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		<title>HR Fact Friday: Obama Backs Extension of Benefits to Same-Sex Partners of Federal Employees</title>
		<link>http://www.hrnblog.com/2009/06/19/hr-fact-friday-obama-backs-extension-of-benefits-to-same-sex-partners-of-federal-employees/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 13:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reprinted from Government Executive.com (http://www.govexec.com/story_page.cfm?articleid=42979&#38;dcn=todaysnews) By Alyssa Rosenberg arosenberg@govexec.com June 17, 2009 President Obama on Wednesday directed the Office of Personnel Management to extend long-term care benefits and family and parental leave to the same-sex partners of gay and lesbian federal employees, and ordered agencies to conduct internal reviews to identify other benefits that they [...]]]></description>
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		<title>HR Fact Friday: Survey Finds Nearly 20 Percent of Employers Plan to Drop Health Benefits</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2009 18:15:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A sign of the troubled times is that most new HR related survey data tends to fall on the negative side. Here is the latest case in point and it is sobering news indeed for employees of small businesses who currently have the option of enrolling in an employer provided health benefit plan. Nineteen percent of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>President Obama Revises Labor Executive Orders</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2009 17:39:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul</dc:creator>
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		<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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