Privacy: While privacy litigation is on the rise, the regulatory landscape around healthcare privacy continues to shift, causing uncertainty for employers in the healthcare industry. Employers continued to face privacy considerations for Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) compliance, shifting federal privacy protections for substance-abuse records and reproductive health information, and changes to state AI laws and health data laws, all while the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ramped up Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) enforcement.
Staffing: As the nation continues to experience staffing shortages of healthcare professionals, healthcare employers saw an increase in wage and hour considerations across both ordinary workers...
PORTLAND, Maine (WGME) -- A week after employees at the Holy Donut on Park Avenue in Portland told the company they were looking to unionize, the company now says those workers made false accusati...