Appendix Q to the State Operations Manual sets out surveyor guidance regarding Immediate Jeopardy findings. The revised guidance published by CMS in a Quality, Safety and Oversight Memo on March 5, 2019, includes a “Core” Appendix Q applicable to all provider and supplier types. Two subparts, applicable to nursing homes […]
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A Final Checklist for the CFPB’s Prepaid Account Rule
In less than one week, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (“CFPB”) prepaid account rule will take effect. The final, effective version of the rule comes after a lengthy rulemaking process spanning several years, numerous amendments, and delayed effective dates. The end result will be that, after the rule finally does […]
Proposed Amendments Seek to Broaden the Scope of the California Consumer Privacy Act
In June of 2018, California enacted the California Consumer Privacy Act (the “CCPA”), the most comprehensive data privacy law to date in the United States. The CCPA originally began as a ballot initiative. However, the sponsor of that ballot initiative withdrew the measure when the California legislature agreed to pass […]
New Salary Levels Proposed for White Collar Exemptions: The Latest In the DOL’s Rollercoaster
Remember what you were doing in late November 2016? Me neither. But you may remember around that time analyzing the salary levels for your employees who are classified as exempt from the Fair Labor Standards Act’s overtime requirements under one of the “white collar” exemptions (i.e. the executive, administrative, professional, […]
Federally Declared Disaster Brings Options for Employers
As a result of the major flooding across the Midwest, President Trump declared a state of “major disaster” in Nebraska on Friday, March 22, and in Iowa on Monday, March 25. This designation brings several special tools for employers to assist their employees who have been impacted. PTO Donation Policy […]

