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March 17, 2009

Bill Would Permit University Graduate Assistants to Unionize

Legislation introduced last week would allow private university students who serve as teaching and research

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March 16, 2009

Linda Puchala Nominated for National Mediation Board Seat

President Obama has nominated Linda Puchala to hold a seat on the National Mediation Board (NMB). The

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March 16, 2009

Bill Would Increase Employer Penalties and Strengthen Provisions of USERRA

A bill introduced last week would amend several provisions of the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment

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March 16, 2009

Favorable DOL Opinion Letters Lost for Want of a Stamp

The Department of Labor (DOL) announced on Friday, March 6, 2009, that they were simultaneously publishing

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March 16, 2009

U.S. DOL Further Defines What Constitutes Compensable Training Time

In three opinion letters issued during the final weeks of the Bush administration, the Wage and Hour

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March 16, 2009

Stimulus Package Extends Whistleblower Protections to Employees

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA), recently signed into law by President Obama,

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March 14, 2009

Legislative and Regulatory News for the Week of March 8, 2009

The following is a summary of the legislative and regulatory news for the week of March 8, 2009: Discrimination

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March 13, 2009

Labor Department Guides Employers on Use of "Fluctuating Workweek" Method to Calculate Overtime Pay

The Wage & Hour Division of the U.S. Department of Labor recently issued an opinion letter that could

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March 13, 2009

Insurance Agents May Qualify for Outside Sales, Administrative Exemptions

In the last days of the Bush administration, the Department of Labor (DOL) issued an opinion letter,

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March 13, 2009

DOL Issues Opinion Letters Regarding Potential Problems With Maintaining Exempt Status While Attempting to Reduce Labor Costs

In three new opinion letters, FLSA2009-2, FLSA 2009-14 and FLSA 2009-18, the DOL answers questions about

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