Practice Management
With a chief executive who’s used to being a CEO, what changes can urgent care operators expect in their role as employers once Donald Trump takes office in January? The law firm of Brennan, Manna & Diamond predicts a pro-employer climate overall in a Client Alert it issued this week, based partly on expected appointment of several Supreme Court justices likely to be more conservative than their retiring predecessors. That will be most evident in …
Read MoreUrgent message: Urgent care centers that are subject to the Family Medical Leave Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act are limited on the types of questions they can ask related to employee requests for leave. To avoid legal problems, managers should understand the requirements for leave and implement a process for handling information requests. Spencer Hamer, JD Two common laws that employers must deal with regarding employee leave requests are the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and the Americans with Disabilities …
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Urgent message: The second article in a two-part series looks at USERRA, FMLA, and NLRA—three federal labor laws that urgent care operators are likely to encounter. ALAN A. AYERS, MBA, MAcc Practice Velocity Case Record Urgent care centers are subject to a multitude of federal employment regulations and failure to comply with any of them could result in civil litigation or criminal penalties. Laws prohibiting discrimination, regulating wages and hours, permitting leave for military service …
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