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New Guidance for Federal Contractor COVID-19 Protocols - The National Law Review
Companies that enter into new contracts with the federal government or agree to let the federal government exercise an option or extend an existing contract may be subject to new federal contract...
Read moreVirginia Senate Dems focus on minimum wage, education, healthcare in 2022 - The Center Square
(The Center Square) – In the General Assembly’s session to begin 2022, Democratic senators will be focused on minimum wage laws, education funding, healthcare access, broadband and infrastructure...
Read moreVirginia Senate Dems focus on minimum wage, education, healthcare in 2022 - Inside NoVA
(The Center Square) – In the General Assembly’s session to begin 2022, Democratic senators will be focused on minimum wage laws, education funding, healthcare access, broadband and infrastructure...
Read moreWashington Expands Compensability of Out-of-Town Travel - The National Law Review
Washington employers should rethink their policies on paying non-exempt employees for travel time based upon a recent appellate court ruling that travel time for out-of-town travel is considered ...
Read moreIllinois Consumer Coverage Disclosure Act Compliance - The National Law Review
Under the Consumer Coverage Disclosure Act (CCDA) signed by Governor Pritzker in late August, employers that offer fully insured medical benefits must provide eligible employees with a new notice...
Read moreTexas-Based Flower Mound Hospital To Pay $18.2 Million to Settle FCA Allegations; Qui Tam Whistleblower To Receive $3 Million - Whistleblowers Protection Blog
On December 2, the U.S. Department of Justice announced that Flower Mound Hospital Partners LLC will pay $18.2 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act. The whistleblo...
Read moreLockwood Publishing Workers Face Unlawful Redundancy, Says IWGB - TheGamer
Lockwood Publishing, best known for the popular mobile game Avakin Life, is facing accusations of breaching employment law. This comes from the Independent Workers' Union of Great Britain (IWGB),...
Read moreWhistleblower protection – the claims and the consequences - Shoosmiths legal updates
In the final instalment in our series of articles looking at whistleblowing claims, we look at types of whistleblowing claims and their potential remedy at an employment tribunal. Previously we l...
Read moreFlorida University Promotes Longtime Employee to General Counsel | Corporate Counsel - Law.com
What You Need to Know Youndy Cook first served as associate general counsel and then deputy general counsel. She'd been interim general counsel since W. Scott Cole stepped down as general counse...
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DOJ, HHS launch self-disclosure pilot for health FCA violations - Compliance Week
Health care entities may be able to pay less than half the steep fines ordinarily associated with False Claims Act (FCA) violations by voluntarily reporting issues under a new pilot program launche...