Joseph J. LazzarottiBlog Posts
CDC Expands Guidance on Workplace SARS-CoV-2 Testing to Require Informed ConsentAs employers continue to grapple with a safe return to the workplace, on January 21, the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued new guidance for businesses and employers on SARS-CoV-2 testing of employees, as part of a more comprehensive approach to reducing transmission of the virus in non-healthcare workplaces. While the CDC...… Continue ReadingJanuary 22, 2021 |
ACC Launches Data Steward Program: An Approach to Assessing Law Firm Data SecurityOn December 8th, the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC), which represents over 45,000 in-house counsel across 85 countries, announced the launch of its Data Steward Program (DSP) to help organizations and their law firms assess and share information about information security relating to client data. The DSP is two years in the making, collecting input...… Continue ReadingJanuary 21, 2021 |
Want to Know if Your Employees Received the COVID-19 Vaccine? Some Best Practices to ConsiderWhile its rollout has been slow, the vaccine is being administered across the U.S. and in other countries. As of January 15, 2021, nearly 36 million doses of a COVID-19 vaccine have been administered, just over 11 million in the U.S. For a variety of reasons, organizations want to know whether their workforce members (employees, contractors, etc.)... Continue ReadingJanuary 19, 2021 |
Want to Know if Your Employees Received the COVID-19 Vaccine? Some Best Practices to ConsiderWhile its rollout has been slow, the vaccine is being administered across the U.S. and in other countries. As of January 15, 2021, nearly 36 million doses of a COVID-19 vaccine have been administered, just over 11 million in the U.S. For a variety of reasons, organizations want to know whether their workforce members (employees,...… Continue ReadingJanuary 17, 2021 |
New York Could Become the Next Hotbed of Class Action Litigation Over Biometric PrivacyDubbed the “Biometric Privacy Act,” New York Assembly Bill 27 (“BPA”) is virtually identical to the Biometric Information Privacy Act in Illinois, 740 ILCS 14 et seq. (BIPA). Enacted in 2008, BIPA only recently triggered thousands of class actions in Illinois. If the BPA is enacted in New York, it likely will not take as...… Continue ReadingJanuary 14, 2021 |
Wellness Programs and Water Bottles, the EEOC Proposes New Rules under the ADA and GINASince 1996, when Congress passed the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), employers have been struggling with whether and to what extent they could offer incentives to employees to participate in certain “wellness programs.” The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s (EEOC) position on these programs has been a significant driver of those struggles, primarily due... Continue ReadingJanuary 12, 2021 |
Wellness Programs and Water Bottles, the EEOC Proposes New Rules under the ADA and GINASince 1996, when Congress passed the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), employers have been struggling with whether and to what extent they could offer incentives to employees to participate in certain “wellness programs.” The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s (EEOC) position on these programs has been a significant driver of those struggles, primarily due...… Continue ReadingJanuary 11, 2021 |
OCR Releases Report Summarizing HIPAA Privacy and Security Compliance FailuresIn the final days of 2020, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S. Health and Human Service (HHS) released a HIPAA Audits Industry Report (“the Report”), that could be quite helpful to covered entities and business associates for tackling HIPAA compliance as we enter the new year. The Report examines OCR’s findings from... Continue Reading…January 7, 2021 |
OCR Releases Report Summarizing HIPAA Privacy and Security Compliance FailuresIn the final days of 2020, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S. Health and Human Service (HHS) released a HIPAA Audits Industry Report (“the Report”), that could be quite helpful to covered entities and business associates for tackling HIPAA compliance as we enter the new year. The Report examines OCR’s findings from... Continue Reading…January 7, 2021 |
OCR Releases Report Summarizing HIPAA Privacy and Security Compliance FailuresIn the final days of 2020, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S. Health and Human Service (HHS) released a HIPAA Audits Industry Report (“the Report”), that could be quite helpful to covered entities and business associates for tackling HIPAA compliance as we enter the new year. The Report examines OCR’s findings from...… Continue ReadingJanuary 7, 2021 |