K&L Gates Triage: Emergency Preparedness and Response in Long Term Care - Part III
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K&L Gates Triage: Emergency Preparedness and Response in Long Term Care
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Following another close national election, President Trump returns to the White House for a second term, and resumes control over the vast Executive Branch bureaucracy, including the Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety...more
On March 1, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced finalized amendments to the Clean Air Act’s Risk Management Program (RMP) through the Safer Communities by Chemical Accident Prevention Rule (Final Rule). ...more
Shortly after President Biden took office, he signed an Executive Order directing OSHA to, among other things, determine whether emergency temporary standards (ETS) on COVID-19 are necessary; and if so, to issue them by March...more
The Virginia Department of Labor and Industry (DOLI) has issued a proposed regulation that will affect all Virginia employers with respect to COVID-19 workplace health and safety requirements. The “Emergency Temporary...more
Update on High-Risk Workers and Developments at OSHA & CDC - In our alert series, Plan Now for Bringing Back Your Workforce, we’ve explored the importance of creating an OSHA-compliant Infectious Disease Preparedness and...more
On Wednesday, April 1, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued a temporary federal rule that provides additional guidance regarding how employers should implement the protections afforded under the Emergency Paid Sick Leave...more
The Department of Labor (“DOL”) has updated its previous guidance in Family First Coronavirus Response Act: Questions and Answers to help employees and employers understand their rights and obligations concerning paid leave...more
The Department of Labor (DOL) has published additional guidance to help employers understand and comply with their obligations under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA), which takes effect next Wednesday,...more
On March 26, 2020, the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) released an updated set of Questions and Answers (“Q&A”) regarding the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (“FFCRA”). As we’ve summarized in earlier posts, the...more
The Department of Labor (“DOL”) has again updated its guidance in Families First Coronavirus Response Act (“FFCRA”): Questions and Answers to address several topics concerning paid sick leave (under the Emergency Paid Sick...more
On March 20, 2020, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and Department of Labor (DOL) jointly issued News Release IR-2020-57 to provide preliminary guidance on how eligible employers can begin taking advantage of the two...more
On the evening of March 18, 2020, President Trump signed into law the multiple-subject Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA). The focus of this alert is to summarize the two portions of the FFCRA which provide...more
Employers across the United States continue to respond to and implement guidance from public health authorities to mitigate the spread of COVID-19. Both the rapid spread of the virus and the prolonged incubation period...more
The House of Representatives has passed a corrections bill for H.R. 6201, the Families First Coronavirus Response Act. The bill will now be considered by the Senate. Key provisions that have attracted significant attention...more
On Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division released a “Frequently Asked Questions” guidance on the impact of employer’s COVID-19 containment measures on pay requirements under the Fair Labor Standards...more
Benesch Law’s Labor and Employment group recently wrote on general labor and employment related concerns relative to COVID-19 in an article published on March 6, 2020. In just the last six days, thousands of additional cases...more
On March 9, 2020, the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) Wage and Hour Division posted a helpful guidance for employers addressing some of the issues they are likely contemplating with respect to employee wages in different...more
Employers with employees and operations impacted by Hurricane and Tropical Storm Harvey are asking what type of compensation, employee benefits, and tax relief may be available to them and their affected employees. There are...more
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has released a long awaited proposal to update the Accidental Release Prevention rules at 40 C.F.R. Part 68, which implement the Clean Air Act Section 112(r)(7) risk management...more