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Burr & Forman Represents Coastal Carolina University in Title IX Defense Verdict -
Jim Gilliam and Hunter Freeman successfully represented Coastal Carolina University in a five-day federal jury trial...more
4/1/2021
/ Biden Administration ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Cyberbullying ,
Disciplinary Proceedings ,
Employee Retention ,
Gender Discrimination ,
Infectious Diseases ,
Inspection Rights ,
Labor Reform ,
National Interest Waiver ,
OSHA ,
Restaurant Industry ,
Sexual Assault ,
Title IX ,
Travel Ban ,
Vaccinations ,
Workplace Safety
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CMS Updates Nursing Home Guidance with Revised Visitation Recommendations -
On March 10, 2021, CMS announced guidance on expanding indoor visitation in nursing homes, in response to significant...more
3/24/2021
/ Biden Administration ,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) ,
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Infectious Diseases ,
Labor Reform ,
Liability ,
Medical Malpractice ,
Nursing Homes ,
OCR ,
Price Transparency ,
Right of Access ,
Vaccinations ,
Visitors
On March 12, 2021, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) launched a National Emphasis Program (“NEP”) to focus its COVID-19 enforcement efforts. The NEP will remain in effect for up to one year from its...more
In this episode of the Burr & Forman Labor and Employment Podcast Series, partners Bryance Metheny and Ron Flowers talk about anticipations for 2021 under the Biden Administration and implications on labor and employment over...more
On March 28, 2020, the Department of Labor (“DOL”) issued its third set of Question and Answer guidance on the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, updating some of its earlier answers and adding more than twenty...more
On March 18, 2020, Congress passed the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (the “Act”), which is comprehensive legislation intended to target economic issues arising from the coronavirus (“COVID-19”) during this economic...more
The House has finally taken action on overtime laws, though not the type of action employers have been anticipating over the past few years. On May 2, 2017, the U.S. House of Representativespassed a bill entitled the Working...more
A little-noticed provision in the federal Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 calls for OSHA to increase its penalties to adjust for inflation for the first time since 1990. The Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act...more
It is rare for an employee’s salary to double with one raise, yet, under the Department of Labor’s (DOL's) proposed rule, employers will need to double some employees’ salaries to continue to pay them salaries without...more
9/18/2015
/ Audits ,
Comment Period ,
Compliance ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Federal Register ,
Final Rules ,
Minimum Salary ,
Unpaid Overtime ,
Wage and Hour ,
White-Collar Exemptions
In a much-anticipated move, on June 30, 2015, the Department of Labor issued a proposed rule requiring a weekly salary of at least $970.00, or $50,440.00 annually, for employees to be exempt from the Fair Labor Standards...more
On March 13, 2014, President Obama signed a memorandum directing the United States Department of Labor to revise the regulations concerning employees' eligibility for overtime pay under the Fair Labor Standards Act ("FLSA")....more