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Legal Alert/Article June 4, 2013, previously published on May 31, 2013 A new Tennessee law prohibits local governments from requiring private employers to provide more generous health insurance benefits, leave policies, hourly wage standards or prevailing wage standards than that required by state or federal law as a condition of doing business in the locality. Signed...
| | New Tennessee Law Targets Worker Misclassification in Construction Industry
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Legal Alert/Article May 31, 2013, previously published on May 30, 2013 Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam has signed into law a bill allowing the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development to impose penalties on construction companies that avoid paying workers’ compensation premiums by misclassifying workers. The bill’s sponsor, State Senator Bill...
| | Obama Administration Releases Final Regulations Impacting Wellness Programs, Changes Loom for ‘Outcome-Based’ Programs
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Legal Alert/Article May 31, 2013, previously published on May 29, 2013 In the latest round in the debate over employment-based wellness programs, the U.S. Departments of Health and Human Services (HSS), Labor and the Treasury have issued final regulations on the treatment of such programs under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). While the new regulations raise the maximum...
| | Amendments to Vermont Equal Pay Law Afford Additional Protections to Employees
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Legal Alert/Article May 30, 2013, previously published on May 28, 2013 Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin on May 14, 2013, approved amendments to the state’s equal pay law to promote gender pay equity and foster more “family friendly” workplaces by protecting employees who share wage information with their co-workers and by requiring employers to...
| | Minnesota Supreme Court Clarifies Standard for Hostile Work Environment Claims under State Law
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Legal Alert/Article May 30, 2013, previously published on May 29, 2013 That alleged sexually explicit behavior was directed at both men and women is irrelevant in determining the existence of a hostile work environment under the Minnesota Human Rights Act, the Minnesota Supreme Court has held. Rasmussen v. Two Harbors Fish Company d/b/a Lou’s Fish House et al.,...
| | Colorado Limits Employers from Demanding Employees, Applicants Private Social Media Information
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Legal Alert/Article May 30, 2013, previously published on May 29, 2013 Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper has signed legislation limiting employer access to employees’ and job applicants’ private social media information. Under the measure (HB 13-1046), effective upon signing on May 11, 2013, employers in Colorado may not “suggest, request or...
| | Alabama Amends Gun Law, Restricting Employers’ Policies
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Legal Alert/Article May 30, 2013, previously published on May 28, 2013 Alabama Governor Robert Bentley has signed amendments to the state gun law to limit employers’ ability to restrict employee possession of firearms in employers’ parking areas. The new law (SB 286), signed on May 20, 2013, becomes effective on August 1, 2013.
| | New Minnesota Civil Marriage Law Clears Way for Same-Sex Unions
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Legal Alert/Article May 30, 2013, previously published on May 29, 2013 Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton has signed a law permitting civil marriage between any two consenting persons, including same-sex couples. The new law becomes effective on August 1, 2013.
| | Does SOX Apply to Employees of Private Contractors? Supreme Court to Give Answer
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Legal Alert/Article May 30, 2013, previously published on May 28, 2013 The United States Supreme Court has agreed to determine whether the whistleblower protections of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (“SOX” or the “Act”) extend to employees of privately-held contractors or subcontractors because they do business with publicly-traded companies.
| | Hospital Technician with Epilepsy Not Qualified Individual with Disability under ADA or Missouri Law
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Legal Alert/Article May 24, 2013, previously published on May 23, 2013 A mammography technician who suffered from epilepsy was not a “qualified individual with a disability” under the Americans with Disabilities Act or the Missouri Human Rights Act because she was unable to perform the essential functions of her job, even with accommodations, whenever she...
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