green, has a post on the Wage & Hour Defense Blog that will be of interest to many of our readers in the health care industry: “Decision Enjoining Federal Overtime Rule Changes Will Not Affect Proposed Increases Under New York State’s Overtime Laws.”
Following is an excerpt:
As we recently reported on our Wage & Hour Defense Blog, on November 22, 2016, a federal judge in the Eastern District of Texas issued a nationwide preliminary injunction enjoining the U.S. Department of Labor from implementing its new ...
Recent Updates
- Congressional Action on Health Care Cybersecurity: HISAA is Re-Introduced and the Health Care Cybersecurity and Resiliency Act Moves Forward
- DOJ Corporate Fraud Enforcement Memo: What Health Care Companies Need to Know Now
- Attorneys General of Three States File Two Sweeping Lawsuits Targeting Telehealth Abortion Providers and State Shield Laws
- RFI Seeks Input on Medicare Part D’s Pharmacy Contract Standards
- Proposed H.R. 10336 Would Balance Innovation, Access to Dietary Supplements—Yet Change the Definition