Health Law, Immigration Law, Labor & Employment Law

Shorts on Long Term Care April 2013

by Kenneth L. Burgess, Jennifer G. Parser | Poyner Spruill LLP on 4/10/2013

In this issue: - What’s In A Word? N.C. Court of Appeals Invalidates Nursing Home Arbitration Clause Based on Language of the Agreement - “The Climb” — NC Activities Directors Win National Award for Their Work...more

Scripts - April 2013

by Kenneth L. Burgess, Kevin M. Ceglowski, Elizabeth Johnson, Jennifer G. Parser | Poyner Spruill LLP on 4/8/2013

In This Issue: - Key Provisions In the Final Omnibus HIPAA/HITECH Rules and What They Mean for You - NLRB and EEOC May Target Employer Efforts to Keep Employees Quiet During Internal Investigations -...more

SuperVision Today - 1st Quarter 2013

by Erin Jones Adams, Larissa Dean, Carl Hellerstedt, Jr., Eric W. Iskra, Eric E. Kinder, Peter Rich | Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC on 2/27/2013

In This Issue: - Notes from the Chair & Executive Editor - Immigration Reform May Affect All Employers - Primer on West Virginia State Law Labor and Employment Claims? - Taking a Look at the Latest on Affordable...more

The Employment Law Authority - January/February 2013

by Justin S. Coffey, Harold P. Coxson, Ruthie L. Goodboe, Andrew W. Merrills, Sarah J. Murphy, Timothy J. Stanton | Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 2/26/2013

In This Issue: - Email Request Does Not Constitute "Complaint" - Former NLRB Member Joins Ogletree Deakins - For Employers, Pay-Or-play Proposals Could Be Worse, Much Worse - The NLRB In 2013: More Controversy...more

Immigration Alert: January 2013

by Pierre Georges Bonnefil, Patrick Brady, Robert Groban, Jang Hyuk Im, Greta Ravitsky | Epstein Becker & Green, P.C. on 1/30/2013

In this issue: - H-1B Nonimmigrant Season Opens on April 1, 2013, for Fiscal Year 2014 - Report Finds Immigration Laws Frustrate the Admission of Critical Health Care Professionals - Senators Offer...more

Labor & Employment Law Update - January 2013 : New Year Employer Checklist

by Jeffrey Bell, Andrew Cripe, Jay Dade, Bradley Kafka, William P. Sweeney | Polsinelli on 1/17/2013

In This Issue: - New Health Care Mandates - I-9's for Immigration in 2013 - A Policies and Procedures Review - Classifying Employees as Exempt or Non-Exempt? - Awareness of National Labor Relations Board...more

Labor and Employment Observer 2012/2013

by David Barron, Jessica Corbett, Keenya Harrold, Kimya Johnson, Emily Miller, Olufeyikemi Obafemi, Jeffrey Pasek, Carrie Rosen, Michael Schmidt, Marcy Stras, George Voegele | Cozen O'Connor on 1/1/2013

In This Issue: - Message from the Chair - A Second Obama Administration’s Impact on Labor and Employment Issues - Will There be Comprehensive Immigration Legislation After the 2012 Presidential...more

Corridors: News for North Carolina Hospitals - Winter 2012

by Wilson Hayman, Jennifer G. Parser, Laura Broughton Russell, Pamela A. Scott | Poyner Spruill LLP on 12/24/2012

In this issue: - Proposed Affordable Care Act Regulations are Designed to Encourage Participation in Wellness Programs - Proposed Rules Implementing Affordable Care Act Rules Prohibit Discrimination by Health...more

Immigration Reform Needed to Alleviate Doctor Shortages

by Ronald Shapiro on 12/18/2012

As a spate of recent media reports have noted, patients in the U.S. are waiting longer and longer to get medical care as newer patients gain insurance under state and federal health care reforms....more

Immigration Rules for Physical Therapists Need Updating

by Ronald Shapiro on 12/18/2012

Despite an aging U.S. population that is growing the need for physical therapists in this country, America still makes it difficult for foreign-born physical therapists to work here, according to a new report by the National...more

Employment and Benefits Issues in the Wake of Hurricane Sandy

by Proskauer Rose LLP on 11/14/2012

In the wake of Hurricane Sandy, employers with employees and operations on the East Coast face a myriad of questions regarding how to handle weather-related closures of their facilities, business disruptions, and evacuation...more

