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You Can’t Fire Me for Drug Diversion If I Am Personally Consuming the Drugs

Photo of Robert M. WolinBy Robert M. Wolin on Posted in Uncategorized
A nurse employed by a major medical center was suspected of illegally diverting medications. When confronted by her employer with evidence of suspicious transactions recorded by the provider’s medication monitoring systems, the nurse denied diverting medications but could not explain the suspicious transactions (“I’m not an IT person. I’m a nurse.”). Following termination of her … Continue Reading

Federal Court Enjoins Part of ACA Final Non-Discrimination Rule

Photo of Amy FoutsPhoto of Kyle GregoryBy Amy Fouts and Kyle Gregory on Posted in Uncategorized
On December 31, 2016, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas issued a nationwide injunction in Franciscan Alliance, Inc. v. Burwell, N.D. Tex., No. 16-cv-108, holding that portions of the final rule issued by the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR), which sought to operationalize Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), … Continue Reading

The Deeper Dive: Section 1557 Attempts to Return the “Care” to “Healthcare”

Photo of Amy FoutsPhoto of Kyle GregoryBy Amy Fouts, Greg Fosheim and Kyle Gregory on Posted in Uncategorized
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) moved to the forefront of anti-discrimination measures when it released a final rule, titled “Nondiscrimination in Health Programs and Activities” (Final Rule), implementing Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), which prohibits discrimination on the grounds of race, color, national origin, sex, age or disability in … Continue Reading

Pregnant Employees Become the Subject of Heightened Attention and New Legislation

By Jeanine Conley and Laura Scully on Posted in Uncategorized
Editor’s note:  This post originally appeared on BakerHostetler’s Employment Law Spotlight blog. Over the past decade, the number of claims pregnant workers have filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has risen by almost 50 percent, according to the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC).  Most of these workers assert that their employers denied them … Continue Reading
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