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| 8/25/10 | HHS Releases Proposed Changes To HIPAA Privacy, Security, and Enforcement Rules |
| 8/17/10 | Updated Child Labor Regulations: Is Your Organization Keeping Up with the Kids? |
| 8/16/10 | Federal Court Dismisses Wage & Hour Class Action, Citing Company's Compliance and Training |
| 8/16/10 | Wage and Hour Classification Reviews Recommended in Anticipation of New FLSA Regulations |
| 8/04/10 | DOL issues guidelines on break time requirements for nursing mothers |
| 8/04/10 | Grandfathered status for your group health plans under health care reform: what is at stake? |
| 8/04/10 | COBRA health continuation coverage subsidy extension |
| 8/04/10 | 2d Circuit - Threatening Language May Support Claim of Hostile Environment, Even Without Sexual References |
| 8/04/10 | Are You Saving On Wage Costs By "Rounding" Worktime? |
| 8/04/10 | Despite Opposition, Obama Administration Will Urge Senate to Pass Paycheck Fairness Act |
| 7/16/10 | Government Cracks Down on Employee Misclassification |
| 7/16/10 | Is Your Company Next? 10 Tips to Help Prepare for an ICE I-9 Audit |
| 7/16/10 | Workplace Harassment And The First Amendment |
| 7/16/10 | Is Weight Bias the Next Big Challenge in Discrimination Law? |
| 7/16/10 | Beware the Meal Period Time-Bomb |
| 7/16/10 | Are Established Meal Periods Of Under 30 Minutes FLSA "Hours Worked"? |
| 7/2/10 | FMLA Covers Any Employee Who Assumes the Role of Caring for a Child |
| 7/2/10 | Think you have the right of free speech in the office? You're making the classic fourth-grade mistake. |
| 7/2/10 | Employer Has No Duty to Accommodate "Stressed" and "Anxious" Employee, Federal Appeals Court Rules |
| 7/2/10 | What is Reasonable Accommodation Anyway? |
| 7/2/10 | Social Networking Sites and Discovery - A Double-Edged Sword |
| 7/2/10 | How to Stop Accessibility Lawsuits Before They Stop You |
| 6/28/10 | US Department of Labor clarifies FMLA definition of "son and daughter" |
| 6/28/10 | Obama Administration to Expand Family and Medical Leave to Same-Sex Parents, Other Non-"Traditional" Families |
| 6/28/10 | Williams Institute Estimates Impact of New FMLA Ruling; 100,000 Children Affected |
| 6/28/10 | Advisory-Unpaid Internships Pose Problems for Unwary Employers |
| 6/13/10 | Quick Quiz: FLSA Overtime On Commissions |
| 6/13/10 | Ohio Agency to Replace Drug-Free Workplace Program with Drug-Free Safety Program Effective July 1 |
| 6/13/10 | Spencer Reed Group to Settle EEOC Race and Age Discrimination Lawsuit |
| 6/13/10 | New HIRE Act promises benefits for employers, workforce |
| 4/27/10 | How a boss's Kwik-E-Mart trip cost $100K |
| 4/27/10 | Change Exempt Status To Non-Exempt Status Without Violating The FLSA |
| 4/27/10 | First Comes Love, Then Comes Marriage, Then Comes Flex-Time and a Baby Carriage |
| 4/27/10 | New Immigration-Enforcement Law In Arizona May Have Far-Reaching Implications |
| 4/27/10 | Wal-Mart Workers Can Sue as Group in Gender-Bias Case Over Pay |
| 4/27/10 | Should CEOs Be Fluent in Social Media? |
| 4/27/10 | Q&A with Charlie Plumb: Employers can take steps to quash union organizing |
| 4/27/10 | Controversy shrouds Muslim women's head coverings |
| 4/8/10 | Healthcare Reform: Here's What You Need To Know For 2011 |
| 4/8/10 | Employment Screening Check on Megan's Law Website Leads To Sexual Abuser's Lawsuit |
| 4/8/10 | Top Ten `Hot` Topics in HR Law |
| 4/8/10 | FMLA Update: Who Decides Whether The Employee Is Sick Enough For FMLA Leave? |
| 4/8/10 | Jacqueline A. Berrien Becomes Chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission |
| 4/8/10 | Chai Feldblum Sworn in as a Commissioner Of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission |
| 4/8/10 | ADA Update: Drunk Police Chief Not Protected By ADA |
| 4/8/10 | Amid emotional testimony, bill targets workplace bullying |
| 4/8/10 | How do I give a new employee a warm welcome? |
| 3/30/10 | FLSA Now Requires Breastfeeding Breaks and a Place to Take Them |
| 3/30/10 | Employee Discrimination Claims Hit Record High in 2009 |
| 3/30/10 | Wage Hour Report Business Not As Usual At Wage Hour Division |
| 3/30/10 | Employers Should Be Cautious of New Decision Holding That Severance is Not "Wages" Subject to FICA |
| 3/30/10 | Hire Act Signed Into Law |
| 3/30/10 | Monica Faram: Facebook and jobs don't mix |
| 3/30/10 | Overqualified? Yes, but Happy to Have a Job |
| 3/30/10 | Iowa WARN Act Effective July 1 |
| 3/30/10 | Colorado Governor Signs Health Legislation |
| 3/30/10 | DOL Takes the Next Step in Implementing President Obama's Executive Order Requiring Contractors to Hire Predecessor Employees |
| 3/23/10 | Investigating Online Pornography Accessed On Company Computers |
| 3/23/10 | Brace yourself: Health care reform passage will affect HR |
| 3/23/10 | Senators Schumer and Graham Release Immigration Reform Framework |
