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20 Mar 2019, 7:24 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
   Employers that previously provided employee handbooks or other communications to employees containing explanations discussions of the implications of travel or relocation expenses inconsistent with the current tax rules also should take immediate steps to withdraw or correct those communications. [read post]
8 Jan 2019, 12:38 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
The Report describes barriers, actions taken, and recommendations as well as ONC’s path forward to implement the 21st Century Cures Act. [read post]
14 Mar 2019, 5:08 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Past Chair of the ABA Managed Care & Insurance Interest Group and, a Fellow in the American College of Employee Benefit Counsel, the American Bar Foundation and the Texas Bar Foundation, heavily involved in health benefit, health care, health, financial and other information technology, data and related process and systems development, policy and operations throughout her career, and scribe of the ABA JCEB annual Office of Civil Rights agency meeting, Ms. [read post]
17 Jun 2016, 12:00 pm by John Elwood
Now we have yet another group of capital cases from the Gulf Coast that look like potential GVR candidates that instead keep getting relisted: Floyd v. [read post]
3 Aug 2015, 12:07 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
The Tri-Agencies subsequently published a FAQ that provides additional clarification and examples that the Tri-Agencies intend to help explain the proper administration of the rules. [read post]
18 Aug 2015, 7:52 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
  In furtherance of these priorities, the EEOC and other federal agencies both have expanded regulatory protections for persons with disabilities and significantly stepped up investigation and enforcement of disability discrimination claims against businesses accused or suspected of discriminating against disabled or other persons protected under federal discrimination laws. [read post]
1 May 2012, 1:17 pm by WIMS
 The EO also requires Federal agencies, as part of the President's retrospective review initiative under Executive Order 13563, to consider regulatory reforms that eliminate unnecessary differences between the United States and its major trading partners. [read post]
18 Nov 2018, 8:30 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
” If approved in its current form, the Consent Decree will both void a host of existing contractual safeguards currently included in Atrium’s existing provider contracts and affirmatively prohibit Atrium from seeking seek or enforce other safeguards insulating it from competition from other lower cost health care providers by defining “penalties” broadly to include any contract term or action with the likely effect of significantly restraining steering through… [read post]
12 Apr 2018, 7:42 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
§§ 531.52, 531.54, and 531.59 that barred tip pooling when employers pay tipped employees at least the full FLSA minimum wage and do not claim a tip credit have no further force or effect pending future WHD action. [read post]
21 Nov 2016, 5:56 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
  TEGE says the updated procedures established in the Guidance will promote these goals by: Providing for open and meaningful communication between the IRS and taxpayers; Reducing taxpayer burdens Providing for consistent treatment of taxpayers; Allowing the IRS to secure more complete and timely responses to IDRs; Providing consistent timelines for IRS agents to review IDR responses; and Promoting timely issue resolution. [read post]
7 Nov 2019, 5:34 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
The Justice Department complaint against the College charged that the College violated the ADA by discriminating against her on the basis of her disability by: Removing her from the lab assistant work schedule for a semester and reducing her work hours and compensation to zero; and Terminating her on the basis of her disability As a consequence of these discriminatory actions, the complaint charged the former employee suffered lost earnings, benefits and job advancement opportunities, as… [read post]
13 Sep 2017, 4:00 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Employers maintaining or administering similar workplace rules will want to scrutinize carefully their own policies to assess their potential for exposing the employer to unfair labor practice charges and take appropriate action to minimize these risks. [read post]
19 Mar 2019, 3:25 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
  Consequently, businesses and their leaders generally will want to arrange for this work to be protected to the extent by attorney-client privilege, work product and other evidentiary protections against discovery by Department, employees or others for FLSA or other workforce enforcement actions. [read post]
10 May 2017, 10:20 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Stamer also shares her thought leadership, experience and advocacy on these and other concerns by her service in the leadership of a broad range of other professional and civic organization including her involvement as the Vice Chair of the North Texas Healthcare Compliance Association; Executive Director of the Coalition on Responsible Health Policy and its PROJECT COPE: Coalition on Patient Empowerment; former Board President of the early childhood development intervention agency, The… [read post]
1 Aug 2016, 9:42 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
In addition, the court ordered Cook and her law firm to repay all attorneys’ fees she billed the trust funds for the actions she took in retaliating against whistleblowers Robbins and Rice. [read post]
7 Mar 2019, 4:40 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
  Consequently, businesses and their leaders generally will want to arrange for this work to be protected to the extent by attorney-client privilege, work product and other evidentiary protections against discovery by Department, employees or others for FLSA or other workforce enforcement actions. [read post]
21 Aug 2015, 6:07 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
If the plan fails to comply with claims and appeals procedures or other ERISA notification requirements, parties named or functioning as the plan administrator for this purpose also could face penalties of up to $125 per violation per day in the case of enforcement actions brought by participants and beneficiaries or $1025 per violation per day in the case of actions brought by the DOL, plus attorneys’ fees and other costs of enforcement. [read post]
30 Apr 2019, 10:23 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Health plans must deliver electronic protected health information (“ePHI”) to electronic applications or software (“apps”) used by plan members, and are responsible under the Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act (“HIPAA”) Privacy and Security Rules for the security of electronic protected health information (“ePHI”) on apps they sponsor or provide, according to new guidance from the Department of Health & Human Services… [read post]