FHIweekly 8/29/24: The dark psychology of medical con-men + When is a mid-level manager personally liable for wage violations?

August 29, 2024 | Volume XV | Issue 35

Pandemic measures still fresh

Town citizens protest voluntary curfews

CNN reports:

The idea to end outdoor activities near sunset to protect people from a deadly mosquito-borne virus is not new. This year’s public outcry about the measure is.

In 2005, 2012 and 2019, towns in Massachusetts and Connecticut asked residents to curb outdoor activities during outbreaks of eastern equine encephalitis, an infection also known as EEE, with little fanfare or attention.

Last week, however, when officials in Oxford, Massachusetts, announced a voluntary curfew and urged residents to finish outdoor activities before 6 p.m., some residents weren’t happy.

When is a mid-level manager personally liable for wage violations?

Coleman Consulting Group

Wage and hour issues can become serious violations, as an Alabama hotel manager recently learned when he was held personally liable for violations to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Here’s a quick summary of the backstory: Manager is the hotel owner’s son, with no ownership in the employer’s business; the hotel clerk worked the night shift and was compensated with an hourly wage plus onsite lodging; after a falling out, the worker sued. And the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals decided in favor of the worker, per a recent Fisher & Phillips article.

You might be – rightfully – wondering why we’d post an article about a hotel…two reasons: the personal liability for the manager and the definition of an employer, both of which healthcare businesses, and their managers, should note.

The dark psychology of medical con-men

Arthur Lazarus, MD, MBA writes for KevinMD:

Paolo Macchiarini, MD, is a thoracic surgeon and regenerative medicine researcher who gained international fame for pioneering surgeries that involved implanting synthetic tracheas seeded with the patient’s own stem cells. However, Macchiarini’s career came to a halt when allegations of scientific misconduct, ethical breaches, and fraudulent practices surfaced. Several of his patients experienced severe complications, and some died as a result of…

Doctor at Cleveland Clinic explains the rise in West Nile Virus cases

WQAD News 8

West Nile virus (WNV) is a single-stranded RNA virus that causes West Nile fever. It is a member of the family Flaviviridae, from the genus Flavivirus, which also contains the Zika virus, dengue virus, and yellow fever virus. The virus is primarily transmitted by mosquitoes, mostly species of Culex. The primary hosts of WNV are birds, so that the virus remains within a "bird–mosquito–bird" transmission cycle. (Source: Wikipedia)

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