Wage and Hour, Minimum Wage, Public Health

Cozen Cities - January 8, 2025

Cozen O'Connor on 1/9/2025

CHICAGO — Jobs Slightly Down Since Last Year, State Data Shows - The Chicago metro area experienced a 0.2% drop in non-farm jobs between November 2023 and November 2024. While private education, health services, and...more

Cozen Cities - December 4, 2024

Cozen O'Connor on 12/5/2024

CHICAGO — Teachers Union Narrows Contract Demands- After eight months of increasingly tense contract negotiations, the Chicago Teachers Union has now narrowed its number of demands to land a deal in the next month, the...more

Seyfarth Global Immigration Update: March 2020

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 3/3/2020

Australia - Changes to Working Holiday Maker Visas for Bushfire Recovery - The Department of Home Affairs (DHA) has accepted the recommendation of the Migration Institute of Australia (MIA) to relax and broaden the...more

Vermont Health Care Update 02-28-20 - An analysis from DRM's Health Law Team

Downs Rachlin Martin PLLC on 3/2/2020

House overrides minimum wage veto - On a vote of 100-49, the House voted to override Gov. Phil Scott’s veto of the minimum wage bill. The bill will raise the state’s minimum wage to $11.75 in 2021, and $12.55 in 2022, and...more

Vermont Health Care Update 02-17-2020 - An analysis from DRM's Health Law Team

Downs Rachlin Martin PLLC on 2/18/2020

Push to end surprise medical billing - The Senate Finance Committee heard from providers and health insurers on S.309, a bill that prohibits certain provisions in contracts between health insurers and health care...more

News from the Vermont State House - An analysis from DRM's Government & Public Affairs Team - February 2017 #3

Downs Rachlin Martin PLLC on 2/28/2017

Act 188 Plans On Hold as New Chemical Bill is Introduced - Nearly three years after the legislature passed a law to regulate children’s products containing chemicals of high concern, a web site intended to inform the...more