Philadelphia Home Healthcare Agency, Owner Must Pay $1.6M in Overtime Back Wages, Damages
The US Department of Labor has obtained a consent judgment in federal court that requires a Philadelphia home healthcare agency and its owner to pay approximately $1.6 million in back…
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Staten Island Health Center Will Pay $195K to Former Employee
In March 2020, as COVID-19 became a global pandemic, an employee of a Staten Island community health center asked permission to allow a regularly scheduled meeting to be held by…
Read More »DOL Seeks to Recover Back Wages for More Than 600 Skilled Nursing Workers
The US Department of Labor (DOL) has filed a complaint in federal court in Boston, alleging that 25 Massachusetts skilled nursing facilities in 21 communities intentionally withheld overtime wages to…
Read More »HHS Issues New Nondiscrimination Final Rule to Protect Conscience Rights
Today, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced a Final Rule, entitled Safeguarding the Rights of Conscience as Protected by Federal Statutes….
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DOL Announces Final Rule on Classifying Workers as Employees or Independent Contractors
The US Department of Labor (DOL) today announced a final rule to help employers and workers better understand when a worker qualifies as an employee and when they may be…
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Agreement Reached with Health System to Provide Greater Education and Equal Access
US Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero announced that Temple University Health System, Inc. (“Temple Health”) has reached an agreement with the United States to improve employee training and awareness of the…
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Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta to Pay $45,000 to Settle EEOC Religious Discrimination Lawsuit
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, Inc. (CHOA), a pediatric healthcare system in Georgia, will pay $45,000 to settle a religious discrimination lawsuit filed by the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC),…
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Scripps Clinical Medical Group to Pay $6.875 Million
Scripps Clinical Medical Group has settled an age and disability discrimination charge filed with the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) after it subjected a class of physicians to a…
Read More »Court Orders Haslett Healthcare Facility Owner to Attend Anti-Retaliation Training
A federal court in Michigan has ordered the owner of a Haslett assisted living facility, who allegedly threatened to fire three employees after she suspected they cooperated with a US…
Read More »US DOL Recovers $86K in Back Wages, Damages for 127 Healthcare Staffing Employees
The US Department of Labor investigation found the Indianapolis healthcare staffing provider paid straight time for all hours worked and did not pay non-exempt hourly employees the correct overtime wage…
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