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LEGAL NEWS UPDATE


EFCA UPDATE

[September 30, 2009] At the AFL-CIO convention earlier this month, Senator Arlen Specter declared that he and a small group of Democratic colleagues have developed a revised version of the Employee Free Choice Act that he expects to pass this year. For more, click here.

 


E-LERTS

EFFECTIVE JULY 24, 2009, THE FEDERAL MINIMUM WAGE INCREASES TO $7.25 PER HOUR

[July 22, 2009] On July 24, 2009, the federal minimum wage will increase from $6.55 per hour to $7.25 per hour pursuant to the third and final increase of the three-phase wage increase adopted by Congress in 2007. For more, click here.

 


October 2009 E-UPDATE

Final Rules Released on Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act . . . President Obama Implements New FMLA Military Leave Amendments . . . An Employer’s Suspicions About Employee Misconduct Do Not Have to Be Right, Just Reasonable . . . Age Discrimination . . . Title VII Class Action Lawsuit . . . D.C. Human Rights Act (DCHRA) . . . New EEOC Poster . . . Train Now to Avoid Lawsuits Later. For more, click here.

 

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