January 6, 2023
The Federal Trade Commission Moves on Non-Competes
On January 5, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) issued its proposed rulemaking on unfair methods of competition aimed at limiting the use of non-compete clauses between employers and employees. The FTC’s action follows President Biden’s July 9, 2021 Executive Order on “Promoting Competition in the American Economy,” directing the FTC use…
April 8, 2022
In 2018, Indiana legalized the sale and use of cannabis-derived CBD oil. Marijuana use, however, both recreational and medicinal, is still illegal in Indiana. While many of Indiana’s neighboring states are legalizing (1) marijuana for recreational and/or medicinal use; and/or (2) the sale and use of CBD oil, Indiana employers are faced with the following dilemma:
February 18, 2022
Last month, the Supreme Court lifted the stay regarding the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) vaccine mandate for providers participating in the Medicare and Medicaid programs to require their employees to be vaccinated against Covid-19.[1] However, several states, including West Virginia, have recently adopted statutes that interfere with employers’ ability to implement mandatory…
February 15, 2022
On February 10, 2022, Congress completed action on a significant, bipartisan reform of the Federal Arbitration Act. President Biden has already indicated his support for the bill, referred to as the “'Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act of 2021,” and is expected to sign it into law.
The bill will invalidate agreements to arbitrate sexual assault or sexual…
January 14, 2022
On January 13th, the Supreme Court issued opinions in the companion cases concerning governmental vaccine mandates. Regarding the OSHA vaccine/testing mandates for private employers with 100 employees or more, the Supreme Court, by a 6 to 3 decision, stayed the OSHA vaccine mandate. The Supreme Court held that the parties opposing the mandate were “likely to succeed on the merits of their claim…
January 7, 2022
On Friday, January 7th, 2022, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments regarding the constitutionality of OSHA’s ETS Covid Regulations for Private Businesses, as well as CMS’s Covid Vaccine Mandate. In summary:
November 4, 2021
On November 4, 2021, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) issued a draft of its long-awaited interim final rule (“IFR”) regarding mandatory Covid-19 vaccinations, which is expected to be formally published in the Federal Register on November 5, 2021. CMS establishes rules for participating in Medicare and Medicaid programs. The IFR applies to certain healthcare employers that…
September 14, 2021
Last week President Biden took employers by storm and released a six-pronged, national strategy called the “Path Out of the Pandemic.” This plan requires, among other things: (1) private employers with more than 100 employees to mandate that their workers be vaccinated or undergo weekly testing; (2) federal employees and contractors to be vaccinated; and (3) vaccinations for workers in most…
September 14, 2021
On September 9, 2021, President Joe Biden issued a comprehensive, national strategy called the Path Out of the Pandemic: President Biden’s COVID-19 Action Plan to combat the COVID-19 pandemic more aggressively. The Plan outlines a six-pronged approach to increase incentives and requirements to get vaccinated. Portions of the Plan will soon require all employees working for large private entities…
August 17, 2021
Non-competition agreements have recently come under attack at both the federal and state level. Last year, for example, Indiana passed a law providing greater restrictions on non-compete agreements related to healthcare professionals. At the federal level, in July President Biden issued an executive order that,among many other competition-focused objectives, encourages the Federal Trade…
July 1, 2021
Learn about the latest changes in labor and employment law in the attached JK Defense Newsletter. Our topics focus on new Tri-State issues ranging from workplace accommodations for pregnant employees (Indiana), the use of employee conviction records in hiring decisions (Illinois), and the type of leave available for adoptive parents (Kentucky).
March 24, 2021
The Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia, in a decision important to healthcare employers, recently held that county commissions that own public hospitals are not “employers” under the West Virginia Human Rights Act or Whistle-Blower Law, nor are they “health care entities” for purposes of the Patient Safety Act.
In State of West Virginia Ex Rel. Grant County Commission v. Lynn Nelson et al.…
January 6, 2023
The Federal Trade Commission Moves on Non-Competes
On January 5, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) issued its proposed rulemaking on unfair methods of competition aimed at limiting the use of non-compete clauses between employers and employees. The FTC’s action follows President Biden’s July 9, 2021 Executive Order on “Promoting Competition in the American Economy,” directing the FTC use…
April 8, 2022
In 2018, Indiana legalized the sale and use of cannabis-derived CBD oil. Marijuana use, however, both recreational and medicinal, is still illegal in Indiana. While many of Indiana’s neighboring states are legalizing (1) marijuana for recreational and/or medicinal use; and/or (2) the sale and use of CBD oil, Indiana employers are faced with the following dilemma:
February 18, 2022
Last month, the Supreme Court lifted the stay regarding the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) vaccine mandate for providers participating in the Medicare and Medicaid programs to require their employees to be vaccinated against Covid-19.[1] However, several states, including West Virginia, have recently adopted statutes that interfere with employers’ ability to implement mandatory…
February 15, 2022
On February 10, 2022, Congress completed action on a significant, bipartisan reform of the Federal Arbitration Act. President Biden has already indicated his support for the bill, referred to as the “'Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act of 2021,” and is expected to sign it into law.
The bill will invalidate agreements to arbitrate sexual assault or sexual…
January 14, 2022
On January 13th, the Supreme Court issued opinions in the companion cases concerning governmental vaccine mandates. Regarding the OSHA vaccine/testing mandates for private employers with 100 employees or more, the Supreme Court, by a 6 to 3 decision, stayed the OSHA vaccine mandate. The Supreme Court held that the parties opposing the mandate were “likely to succeed on the merits of their claim…
January 7, 2022
On Friday, January 7th, 2022, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments regarding the constitutionality of OSHA’s ETS Covid Regulations for Private Businesses, as well as CMS’s Covid Vaccine Mandate. In summary:
November 4, 2021
On November 4, 2021, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) issued a draft of its long-awaited interim final rule (“IFR”) regarding mandatory Covid-19 vaccinations, which is expected to be formally published in the Federal Register on November 5, 2021. CMS establishes rules for participating in Medicare and Medicaid programs. The IFR applies to certain healthcare employers that…
September 14, 2021
Last week President Biden took employers by storm and released a six-pronged, national strategy called the “Path Out of the Pandemic.” This plan requires, among other things: (1) private employers with more than 100 employees to mandate that their workers be vaccinated or undergo weekly testing; (2) federal employees and contractors to be vaccinated; and (3) vaccinations for workers in most…
September 14, 2021
On September 9, 2021, President Joe Biden issued a comprehensive, national strategy called the Path Out of the Pandemic: President Biden’s COVID-19 Action Plan to combat the COVID-19 pandemic more aggressively. The Plan outlines a six-pronged approach to increase incentives and requirements to get vaccinated. Portions of the Plan will soon require all employees working for large private entities…
August 17, 2021
Non-competition agreements have recently come under attack at both the federal and state level. Last year, for example, Indiana passed a law providing greater restrictions on non-compete agreements related to healthcare professionals. At the federal level, in July President Biden issued an executive order that,among many other competition-focused objectives, encourages the Federal Trade…
July 1, 2021
Learn about the latest changes in labor and employment law in the attached JK Defense Newsletter. Our topics focus on new Tri-State issues ranging from workplace accommodations for pregnant employees (Indiana), the use of employee conviction records in hiring decisions (Illinois), and the type of leave available for adoptive parents (Kentucky).
March 24, 2021
The Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia, in a decision important to healthcare employers, recently held that county commissions that own public hospitals are not “employers” under the West Virginia Human Rights Act or Whistle-Blower Law, nor are they “health care entities” for purposes of the Patient Safety Act.
In State of West Virginia Ex Rel. Grant County Commission v. Lynn Nelson et al.…
