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COVID Testing
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Dykema Labor & Employment Law Blog
Illinois Supreme Court Rules That Amazon’s Pre-Shift COVID Tests Are Compensable Under Illinois Wage Law
On March 19, 2026, the Illinois Supreme Court clarified that the Illinois Minimum Wage Law (“IMWL”) does not incorporate the Fair Labor Standards Act’s (“FLSA”) exclusions for pre- and post-shift…
Class Action Defense Blog
Illinois Supreme Court Rules That Employees Must Be Paid For Pre-Shift COVID-19 Screenings Under Illinois Wage Law
By Gerald L. Maatman, Jr., Jennifer A. Riley, and Tyler Zmick Duane Morris Takeaways: In Johnson, et al. v. Amazon.com Services, LLC, 2026 IL 132016 (Mar. 19, 2026), the Illinois Supreme…
Class Action Defense Blog
Nevada Supreme Court Rejects Portal-to-Portal Exemptions: Pre-Shift COVID Testing Counts As Work Under State Law And Legislature Quickly Reverses Course
By Gerald L. Maatman and Anna Sheridan Key Takeaways: In Amazon.com Services, LLC v. Malloy, 141 Nev. Adv. Op. 50 (Oct. 30, 2025), the Nevada Supreme Court resolved an important…
Roberts Disability Law Blog
Northern District of California Transfers GS Labs’ COVID-19 Reimbursement Suit Against Cigna to Connecticut
In GS Labs, LLC v. Cigna Health and Life Insurance Company, et al., No. 24-cv-08749-AMO, 2025 WL 3019519 (N.D. Cal. Oct. 29, 2025), Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín granted Cigna’s motion to…
Religion Clause
Hospital Employee Who Refused Covid Nasal Swab Testing Is Entitled to Unemployment Benefits
In St. Luke's University Hospital v. Unemployment Compensation Board of Review, (PA Commonw. Court, Nov. 1, 2024), a Pennsylvania state appellate court upheld a decision by the Pennsylvania Unemployment Compensation Board…
Rivkin Rounds
Lab Owner Pleads Guilty to COVID-19 Testing Fraud Scheme
On October 1, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Illinois announced that Zishan Alvi, the owner of a Chicago laboratory, pleaded guilty to one count of wire…
New York Health Law
SDNY Sues Labs For Fraudulent COVID-19 Testing Under False Claims Act
The SDNY U.S. Attorney’s Office has targeted several labs and their principals for False Claims Act violations arising out of reimbursements for COVID-19 testing services. In a complaint filed on…
Rivkin Rounds
Lab Owner Pleads Guilty in Covid Test Kit Fraud Scheme
By Eric Fader
Robert Clark of Pompano Beach, Florida recently pleaded guilty to his role in a Medicare fraud scheme. Clark and his co-conspirators purchased Medicare Beneficiary Identification numbers unlawfully and then billed…
Health Law Blog
Providers Face Government Scrutiny Over COVID Coverage For Uninsured
The Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) was enacted in March 2020 as part of the government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The FFCRA, among other things, provided funds for…
Beneficially Yours
HSA Holders Lament the End of the Era of Free Invasive Nasal Swabs:IRS to Remove COVID Exemption for HDHPs
Seyfarth Synopsis: In light of the end of the COVID-19 National Emergency and Public Health Emergency (see our prior blog post here), the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) has announced the…