EEOC Strategic Enforcement Plan Fiscal Years 2024–2028
On September 21, 2023, the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) released its Strategic Enforcement Plan (SEP) for Fiscal Years 2024–2028. The SEP establishes the…
United Healthcare Services Sued by EEOC for Religious Discrimination
United Healthcare Services, Inc. violated federal law when it discriminated against a full-time telecommuter by refusing to grant her a religious exemption from the company’s…
EEOC Sues Pain Management Associates and County Regional Hospital for Retaliation
Interventional Pain Management Associates (IPMA) and Baxter County Regional Hospital, operating as an integrated enterprise in Mountain Home, Arkansas, violated federal law when they fired…
EEOC Sues the Phoenix Center for Disability Discrimination
The Phoenix Center Inc., a mental health and substance use recovery center headquartered in Ironton, Ohio, violated federal law when it subjected several employees to…
EEOC and HonorHealth Resolve Disability Discrimination Lawsuit
Scottsdale Healthcare Hospitals, doing business as HonorHealth, which provides medical care at multiple hospitals and medical facilities in the Phoenix area, and the US Equal…
DOL Obtains Judgment Ordering Louisiana Home Care Agency to Pay $630K in Back Wages, Damages
The US Department of Labor announced on September 7, 2023, that it had obtained a consent judgment requiring the operator of a New Orleans-area home…
HHS Issues New Proposed Rule to Strengthen Prohibitions against Discrimination on the Basis of a Disability
The Biden-Harris Administration is taking further action on its commitment to promote access to healthcare and human services for persons with disabilities. Today, the US…
CMS Study Undercuts Potential Nursing Home Minimum Staffing Mandate
The White House’s ambitious plans for a federal nursing home staffing mandate might have hit a snag due to the inadvertent online release and subsequent…
DOL Announces Proposal to Restore, Extend Overtime Protections for 3.6M Low-Paid Salaried Workers
The US Department of Labor today announced a notice of proposed rulemaking that would restore and extend overtime protections to 3.6 million salaried workers. The…
Man with Active Warrant Hired by MDH to Run Nursing Home
The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) mistakenly hired a man with an active warrant to run a nursing home in Pine Island.