by Girish Anand | Feb 16, 2011 | Federal Labor Law
The U.S. Supreme Court may end up deciding the issue, but for now one circuit court is saying yea and another nay to whether pharmaceutical sales representatives are eligible for overtime pay. The issue centers on the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) exemption from...
by Girish Anand | Feb 15, 2011 | EEOC, Federal Labor Law
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) recently announced that it has received a record number of discrimination charges during the past fiscal year. The total number of charges received by the agency reached nearly 100,000, representing the...
by Girish Anand | Feb 11, 2011 | Health Care Reform
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), despite a health industry outcry, has forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a proposed rule allowing patients to request information about the disclosure of their protected health information (PHI)....
by Girish Anand | Feb 9, 2011 | EEOC, Federal Labor Law, NLRB, Random Musings, State Labor Law
The courts have yet to weigh in, but a recent settlement between the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) and a Connecticut ambulance company may mean more freedom of speech—or at least retaliatory protection—for employees who post comments about their...
by Girish Anand | Feb 7, 2011 | Federal Labor Law, Health Care Reform
On Super Sunday, Feb. 6, 2011, the Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act (CHIPRA) marked its two-year anniversary, having been signed into law on the same day in 2009 by President Obama. To mark the moment, Health and Human Services (HHS)...