How Will the 2012 Election Results Impact Labor, Employment and Benefits Policy?

by Littler on 11/8/2012

In the wake of President Obama's win over Governor Mitt Romney, employers can expect an acceleration of the Administration's effort to dramatically alter workplace policy. Republicans hold on to power in the House of...more

Labor & Employment E-Note - August 2012

by Burr & Forman on 8/9/2012

In This Issue: - More Employees Filing Wage and Hour Violation Claims - Disabled Don't Automatically Get Vacant Jobs, 7th Circuit Reaffirms - Judge Won't Reconsider NLRB Rule Allowing Unions to Organize -...more

Labor Letter - August 2012: Was The Supreme Court Term Actually Boring?

by Fisher & Phillips LLP on 8/3/2012

A Review of the 2011-2012 Supreme Court's Labor & Employment Decisions In the same year that the Supreme Court issued one of the most important decisions in its history, which ended up being the biggest employment law...more

Southeastern Legislative Updates - August 2012

by Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 8/2/2012

In This Issue: - Alabama Employment-Related Legislation - Mississippi Employment-Related Legislation - North Carolina Employment-Related Legislation - Tennessee Employment-Related Legislation - Washington, D.C....more

Labor Letter - August 2012

by Fisher & Phillips LLP on 8/2/2012

In This Issue: - Was The Supreme Court Term Actually Boring? A Review of the 2011-2012 Supreme Court’s Labor & Employment Decisions By Rich Meneghello (Portland, OR)- In the same year that the Supreme Court issued...more

A Review of the Supreme Court’s 2011 – 2012 Term

by Franczek Radelet P.C. on 7/12/2012

As the United States Supreme Court’s 2011-2012 term drew to a close at the end of June, the Court’s decision upholding the Patient Protection and Affordable Health Care Act (PPACA or the Act) dominated media coverage....more

Immigration Alert: February 2012

by Epstein Becker & Green, P.C. on 2/6/2012

In this issue; - OSC Targets Health Care, Hospitality, Retail, and Other Industries - OSC Settles with California Medical Center Regarding Claims of Discrimination Against Foreign Nationals - Massachusetts...more

Department of Labor Issues New Fact Sheets on Retaliation

by McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC on 1/9/2012

More and more employers are recognizing what employment attorneys have long known. The most prevalent type of employment discrimination claim is not one based on race, sex, religion, disability or age. Rather, it is one...more

Training Programs in the U.S. for Doctors, Nurses and Administrators from China: It’s not just another Exchange Program

by Miller & Martin PLLC on 1/5/2012

It seems simple. Use existing resources and talents at your university, medical school, or healthcare system to make more money, maybe a lot more money. No risk. Just a product extension. Experience as an outside...more

November 2011 Immigration Alert

by Epstein Becker & Green, P.C. on 11/23/2011

In This Alert: H-1B Cap Will Be Reached Soon; Holiday Alert for Foreign Travel; BALCA Rejects DOL’s Restrictive “Affiliation” Requirement and Expands Eligibility to ACWIA Wages for Hospitals and Other Health Care...more

Employment Law Commentary -- Volume 23, No. 10 October 2011

by Morrison & Foerster LLP on 11/2/2011

In This Issue: - California Legislative Update – The Bills are Now Getting Signed - Federal Legislative Update Excerpt from: California Legislative Update – The Bills are Now Getting Signed Almost thirty...more

CORRIDORS - News for North Carolina Hospitals - Fall 2011

by Poyner Spruill LLP on 10/17/2011

In This Issue: General Assembly Regulates the Regulators: The North Carolina General Assembly’s historic 2011 session included sweeping reforms to curtail the regulatory authority of state agencies, including the...more

Immigration Legislation Roundup

by Ronald Shapiro on 3/18/2011

Less than a quarter of the way into 2011, there are roughly a dozen new bills in the U.S. House and Senate related to immigration. Here is a snapshot summary of six of those bills that have received some attention in the...more

Teaching Hospitals Still Exempt from H-1B Caps

by Ronald Shapiro on 3/14/2011

A liaison for the American Immigration Lawyers Association has reported that the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (the “USCIS”) will be sending out a clarification that teaching hospitals affiliated with a medical...more

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