Publications

On July 21, 2014, President Obama signed an executive order extending workplace protections to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (“LGBT”) Americans in the federal contracting workforce. Executive Order (“EO”) 11246 already protects workers employed by or seeking jobs with federal contractors and subcontractors from discrimination on the basis of race, […]

The OFCCP has been busy. On September 15, 2014, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (“OFCCP”) announced a proposed rule that would prohibit federal contractors from maintaining pay secrecy policies (similar to the current obligations under the National Labor Relations Act). Under the terms of […]

On September 17, 2014, the Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) published new guidance (the “Guidance”) regarding certain HIPAA provisions in light of the Supreme Court ruling in United States v. Windsor, in which the Court found section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act—which defined marriage and spouse to exclude […]

On August 6, 2014, the U.S. Department of Labor issued a proposal to collect summary data on how federal contractors and subcontractors pay their employees. The proposed rule comes in response to President Obama’s April 8, 2014 directive instructing the Secretary of Labor to propose a rule within 120 days […]

Although the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently relaxed Medicare hospital staffing requirements to allow qualified dietitians and nutritionists to order patient diets, state law still prevents these practitioners from practicing independently in Nebraska and Iowa hospitals. Medicare Conditions of Participation (CoPs) previously permitted only the physician or […]