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• U.S. Customs and Border Protection Issues Proposed Regulation To Make Permanent The Voluntary Global Entry Pilot Program

  Since June 6, 2008 certain low-risk U.S. citizen, U.S. national and U.S. permanent resident travelers have been able to enroll in the Global Entry program to allow for expedited clearance upon arrival at U.S. airports…

• GINA Interim Final Regulations: Highlights and the Potential Impact on Group Health Plans

  On October 7, 2009, the DOL, IRS, and HHS issued interim final regulations implementing Sections 101 to 103 of the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 (GINA). For group health plans, these regulations become effective…

• EEOC Revises "EEO Is The Law" Poster

  The EEOC has revised its "Equal Employment Opportunity is the Law" poster. This new version reflects current federal employment discrimination law (including the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act of 2008). The poster was revised…

• Expansion of FMLA Entitlement for Military Families

  The Family and Medical Leave Act has undergone yet another expansion. On October 27, 2009, President Obama signed H.R. 2647, known as the "Fiscal Year 2010 National Defense Authorization Act.” This new law comes on the heels…

• Supreme Court Agrees to Consider Legality of Two-Member NLRB Rulings

  As an update to my earlier post, the U.S. Supreme Court has recently agreed to consider whether the National Labor Relations Board, which was designed to have five members but has operated with just two…

• How Should the Ohio BWC and Industrial Commission Treat Claims for H1N1?

  As concerns about the potential scope of the H1N1 flu continue to grow, one question we keep hearing from clients is whether employees who believe they have contracted H1N1 in the workplace may have compensable workers'…

• Court Upholds Jury Verdict in Pietrylo v. Hillstone Restaurant Group

    In a case that has been widely followed by employment lawyers in the hope of gaining some clarity as to employees' privacy rights on personal social media sites, the federal district court in New…

• Breach Notification Under the HITECH Act: Action Points for Employers Who Sponsor Self-Insured Group Health Plans

  As we previously have noted, the Department of Health and Human Services recently issued an interim final rule under the HITECH Act requiring HIPAA-covered entities to notify each individual whose unsecured PHI has been, or…

• H-1B Employers: Did you ever wonder what happened to the $500 fraud fee you paid with the H-1B petition you filed?

  You may find out soon. After several years of collecting the $500 fraud fee from employers filing H-1B petitions to sponsor foreign national employees, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security ("DHS") has increased its investigatory…

• DHS to Publish Final Rule Today to Rescind "No-Match/Safe Harbor" Regulation

  The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is to publish a final rule today in which it formally rescinds the August 2007 "No-Match / Safe Harbor" regulation. Following its review of public comments after the…