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COVID-Related Changes to Paid Sick Leave
Employment Law Now V-94- A Hodge Podge of Significant New Employment Law Developments
[Webinar Recording] COVID Safety Standards in the Workplace
On-Demand Webinar | Navigating Leave and Disability Protection Laws During COVID-19: A Practical Guide for California Employers
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Election 2020: The State of the Workplace: Who is Legislating What?
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Labor & Employment Law: Vermont and Federal Legislative Update
Updates to Paid Leave Requirements Under FFCRA
COVID-19 Hospice How-To Series: The Government Yet Again Updates Rules for FFCRA Paid Leave and Provider Relief Fund Reporting
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New York Court Order Strikes Down Portions of DOL's FFCRA Regulations
COVID-19: Where are we now?
#WorkforceWednesday: CA Employer Playbook, Federal COVID-19 Updates, DOL’s FFCRA Rule Vacated in Part - Employment Law This Week®
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On December 4, 2023, CMS issued an interim final rule (the Interim Rule) (RIN 0938-AV26) to implement new enforcement authorities that CMS may use if states fail to comply with new reporting requirements or with federal...more
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The COVID-19 national emergency and public health emergency officially ended on April 10 and May 11, 2023, respectively. (As a practical matter, the Biden administration is effectively treating both emergencies as ending on...more
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On March 29, 2023, the Departments of Labor (“DOL”), Health and Human Services (“HHS”), and Treasury (the “Departments”) published FAQs Part 58 on the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (“FFCRA”), the Coronavirus Aid,...more
On March 29, 2023, the US Department of Labor, the Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of the Treasury (the “Joint Agencies”) released welcome guidance on the announced end of the COVID-19 national...more
On March 29, 2023, the U.S. Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and the Treasury (collectively, the departments) issued new guidance in the form of frequently asked questions (FAQs), Part 58, regarding the...more
Earlier this week, the Departments of Labor, Treasury, and Health and Human Services (the “Departments”) jointly issued guidance confirming that most COVID-19-related benefit coverage mandates, as well as the special tolling...more
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Holland & Knight Health Dose is an in-depth weekly dose of legislative and regulatory insights to keep stakeholders abreast of happenings in Washington, D.C., impacting the health sector. ...more
President Biden recently announced his intention to end the COVID-19 National Emergency and Public Health Emergency effective May 11, 2023. As we previously discussed here, those emergency declarations had significant impacts...more
The Biden administration has announced its intention to end the COVID-19 National Emergency (NE) and the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE) on May 11, 2023 (read our series introduction for more information). A key...more
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If you sponsor a high deductible health plan (“HDHP”) and have been tracking telehealth relief, your head may be spinning and rightfully so! There have been various laws and guidance impacting HDHPs and telehealth since 2020...more
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Editor’s Note: In a new expert perspective prepared for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s State Health and Value Strategies program, reproduced below, Manatt Health outlines the time-limited targeted enrollment...more
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