Publications

In the last few weeks, the OFCCP has engaged in the following efforts to educate federal contractors and the general public about affirmative action: Voluntary Outreach and Education Poster On August 3, 2015, the OFCCP announced the release of a voluntary outreach and education poster entitled “Opening Doors of Opportunity […]

In recent years, the Department of Labor’s (DOL) Wage and Hour division has focused much of its enforcement efforts at workers who have been misclassified as independent contractors rather than employees entitled to protections provided by the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”). Indeed, misclassification continues to be the single most […]

Within the past several weeks, three states – California, Massachusetts and Oregon – have joined Connecticut and other jurisdictions in requiring employers to provide paid sick leave. While the overall intent of these laws is similar from state to state – to guarantee most workers at least a few days […]

On June 16, 2015, the Department of Health and Human Services announced a reorganization of its regional offices which will have a significant effect on our clients. The former Region VII Office, located in Kansas City, Missouri (which previously covered Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas, and Missouri), has now been consolidated into […]

The recent settlement in the Citizens Medical Center case highlights fair market value (“FMV”) concerns in Stark cases, and particularly a trend to consider operating losses in hospital-owned practices. The case involved various physician relationships of Citizens Medical Center, a 344-bed acute care county hospital in Victoria, Texas. Like most […]