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		<title>HR Fact Friday: FLSA Updates</title>
		<link>http://www.hrnblog.com/2011/12/16/hr-fact-friday-flsa-updates/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 11:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[FLSA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Contractor]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Newt Gingrich]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are some interesting things happening in the world of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), which requires overtime pay and a minimum wage for nonexempt workers and regulates when minors can work and what they can do. First, the Act got some recent news attention when GOP presidential candidate Newt Gingrich made some [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Are Clothes?  The Department of Labor Weighs in and It’s More Complicated Than You Think</title>
		<link>http://www.hrnblog.com/2010/08/30/what-are-clothes-the-department-of-labor-weighs-in-and-it%e2%80%99s-more-complicated-than-you-think/</link>
		<comments>http://www.hrnblog.com/2010/08/30/what-are-clothes-the-department-of-labor-weighs-in-and-it%e2%80%99s-more-complicated-than-you-think/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 20:52:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Genetic]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Work Clothes]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division recently issued Administrator’s Interpretation 2010-2 which addresses the issue of what’s considered “clothes” for determining compensable (paid) time under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).   I bet that you never thought this was an issue?  But then again all bets are off when dealing with the FLSA. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>HR Fact Friday: Department of Labor to Conduct FMLA Study</title>
		<link>http://www.hrnblog.com/2010/07/30/hr-fact-friday-department-of-labor-to-conduct-fmla-study/</link>
		<comments>http://www.hrnblog.com/2010/07/30/hr-fact-friday-department-of-labor-to-conduct-fmla-study/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:09:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[FMLA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Department of Labor]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Hilda Solis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HR Survey]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Department of Labor next year will conduct a survey on how employees are using the Family and Medical Leave Act, Labor Secretary Hilda Solis announced Tuesday, July 20. The survey, to be done by the department’s Wage and Hour Division, is intended to “provide insight into how families” use FMLA leave, as well as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>HR Fact Friday: Special HR Alert for Financial Institutions</title>
		<link>http://www.hrnblog.com/2010/04/09/hr-fact-friday-special-hr-alert-for-financial-institutions/</link>
		<comments>http://www.hrnblog.com/2010/04/09/hr-fact-friday-special-hr-alert-for-financial-institutions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Apr 2010 14:09:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Employment Law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DOL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FLSA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mortgage Loan Officer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nonexempt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Overtime]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.hrnblog.com/?p=1349</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Mortgage Loan Officer Doesn’t Meet Administrative Exemption  Your World Just Got More Confusing As if your HR world isn’t perplexing enough, the Department of Labor (DOL) has abandoned its former position (Opinion Letter, FLSA 2006-31) that mortgage loan officers could potentially qualify as exempt employees under the Administrative test of the Fair Labor Standards Act.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DOL Publishes Model Notices for COBRA Subsidy</title>
		<link>http://www.hrnblog.com/2009/03/19/dol-publishes-model-notices-for-cobra-subsidy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.hrnblog.com/2009/03/19/dol-publishes-model-notices-for-cobra-subsidy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2009 21:43:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[COBRA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[American Recovery and Reinvestment Act]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DOL]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.hrnblog.com/?p=413</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Department of Labor has just published Model Notices that can be used to help comply with the new COBRA subsidy requirements.  They can be found at:  http://www.dol.gov/ebsa/COBRAmodelnotice.html.    You&#8217;ll notice that there are several notices available to be used depending upon the circumstances.  Good luck navigating through them and figuring out what to do. You&#8217;ll [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A New OFCCP Record for Recovery of $$$ From Affirmative Action Contractors</title>
		<link>http://www.hrnblog.com/2009/03/10/a-new-ofccp-record-for-recovery-of-from-affirmative-action-contractors/</link>
		<comments>http://www.hrnblog.com/2009/03/10/a-new-ofccp-record-for-recovery-of-from-affirmative-action-contractors/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2009 20:40:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Affirmative Action]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[11246]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[discrimination]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In 2008 the Office of Federal Contract and Compliance recovered a record $67 million dollars from Affirmative Action contractors who had allegedly discriminated against employees and applicants based upon minority or gender status. ]]></description>
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		<title>President Obama Revises Labor Executive Orders</title>
		<link>http://www.hrnblog.com/2009/02/25/president-obama-revises-labor-executive-orders/</link>
		<comments>http://www.hrnblog.com/2009/02/25/president-obama-revises-labor-executive-orders/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2009 17:39:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Employment Law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Beck Poster]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[employment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[labor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Obama]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.hrnblog.com/?p=311</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A recent national SHRM article describes how President Obama has revised some federal labor orders. Here are excerpts from the article:  Two of the orders signed by Obama directly contravene directives signed by [former President George] Bush. One of Obama’s new directives revokes Executive Order 13201, which required federal contractors to post a notice of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ADA &amp; FMLA Expansion</title>
		<link>http://www.hrnblog.com/2009/01/22/ada-fmla-expansion/</link>
		<comments>http://www.hrnblog.com/2009/01/22/ada-fmla-expansion/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2009 14:54:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[ADA & Disability]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DOL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FMLA]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.hrnblog.com/?p=221</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The arrival of January marks the effective date of major changes to the Americans with Disability Act (ADA) and the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA). The ADA Amendments, effective January 1, 2009, make it easier for employees to show a disability. Before the amendments, many ADA claims were thrown out of court on this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>If You Can’t Sleep…The New FMLA Regulations Are Available</title>
		<link>http://www.hrnblog.com/2008/11/17/if-you-can%e2%80%99t-sleep%e2%80%a6the-new-fmla-regulations-are-available/</link>
		<comments>http://www.hrnblog.com/2008/11/17/if-you-can%e2%80%99t-sleep%e2%80%a6the-new-fmla-regulations-are-available/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 22:20:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[FMLA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DOL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Regulations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[regulatory]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[updates]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.hrnblog.com/2008/11/17/if-you-can%e2%80%99t-sleep%e2%80%a6the-new-fmla-regulations-are-available/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[After two years the Department of Labor has just released its final regulatory updates to the Family Leave Act. These new regulations we be effective on January 16, 2009. While attorneys and other “interested” observers are pouring over the 201 page document published in the Federal Registry, it doesn’t appear, at first glance, to have [...]]]></description>
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