Physician Medical Staff Privileges – Suspension Hearings Physicians typically have medical staff privileges at a hospital or other healthcare facility where the doctor can treat patients. Hospitals operate under certain accrediting agencies, most commonly The Joint Commission, which, along with state laws, require the hospital to adopt medical staff bylaws...
EEOC Came Down Hard on Employer That Discriminated/Harassed/Retaliated Against Employees $18 million. That’s what video game publisher Activision Blizzard must pay in settlement of employee claims that the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC” – the Federal Government) pursued on behalf of the employees for sexual harassment, pregnancy discrimination and retaliation. ...
Business Owners and Employers: Does Your Company Have an Emergency Handbook? It Should. Are you an employer or business owner? Does your company have an emergency plan? An Emergency Handbook? It should. Emergencies, disasters, and injuries can occur at any time and without warning. Combine this with the fact that...
Landlords and Tenants – Eviction Moratorium Update To The Prior Update California just extended the law until June 30th that protects residential tenants who have a pending application for money to pay back rent that the tenant could not pay because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The law extension will stop...
Bankruptcy Can Fix Tax Problems While many taxes cannot be eliminated in a bankruptcy, personal income taxes, can potentially be discharged if the tax payor meets the following four (4) criteria: (1) The date the tax return was due to be filed is more than 3 years before the bankruptcy...
Landlords and Tenants – Eviction Moratorium Update In LA County, the status on the eviction moratorium is summarized below and at https://dcba.lacounty.gov/noevictions/ FOR COMMERCIAL TENANTS As of February 1, 2022, commercial tenants are no longer protected from eviction due to nonpayment of rent. Commercial tenants will have the following time...
OSHA Changes To Recordkeeping and Submission Requirements for Employers The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) issued new proposed rules today that would require “establishments with 100 or more employees in certain designated industries to electronically submit information from their OSHA Forms 300, 301 and 300A to OSHA once a...
Medical Practitioners Should Pay Attention To Self-Reporting Requirements Medical Providers sometimes suffer a state licensing inquiry or disciplinary matter, credentialing action or criminal charge (“Adverse Legal Action”). When that happens, the Medical Provider should consider the timeline required to self-report. The time varies, can be before the Adverse Legal Action...
Time For HR Audit Did you know that Epps & Coulson, LLP offers a general counsel program that includes an HR audit? See www.companiescounsel.com. If you have not updated your HR policies, practices, and employee handbook lately, employers should do so now. There have been a lot of new laws...
California Employers: If you have 5-50 Employees You Must Offer a Retirement Savings Plan by June 30, 2022 Employers of five or more employees in California take heed: you must offer employees a retirement savings program by June 30th. That does not mean that you have to start a 401k...