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July 27, 2011

Senate Bill Would Amend Tax Rules Regarding Medical FSAs

A bipartisan measure introduced in the Senate last week by Sens. Ben Cardin (D-MD) and Mike Enzi (R-WY)

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July 27, 2011

House Committee Hearing Examines Proposed Changes to "Fiduciary" Definition

The House Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions conducted a hearing on Tuesday to discuss

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July 27, 2011

NLRB: Employees Failing to Notify Home Health Care Employer They Were Participating in Strike Could Not Be Disciplined

The National Labor Relations Act (NLRA or “the Act”) requires unions representing employees in the

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July 25, 2011

First Circuit Upholds NLRB's Strike Against Compensation Confidentiality Policy

The First Circuit Court of Appeals continued the current Board’s trend of striking down employer policies

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July 25, 2011

Connecticut Law Restricts Employer Use of Credit Reports

Effective October 1, 2011, employers in Connecticut will face new restrictions on the use of credit reports

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July 25, 2011

Despite Alleged “Sham” Divorces, Plan Administrators Must Take Domestic Relations Orders at Face Value

In Brown v. Continental Airlines, the Fifth Circuit held that when determining if a domestic relations

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July 25, 2011

First Circuit Denies Hospital's LMRA Preemption Argument Because Named Plaintiffs' Union Membership Unclear

For employers facing the seemingly endless onslaught of wage and hour class actions, evaluating the likelihood

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July 25, 2011

Ninth Circuit Endorses NLRB General Counsel's Procedural Authority to Seek 10(j) Injunctive Relief

Among the more significant initiatives that NLRB Acting General Counsel Lafe Solomon has pressed for

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July 22, 2011

Two Recent Decisions Illuminate for Employers the Broad Contours of ADA Confidentiality vs. the Narrow Boundaries of HIPAA Privacy

Ever since the HIPAA Privacy Rule first went into effect for larger health plans in April 2003, HR professionals

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July 22, 2011

The Whistleblower Improvement Act: New Legislation Takes Aim at Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Bounty Provisions

A year after the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act ("Dodd-Frank") became law,

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