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Labor & Employment Alerts:
December 2011
National Labor Relations Board's New Posting Rule Implementation Date Changed to April 30, 2012
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December 2011
National Labor Relations Board Issues Final Election Rule Aimed At Quicker Elections
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November 2011
Department of Labor Extends Time for Compliance With Health Care Reform's Summary of Benefits and Coverage
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Governor Patrick Signs 2011 Public Pension Reform Law
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September 2011
In the News Again: Worker Misclassification Enhanced Enforcement Efforts and Broader Damages Ahead
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August 2011
New Employee Rights Notices Must Be Posted In Almost All Private Sector Workplaces By November 14
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April 2011
Overview of Notable Developments in Labor & Employment Law 2010-2011 - Case Law Update
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June 2010
Early Retiree Reinsurance Program Offers Potential Savings for Health Care Plans
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June 2010
Get Ready for the Audits: Worker Misclassification High DOL-IRS Priority
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June 2010
The Price of Experience: Is It Okay to Use Unpaid Interns?
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May 2010
New Affordable Care Law Requires Employers to Provide 'Reasonable' Breaks to Nursing Mothers
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March 2010
Obama Signs Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
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March 2010
COBRA Subsidy Extended
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January 2010
Congress Extends and Changes COBRA Subsidy Program
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September 2009
Stimulus Bill and HHS Regulations Make Sweeping Changes to HIPAA Breach Rules
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May 2009
Swine Flu (H1N1) and the Workplace
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April 2009
Recent Legal Decisions in Employee Benefits, Labor and Employment Law
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April 2009
Stimulus Bill Makes Important Changes to COBRA
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March 23, 2009
Annual Employment Law Update
Overview of Developments in Employment Law 2008-2009
Employment Strategies in a Recessionary Economy
Stimulus Bill Makes Changes to COBRA
Family and Medical Leave Act
March 10, 2009
Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA) Reintroduced in Both Houses of Congress
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February 2009
Obama Signs Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act
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November 2008
Obama Victory Prioritizes Labor and Employment Law Issues
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September 2008
New Law Dramatically Expands Scope of the Americans With Disabilities Act
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September 2008
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Issues Guidance On The Relationship Between the ADA And Employer Performance And Conduct Standards
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Municipal Alerts:
January 2012
Three Ways to Found Money: Maximize Municipal Recovery of Funds
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Massachusetts Attorney General Clarifies Expectations of Executive Session Meeting Minutes
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Duties of Chair of Local Public Body Under Open Meeting Law
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December 2011
Attorney General's Office Issues Remote Participation Regulation for Public Bodies
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July 2011
Governor Patrick Signs Emergency Law That Significantly Reforms Municipal Health Care Law
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May 2011
Enforcement Letters From Attorney General's Office Highlight Need for Specificity Under Open Meeting Law
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January 2011
Liability for Snow and Ice Accumulation
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June 2010
Reminder: Changes to Open Meeting Law Scheduled to Take Effect July 1, 2010
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November 2009
New Changes to The Open Meeting Law
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October 2009
New Changes to Conflict of Interest Law
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July 2009
Old Quinn Bill is No More: Municipalities at Risk
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July 2009
Supreme Judicial Court Upholds Municipalities' Right to Impose Regulatory Fees
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January 2009
Attorney Client Privilege - Public Records Law
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January 2009
Limitations on the Scope of the Community Preservation Act
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June 2008
SJC Decision Permits Lie Detector Tests for Police Officers Suspected of Criminal Activities
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February 2008
Impact of New State Excavation and Trench Safety Law Upon Municipalities
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January 2008
Bjorklund et al. v. Zoning Board of Appeals of Norwell SJC-09931
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Education & Special Education Alerts:
May 2011
A Cautionary Note on the Saugus Decision
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June 2010
Bullying Prevention Training as Mandated by the New Anti-Bullying Legislation, M.G.L. c. 71, § 37O
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May 2010
Massachusetts Becomes the 42nd State to Pass Anti-Bullying Legislation
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June 2009
U.S. Supreme Court Rules Individuals with Disabilities Act ("IDEA") Permits Parents' Claims for Reimbursement
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General Alerts:
January 2011
Estate Planning - 2011-2012
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October 2009
New Data Security Law
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"The D's: Guiding Principles for Avoiding Litigation"
Katherine A. Hesse
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"Massachusetts' New Joint Enforcement Task Force: Uprooting the Underground Economy"
Katherine A. Hesse & Jillian Harrison
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"The Massachusetts Health Care Reform Act: Coming to a State Near You?"
Arthur P. Murphy
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"Conduct Unbecoming: How To Avoid 'Defamatory Conduct'"
Arthur P. Murphy & Quinn H. Vandenberg
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Article & Presentation Archive:
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| The Eight D's: Principles for Avoiding Workplace Litigation By Katherine A. Hesse, Esq. - Published in HR Advisor January 2004 | |
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| How To Conduct A Fraud Investigation By Arthur P. Murphy, Esq. and Quinn Vandenberg HR Advisor September/October 2003 | |
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