Compliance Updates

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Compliance Updates

  • DOL announced a proposal to rescind the independent contractor's final rule. 

    • By adopting the Independent Contractor Rule, workers' protections under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) would be greatly weakened.

 

  • DOL Issues Guidance on Electronic Posting of Labor Law Notices:

    • On Dec. 29, 2020, the U.S. Department of Labor(DOL) issued Field Assistance Bulletin 2020-7, which addresses when the DOL will consider electronic posting by employers sufficient to provide employees with required notice of their statutory rights under a variety of federal labor laws.

 

  • HIPPA Privacy Rule and the Coronavirus Outbreak:

    • On Apr. 7, 2020, HHS issued a bulletin to summarize how protected health information may be shared under the HIPAA Privacy Rules during an outbreak of infectious disease, such as the current coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak.

 

 

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