| 3/23/10 | Ninth Circuit Attempts to Navigate Through Commuting Time and Off-the-Clock Work Issues |
| 3/23/10 | New FTC Guidelines hold employers responsible for on-line behavior of employees |
| 3/23/10 | Third Circuit: Lay and Medical Evidence Sufficient to Show a "Serious Health Condition" Under FMLA |
| 3/23/10 | More Men Make Harassment Claims |
| 3/9/10 | Dispense employee medical information only to those who truly need to know |
| 3/9/10 | Congress' employment law agenda: 7 key bills to watch closely |
| 3/9/10 | Remind your managers: No comments on family planning |
| 3/9/10 | Top 15 oddball interview questions of 2009 |
| 3/9/10 | Book Review: Forbidden Grounds - The Case Against Employment Discrimination Laws by Richard A. Epstein |
| 3/9/10 | OSHA's Ergonomics Fight Rejoined |
| 3/8/10 | COBRA extension approved: Here's the fine print |
| 3/8/10 | House OKs tax credits for hiring: What's next? |
| 3/8/10 | ERISA Strategist Department of Labor Issues New Reporting Requirements for Multiemployer Plans |
| 3/4/10 | Document Retention Vs. Document Creation: Which Is More Important? |
| 3/4/10 | States may ban credit checks on job applicants |
| 3/4/10 | Government Contracts: Look Before You Leap! |
| 3/4/10 | Second Circuit Dismisses ADA and FMLA Claims |
| 3/4/10 | Having It Your Way |
| 3/4/10 | Changes to Solicitation and Distribution Rule Requirements on the Horizon? |
| 3/4/10 | New Oregon Law Prohibits Most Employment Credit Checks |
| 3/4/10 | Still With Obama, but Worried |
| 3/4/10 | Social media raise red flags for employers |
| 3/4/10 | Wal-Mart to pay $11.7 million in EEOC gender bias suit |
| 3/4/10 | "Plan B" For Card Check Falls Short |
| 3/4/10 | US Labor Department releases state-by-state figures on number of Americans who stand to lose unemployment benefits without congressional extension of program |
| 2/19/10 | EEOC Proposes New Factors to Evaluate Defense in Age Discrimination Lawsuits |
| 2/19/10 | Obama Cracks Down on Use of Contractors |
| 2/19/10 | The Ever Evolving Definition of Sexual Harassment |
| 2/9/10 | The Risk of Automatically Terminating Employees After Leave Expires |
| 2/9/10 | Senate to vote on bill prohibiting sexual identity discrimination |
| 2/9/10 | Do Exempt Employees Have to Be Paid for Snow Days? |
| 2/9/10 | The Big Picture Behind the Numbers - New EEOC Data Continues a Heightened Trend |
| 2/9/10 | GINA's Impact on Employers: Pink Ribbons and Yellow Bracelets |
| 2/9/10 | Union-Backed Nominee Blocked in Senate |
| 2/1/10 | FMLA's administrative complexities create challenges for employers |
| 2/1/10 | Another Reason Employers Need a Social-Media Policy: New FTC Regulations |
| 2/1/10 | OSHA Recordkeeping Summary Must Be Posted By February 1 And Is More Important Than Ever |
| 2/1/10 | State E-Verify and I-9 Laws - 2010 Updates |
| 2/1/10 | In honor of Lilly, take action now to pass the Paycheck Fairness Act |
| 2/1/10 | Obama Tax Credits Aimed at Small-Business Hiring |
| 1/28/10 | Adult company must pay $500,000 for harassment |
| 1/28/10 | OSHA releases workplace injury and illness data |
| 1/28/10 | Tennesee woman awarded $1.5M for wrongful firing |
| 1/28/10 | New Jersey man files $3 million lawsuit after receiving unwelcome sexual offers from co-workers |
| 1/28/10 | Oregon Law Bars Employers' Mandatory Meetings on Unionization, Requires Posting of Notice |
| 1/28/10 | Employer's Discriminatory and Overbroad Restrictions on Union Activity Violate NLRA, Court Rules |
| 1/27/10 | 8th Circuit - Adverse Employment Action Based on Gender-Related Non-Conforming Behavior and Appearance is Impermissible |
| 1/26/10 | More Claims, Bigger Exposures Likely For Employers in 2010 |
| 1/26/10 | HR's Oral Representations Trump Summary Plan Description |
| 1/26/10 | Legal Alert: Eleventh Circuit Finds that Job Applicant Need Not Be Disabled Under the ADA to Sue for Prohibited Pre-Offer Medical Inquiry |
| 1/26/10 | The Evolving Federal Family and Medical Leave Act: 2010 NDAA Amendments |
| 1/26/10 | Employee Fraud |
| 1/26/10 | OSHA Begins Its National Emphasis Program on Recordkeeping |
| 1/26/10 | "Tomboyish" clerk can challenge firing under Title VII |
| 1/26/10 | Tenn. Woman Awarded $1.5M for Wrongful Firing |
| 1/13/10 | Discrimination Charges Filed With EEOC Remain at Record Levels |
| 1/13/10 | Employee background screenings up dramatically |
| 1/13/10 | Four Legal Pitfalls Loom in 2010 |
| 1/13/10 | Example of Electronic Discovery in Employment Law |
| 1/13/10 | Workplace discrimination complaints remain at high levels in Texas, U.S. |
| 1/13/10 | West Texas Cap Maker Settles EEOC Sexual Harassment Suit |
| 1/05/10 | 2d Circuit - Attendance at Work is an Essential Function of the Job in Most Instances |
| 1/05/10 | "More Energetic Person" Comment May Prove Costly |
| 1/05/10 | Handbook/Policy Reviews - A Labor Law Necessity |
