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12/24/09Final Rule Issued Implementing Executive Order 13496 Requiring Contractors to Notify Employees of Their Rights Under the NLRA
12/24/09Congress Approves COBRA Premium Subsidy Extension
12/16/09Governor to sign gender identity executive order
12/16/09Cleveland Prohibits Discrimination on the Basis of Gender Identity and Gender Expression
12/08/09Federal Labor & Employment Law Legislation - New Laws Enacted in 2009 - Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act
11/10/09Understanding How The ADAAA And The New EEOC Regulations Have Changed The ADA
10/22/09Long-Awaited Proposed ADA Regulations Issued by the EEOC
9/29/09The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009: A Preliminary Report, Part One
9/29/09Here Comes Trumka
9/29/09HIPAA Rules Take Effect
7/23/09Dealers rev up their "Cash for Clunkers" TV ads. Michigan newspapers' Website gives them the "thumbs down"
7/23/09America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009 - Proposed Revisions to the Internal Revenue Code
7/23/09Washington Supreme Court Holds CEO and CFO Personally Liable for Unpaid Wages
7/23/09At the NAACP, Obama Removes His Mask of the Great Unifier
7/20/09EFCA Update: Expedited Election to Replace "Card Check" as Senators Broker Labor Law Compromise
7/17/09EFCA Update: Expedited Election to Replace "Card Check" as Senators Broker Labor Law Compromise
7/13/09Missouri - Supervisors Can Be Held Liable Under the MHRA
7/13/09New Jersey - "Psycho Bitch" Comment Sufficient to Preclude Summary Judgment on Hostile Work Environment Claim
7/13/09Employee Communications with Attorney through Personal E-mail Account from Work are Privileged
7/13/09United States Supreme Court Employment Law Decisions 2008-2009
7/01/09The New "Separate but Equal"
6/29/09Republicans Focus on Guest Workers in Immigration Debate
6/29/09Obama's curiously close labor friendship
6/29/09Firefighters Ruling Expected Monday Could Impact Sotomayor Confirmation
6/17/09Keylogging Employees' Computer Use Met with Judicial Wariness
6/15/09SHRM, Democrats Tangle Over Paid-Sick-Days Bill
6/03/09Missouri Court Paves the Way for Federal Jurisdiction for Claims of Misappropriation of Electronic Information by Departing Employees
5/14/09Labor Department Adding 250 Investigators to Focus on Enforcement, Secretary Solis Announces
5/14/09Fifth Circuit Provides Guidance on Who is a "Supervisor" Under Title VII of Civil Rights Act
5/14/09Illinois Supreme Court Expands Strict Liability for Harassment by a Supervisor
5/14/09Texas Employers Get Another Favorable Opinion on Non-Competes
5/13/09Ohio Employers Must Provide Leave for Pregnant Employees, Regardless of Internal Policy
5/13/09The Emerging New Workforce: Employment and Labor Law Solutions for Contract Workers, Temporaries, and Flex-Workers
5/06/09ICE immigration crackdown to go after employers, not undocumented workers
5/06/09Homeland Security Announces Shift in Worksite Immigration Enforcement to Target Employers
4/29/09What's Obama Done for Workers In His First 100 Days? Plenty
4/29/09Statement From U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis On Equal Pay
4/26/092009 Stimulus Act
4/17/09IRS COBRA Subsidy Guidance Published / DOL Model COBRA Notice Guidance Revised
4/14/09Nothing But The FAQs: DOL Provides Additional Guidance On COBRA Subsidy Model Notices
4/10/09IRS Clarifies Key Provisions Of The New COBRA Subsidy
4/10/09For 2009, The Only Sure Thing Is Change - And More Change
4/02/09Here Comes Your Stimulus Bonus
4/01/09COBRA Premium Subsides Notice Requirements and Action Plan
3/30/09IRS Provides Guidance Regarding COBRA Subsidy Reporting Requirements
3/25/09DOL Issues Model COBRA Subsidy Notices and Forms
3/25/09Specter Announces He Will Not Support Union-Backed "Card Check" Bill