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October 20, 2011

Unionized Hospitals Must Tread Carefully Before Implementing Communicable Disease Policies

Recently, in Virginia Mason Hospital, 357 NLRB No. 53, the National Labor Relations Board considered

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October 19, 2011

Administration Drops CLASS Act

The Affordable Care Act’s beleaguered long-term care program has been officially abandoned due to its

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October 19, 2011

The Stork Has Landed: California Employers Must Maintain and Insurers Must Provide Pregnancy Benefits

California Governor Jerry Brown recently signed sweeping legislation aimed at affording pregnant women

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October 18, 2011

Bill Renewing Trade Adjustment Assistance Program Ready for President's Signature

Updated:  October 21, 2011 On October 12 the House by a 307-122 margin approved a measure that temporarily

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October 18, 2011

Massachusetts Superior Court Finds No Common-Law Whistleblower Protection for Complaining of Generalized Workplace Concerns

In a noteworthy decision under the Massachusetts at-will doctrine, the Superior Court of Massachusetts

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October 17, 2011

Worker Misclassification Legislation Introduced in Congress

Rep. Lynn Woolsey (D-CA) has reintroduced legislation that would create new record-keeping requirements

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October 17, 2011

Bill Aims at Worker Misclassification

Rep. Lynn Woolsey (D-CA) has reintroduced legislation that would create new record-keeping requirements

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October 17, 2011

New Jersey Inadvertently Eliminates Its Exemption for Commissioned Sales Employees

UPDATE: Further developments on the New Jersey regulations occurred following initial publication of

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October 17, 2011

New Tennessee Attorney General's Opinion Opens Door to Wage Claims by Employees Serving Jury Duty

As a general rule, the Fair Labor Standards Act does not require an employer to pay an employee’s travel

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October 14, 2011

DOL Administrative Review Board Holds that Breach of a SOX Complainant's Confidentiality Is Retaliation Under SOX

In a decision falling somewhere between surprising and alarming, the U.S. Department of Labor's Administrative

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