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FTC Passes Final Rule Purporting to Invalidate Non-Compete Agreements and Lawsuit Immediately Ensues: Specific Implications for...

On Tuesday, April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) issued a final rule which purports to prohibit employers from entering into new non-compete agreements with any employee, including senior executives. The rule,...more

The EEOC and the U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division Partner to Maximize Enforcement of Federal Employment Laws

Two federal agencies, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) and the Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division (“WHD”), have entered a non-binding memorandum of understanding (“MOU”) to strengthen efforts in...more

Sun Sets on CMS Mandatory Vaccination Requirement for Affected Healthcare Entities

After nearly three years of navigating the most widespread public health crisis since the 1918 influenza pandemic, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) has withdrawn its mandatory vaccination and testing...more

New Guidance for Employee Agreements Could Change the Landscape of the Healthcare Industry

Two federal agencies, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) and the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”), are reshaping the labor industry with guidance aimed at protecting and expanding employee rights. On January 5, 2023,...more

Congress Bolsters Statutory Legal Protections for Pregnant and Nursing Employees

On December 29, 2022, President Biden signed an omnibus spending bill which includes the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) and the Providing Urgent Maternal Protection for Nursing Mothers Act (PUMP), two new laws that...more

Federal Agencies Target No-Poach Agreements

Since at least the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020, healthcare employers nationwide have endured serious talent acquisition and retention challenges, forcing employers to consider different strategies to maintain...more

New Law Attempts to Place Limitations on Vaccine Mandates in South Carolina

On April 25, 2022, Governor Henry McMaster signed bill H.3126 into law in an effort to signal the state’s continued opposition to any mandated COVID-19 vaccination requirement. The new law prohibits the state, political...more

CMS Issues New Vaccine Mandate Timing Deadlines for Healthcare Employers

On January 14, 2022, following our prior alert found here, CMS issued guidance containing new compliance deadlines for the vaccine mandate for those healthcare employers in the 24 states previously covered by injunctions....more

Fifth Circuit Curtails Nationwide Reach of Injunction Against CMS Vaccine Mandate

On Wednesday, December 15, 2021, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals narrowed the scope of the Louisiana District Court’s ruling, which originally enjoined CMS’s vaccine mandate for health care workers in all 50 states. In...more

CMS Vaccine Mandate Temporarily Halted for Covered Health Care Employers Nationwide

On Tuesday, November 30, 2021, the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana issued a preliminary injunction, enjoining the CMS vaccination mandate effective November 5, 2021. [1] This order marks the...more

CMS Vaccine Mandate Update

On November 4, 2021, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued an extensive Interim Final Rule and Comment Period on the COVID-19 vaccination mandate for those healthcare providers receiving Medicare or...more

For Employers Making the Tough Calls in the Vaccine Mandate Trenches: EEOC Issues Welcome Guidance Clarifying What is -- and Is...

Over the last several weeks, employers, in tandem with their legal counsel, have been grappling in good faith with religious exemption requests pouring in following the imposition of COVID-19 vaccine mandates. The analysis...more

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