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<description><![CDATA[by Employment &amp; Labor Law / Employee Benefits Group Stinson Morrison Hecker LLP Copyright &#169; 2008 The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) on August 1, 2008 issued updated interim guidance on federal contractors’ use of the revised race...]]></description>
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<title>New U.S. Passport Card May be Used in I-9 Form Process</title>
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<description><![CDATA[by Employment &amp; Labor Law / Employee Benefits Group Stinson Morrison Hecker LLP Copyright &#169; 2008 The new U.S. Passport Card may be used in the employment eligibility verification process – in completing the I-9 Form and in the E-Verify...]]></description>
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<title>New EEOC Guidance on Religious Discrimination</title>
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<description><![CDATA[by Employment &amp; Labor Law / Employee Benefits Group Stinson Morrison Hecker LLP Copyright &#169; 2008 Applicants and employees should "enjoy the freedom to compete, advance and succeed in the workplace irrespective of their religious beliefs," according to new guidance...]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[by Employment &amp; Labor Law / Employee Benefits Group Stinson Morrison Hecker LLP Copyright &#169; 2008 Significant changes to the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) – that would provide a broader scope of protection, modify the definition of disabilities and...]]></description>
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<title>Federal Contractors Will be Required to Use E-Verify</title>
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<description><![CDATA[by Employment &amp; Labor Law / Employee Benefits Group Stinson Morrison Hecker LLP Copyright &#169; 2008 Nearly all federal contractors and subcontractors will be required to use the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) electronic employment eligibility verification (E-Verify) system...]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[by Employment &amp; Labor Law / Employee Benefits Group Stinson Morrison Hecker LLP Copyright &#169; 2008 In a case with potentially far reaching implications, the U.S. Supreme Court on May 27, 2008 held that an employee may bring a claim...]]></description>
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<title>Anti-Discrimination Guidance on SSA &quot;No-Match&quot; Letters</title>
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<description><![CDATA[by Employment &amp; Labor Law / Employee Benefits Group Stinson Morrison Hecker LLP Copyright &#169; 2008 The Department of Justice’s Office of Special Counsel (OSC) recently issued important anti-discrimination guidance for employers who follow the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS)...]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[by Employment &amp; Labor Law / Employee Benefits Group Stinson Morrison Hecker LLP Copyright &#169; 2008 Nearly 83,000 private sector discrimination charges were filed with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) in fiscal 2007 – a nine percent jump...]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[by Employment &amp; Labor Law / Employee Benefits Group Stinson Morrison Hecker LLP Copyright &#169; 2008 After years of delay, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) on February 11, 2008 finally proposed a number of significant and wide-ranging changes to...]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[by Employment &amp; Labor Law / Employee Benefits Group Stinson Morrison Hecker LLP Copyright &#169; 2008 "In 2007, the number of workers belonging to a union rose by 311,000 to 15.7 million," according to a January 25, 2008 report by...]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[by Employment &amp; Labor Law / Employee Benefits Group Stinson Morrison Hecker LLP Copyright &#169; 2008 Companies have no constitutional right to challenge the validity of an administrative workplace search warrant in federal court before it is executed, according to...]]></description>
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<title>New EEOC Rule on Retiree Health Benefits</title>
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<description><![CDATA[by Employment &amp; Labor Law / Employee Benefits Group Stinson Morrison Hecker LLP Copyright &#169; 2008 Employers may create, adopt, and maintain a wide range of retiree health plan designs – such as Medicare bridge plans and Medicare wrap-around (or...]]></description>
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<title>Employers Must Pay for Personal Protective Equipment</title>
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<description><![CDATA[by Employment &amp; Labor Law / Employee Benefits Group Stinson Morrison Hecker LLP Copyright &#169; 2007 With few exceptions, employers are required to pay for personal protective equipment (PPE) at no cost to employees when such equipment is necessary to...]]></description>
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<title>Revised Employment Eligiblity Verification (Form I-9) Issued by DHS</title>
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<description><![CDATA[by Employment &amp; Labor Law / Employee Benefits Group Stinson Morrison Hecker LLP Copyright &#169; 2007 Employers must use a revised Employment Eligibilty Verification Form I-9 for "all individuals hired on or after November 7, 2007," according to an announcement...]]></description>
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<title>Reporting the Use of Undocumented Workers in Missouri</title>
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<description><![CDATA[by Employment &amp; Labor Law / Employee Benefits Group Stinson Morrison Hecker LLP Copyright &#169; 2007 Anyone – including disgruntled employees and business competitors – may now go online and anonymously report Missouri employers who are using undocumented workers, who...]]></description>
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