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UPDATED STANDARDS FOR RELIGIOUS ACCOMMODATIONS
Employment, Newsletter Articles
August 7, 2023
On June 29, 2023, the Supreme Court issued a decision in Groff v. DeJoy (“Groff”), clarifying employers’ burden to show that a religious accommodation creates an “undue hardship.” Before the decision, an accommodation could cause an undue h...
UPDATES FOR FTC’S PROPOSED NON-COMPETE RULE
Employment, Newsletter Articles
July 27, 2023
In March, we published a summary of the Federal Trade Commission’s proposed rule to effectively ban non-compete agreements across almost all industries. Earlier this year, the FTC sent shockwaves throughout the labor market after announcing a new p...
AVOID OCR INVESTIGATIONS: STOP SNOOPING IN ITS TRACKS
Healthcare, Newsletter Articles
July 20, 2023
On June 15, 2023, the Department of Health and Human Services’ (“HHS”) Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) announced that a Washington hospital would pay $240,000 as part of a settlement for HIPAA violations concerning medical record “snoopin...