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25 Jan 2021, 7:39 pm
“Consumers want to be able to trust that the food they eat is safe,” said Amanda Craten, a petitioner and member of the Board of Directors at STOP, whose 18-month son was seriously injured and permanently disabled as a result of Salmonella-contaminated chicken. [read post]
25 Jan 2021, 8:22 am
Many Democrats have advocated to not only protect Social Security benefits, but to expand them. [read post]
20 Jan 2021, 10:59 am
Employers must exercise caution in creating such health-contingent wellness programs, which necessarily require employees to disclose health information, because the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) and the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (“GINA”) prohibit medical inquiries unless there is a demonstrated business necessity or responding to the health inquiry is voluntary. [read post]
20 Jan 2021, 9:00 am
But Congress may by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability. [read post]
18 Jan 2021, 6:00 am
” He is a fourth-generation American. [read post]
18 Jan 2021, 6:00 am
” He is a fourth-generation American. [read post]
17 Jan 2021, 6:00 am
Marcel Reid was born in Cleveland, Ohio, and she displays those Midwestern sensibilities established in her formative years. [read post]
12 Jan 2021, 10:03 am
Millions of Americans suffer from mental illnesses such as depression, anxiety, and bipolar disorder. [read post]
12 Jan 2021, 9:58 am
The Bureau should (1) conduct research on whether the ECOA should be amended to include disability as a prohibited basis, (2) modernize Regulation B in various areas such eliminating the ban on questions about plans for childbearing, the prohibition on considering whether an applicant has a telephone listing in the applicant’s name, and the requirement for a creditor to consider the credit history of accounts in a spouse’s name for which the applicant is not contractually… [read post]
11 Jan 2021, 10:21 am
Executive Order 11246, Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974, as amended, generally prohibit federal contractors to discriminate in employment because of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran. [read post]
11 Jan 2021, 2:00 am
The advocates also worry that divulging the names of other employees whom the EEOC believes to have been wronged places those people in danger of possible retaliation. [read post]
11 Jan 2021, 2:00 am
The advocates also worry that divulging the names of other employees whom the EEOC believes to have been wronged places those people in danger of possible retaliation. [read post]
4 Jan 2021, 2:02 pm
U.S. businesses should raise their guard as well as encourage employees and others they deal with to avoid and take steps to avoid getting caught up in potentially fraudulent novel coronavirus (“COVID-19”) related or leveraged scams while also taking steps to ensure the defensibility of their own COVID-related dealings with respect to COVID relief programs and Federal Sentencing Guideline and other exposures heightened by the COVID-driven operational changes and events. [read post]
29 Dec 2020, 4:27 pm
Event Announcements (More details on the Events Calendar) Wednesday, December 30, at 12:00 p.m.: Lawfare Live will hold an online event covering President Trump’s recent pardons and commutations—most of which went to recipients with personal or political connections to the president. [read post]
28 Dec 2020, 9:03 pm
Some privacy advocates worry, however, that any attempt to mandate tracking of the spread of COVID-19 at an individual level using mobile apps threatens privacy and civil liberties. [read post]
24 Dec 2020, 10:17 am
We had been skeptical from day one, and were disappointed to see the Board launch without adequate representation from the Middle East, North Africa, or Southeast Asia, and further missing advocates for LGBTQ or disability communities. [read post]
24 Dec 2020, 10:17 am
We had been skeptical from day one, and were disappointed to see the Board launch without adequate representation from the Middle East, North Africa, or Southeast Asia, and further missing advocates for LGBTQ or disability communities. [read post]
22 Dec 2020, 8:41 am
Note items (c) and (e) in the following descending order of proxies who under Florida law have decision-making authority for an incapacitated person: (a) The judicially appointed guardian of the patient or the guardian advocate of the person having a developmental disability as defined in s. [read post]
21 Dec 2020, 5:17 pm
The key elements of these changes are accomplished as follows: The Proposed Rule would replace the current language that allows Covered Entities to make certain uses and disclosures of PHI based on their “exercise of professional judgment” with language allowing disclosure based on a Covered Entity’s “good faith belief” that the use or disclosure is in the best interests of the individual and add a presumption of good faith by the health care provider… [read post]
21 Dec 2020, 2:03 pm
Event Announcements (More details on the Events Calendar) Monday, December 21, 2020, at 4:00 p.m.: The Wilson Center will host a webinar on the global implications of nuclear weapons testing. [read post]
