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Healthcare reform changes affecting coverage of children

Fisher & Phillips LLP
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USA
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August 3 2010

The recent health care reform legislation made two significant changes regarding health benefits provided to an employee's adult child

Unions continue healthcare organizing efforts with wins in Texas

Fisher & Phillips LLP
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USA
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August 3 2010

Despite losing some steam in its push for the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA), Big Labor continues intensive efforts to flex its muscles in the healthcare industry

Oregon employers claim victory in medical marijuana battle

Fisher & Phillips LLP
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USA
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April 15 2010

On April 15, 2010 the Oregon Supreme Court handed employers a comprehensive victory in the long-running medical marijuana battle, deciding that employers need not accommodate an employee's use of medical marijuana

Effective documentation speaks volumes... and protects your hospital

Fisher & Phillips LLP
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USA
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May 3 2010

Document, document, document

Use caution when conducting wage surveys

Fisher & Phillips LLP
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USA
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May 3 2010

Conducting wage surveys to determine whether healthcare workers, particularly nurses, are being paid competitively is nothing new

Compensability of on-call time

Fisher & Phillips LLP
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USA
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November 2 2010

Work in the healthcare industry is unpredictable, and patient care is provided 24 hours a day, seven days a week

Will 2010 be a "boom" year for healthcare lawsuits?

Fisher & Phillips LLP
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USA
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February 1 2010

During the last decade there was an explosion of overtime pay litigation against employers

Harassment is not part of a caregiver's job description

Fisher & Phillips LLP
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USA
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August 3 2010

Nowhere is sexual harassment more of a "touchy" issue than in the patient care arena

Smithkline Beecham wins on "outside salesman" exemption

Fisher & Phillips LLP
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USA
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February 28 2011

The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals (Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington) has added another chapter in the saga of whether pharmaceutical sales representatives (PSRs) qualify for the federal Fair Labor Standards Act's "outside salesman" exemption