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For healthcare providers and health systems covered by the privacy and security regulations under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act...

As the healthcare sector continues to be a top target for cyber criminals, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) issued proposed updates to the HIPAA Security Rule (scheduled to be published in the Federal Register January 6).

Congress improperly passed the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023, including the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA), a federal court in Texas has ruled.

In good news, the State Department has announced the roll-out of its new online passport renewal system. Eligible individuals can renew their 10-year passports online without having to mail in any documentation.

The launch of Project Firewall signals the current administration's tougher, more restrictive stance on high-skilled immigration.

The Puerto Rico Supreme Court recently issued a decision reaffirming the importance of just cause for employment terminations in Puerto Rico.

Service providers handling employee personal data under EU and UK GDPR must execute data processing agreements with specific mandated provisions.

Supplier diversity programs are business initiatives designed to include businesses owned by traditionally underrepresented groups in companies' supply chains. Effective supplier diversity programs expand supplier bases...

A little more than three years ago, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) posted cybersecurity guidance on its website for ERISA plan fiduciaries.

Section 1557 is the non-discrimination provision of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Section 1557, which has been in effect since 2010, is intended to prevent discrimination...

A new Georgia law will require nursing home and other long-term care workers to submit to extensive background checks. The "Georgia Long-Term Care Background Check Program" will take effect on October 1, 2019.

New Jersey is poised to join the growing list of states requiring employers to include the range of the hourly wage or salary in postings for new jobs or transfer opportunities.

Even if the rule is finalized, the EEOC can request records in investigations, and employers continue to be subject to record-preservation obligations and any applicable state or local requirements.

Although the federal COVID-19 Public Health Declaration officially proclaimed the pandemic over nearly a year ago (on May 11, 2023), many employers, especially those in the retail industry...

The November 30, 2023, opinion of a New York administrative law judge in In the Matter of the Petition of Edward A. and Doris Zelinsky...

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration's (OSHA's) Walkaround Rule has sparked a legal showdown between business associations and OSHA in a U.S. District Court in Texas.

An employer can contest a withdrawal liability assessment and ultimately prevail. That is the moral of Bulk Transport Corp. v. Teamsters Union No. 142 Pension Fund, No. 23-1563...