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Mandatory influenza vaccination of health-care workers (HCWs) has been widely studied and debated. State legislators are beginning to use their authority to enact laws requiring HCW vaccination as an infection-control measure. This installment of Law and the Public's Health reviews the role of st...
There is no permanent federal law on paid sick leave. However, there are paid sick leave laws by state you might need to be familiar with.
This handy table provides the basic information you need to know regarding PTO laws by state, but be sure to check each state’s department of labor for specific guidelines. The use-it-or-lose-it policy column refers to whether there’s a law regarding use-it-or-lose-it policies. A no...
The political divide on “gender-affirming care” has contributed to a patchwork of state laws in recent years that has made the issue a challenging one for compliance officers in the health care sector. That state of affairs is set to continue in 2024. ...
As Adam Greene, Partner at Davis Wright Tremaine, explains in this podcast, that’s creating some complications. The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) already differs from subsequent laws in several states which use language reminiscent of the GDPR. And while there are many similarities, some...
What’s confusing is that if this healthcare facility was in a different state, say Arkansas, these violations and fines would not exist. Federal guidance on the subject of lunch breaks is slim to none – but state laws concerning paid and unpaid breaks vary. ...
“All of our laws should protect innocent lives,” said Denise Harle, senior counsel and director of Alliance Defending Freedom’s Center for Life. “IfRoeis overturned, any injunctions against a state’s pre-Roelaw that were based onRoewould no longer hold. Once those injunctions are disso...
healthcare lawmedicinal cannabislegal analysisWhen voters in two US states approved the recreational use of marijuana in 2012, public debates for how best to promote and protect public health and safety started drawing implications from states' medical marijuana laws (MMLs). However, many of the ...
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