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March 12, 2012

Purchaser Need Not Duplicate Shut-Down Benefits When Mirroring Seller’s Pension Plan

Recently, the Third Circuit issued a precedential opinion in Shaver v. Siemens Corporation (3d Cir.

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March 12, 2012

Survey Analyzes Employer Tactics, Trends for Managing Rising Health Care Costs

According to the findings of a new employer health care survey conducted by Towers Watson/National Business

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March 12, 2012

HHS Releases Final Rule on Insurance Exchanges

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has released its long-awaited final rule (pdf)

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March 9, 2012

Massachusetts Employers Face New Obligations When Conducting Background Checks Involving Criminal History Records

Effective May 4, 2012, the Massachusetts Criminal Offender Record Information (CORI) Reform Act (the

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March 9, 2012

EBSA to Hold Webinars for Employee Retirement Plan Fiduciaries

The Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) has announced that it will

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March 9, 2012

New Jersey Restores Its Exemption for Commissioned Sales Employees

As we reported earlier, the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development (DLWD)amended its

ASAP
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March 8, 2012

Office of Foreign Labor Certification Releases Statistics on the Permanent Labor Certification Program for FY2012

The Office of Foreign Labor Certification (OFLC) has released select statistics on the Permanent Labor

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March 8, 2012

New Obligations for Massachusetts Employers Conducting Criminal Background Checks

Effective May 4, 2012, the Massachusetts Criminal Offender Record Information ("CORI") Reform Act (the

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March 8, 2012

HHS HIPAA Penalties Send Employers and Providers a Message

Two days after announcing its first-ever HIPAA penalty, a whopping $4.3 million imposed against Cignet

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March 6, 2012

Wage and Hour Division Will Uniformly Enforce New Tip Credit Rule

According to a recently-released Field Assistance Bulletin, the Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour

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