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January 30, 2009

New Employment Bills Address Health Care, Prevailing Wage Rates

A few new labor and employment-related bills focusing on health care and wage requirements for highway

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January 30, 2009

United Kingdom: Economist Recommends Immigration Restrictions Due to Recession

As reported at Personneltoday.com, Chartered Institute of Professional Development (CIPD) chief economist

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January 30, 2009

U.S. Department of State's Visa Bulletin for February 2009 Released

The Department of State has released its Visa Bulletin for February 2009. The bulletin reports employment

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January 29, 2009

Stimulus Bill Would Require E-Verify Participation

Embedded in the nearly 650-page $819 billion stimulus bill (H.R. 1) that cleared the U.S. House of Representatives

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January 29, 2009

Paycheck Rule Revived for Pay Discrimination Claims with Signing of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act

The first workplace bill to reach President Barack Obama's desk is a pay-related law. Just days after

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January 29, 2009

President Obama Signs Ledbetter Act into Law

Just ten days into his term, President Obama has signed into law a bill that will make it easier to bring

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January 29, 2009

E-Verify Implementation Date is Postponed for the Second Time

The effective date of the new regulations requiring the use of E-Verify by certain federal contractors

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January 29, 2009

Trial Court's Dismissal of PAGA Claims Upheld

Deleon v. Verizon Wireless concerns a case where the employer had been previously sued under various

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January 28, 2009

Supreme Court Upholds the Primacy of ERISA Plan Documents over Divorcee's Waiver of Pension Benefits

On January 26, 2009, the United States Supreme Court issued a unanimous opinion in Kennedy v. Plan Administrator

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January 28, 2009

The Continued Viability of the Alien Tort Claims Act and the Torture Victim Protection Act

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit recently endorsed the notion that multinational corporations

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