Dodd, DeLauro to Offer Emergency H1N1 Sick Days ...       November 10, 2009
News: Dr. Anne Schuchat, an official at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, testified that the CDC advises people to stay home from work for three to five days if they come down with swine flu. The organization encourages employers ...
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H1N1 Paid Sick Leave Splits Democrats, Advocacy ...       November 5, 2009
News: The House labor committee will hold a hearing on the Emergency Influenza Containment Act the week of November 16. It's unclear when or if a companion Senate bill will be introduced.
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House, Senate Bills Would Overturn Supreme Court ...       October 7, 2009
News: In a 5-4 decision, the court said that age could not simply be a 'motivating factor' in an employment decision; it had to be the decisive cause in order for age discrimination protections to take effect.
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Sexual Orientation Bias Bill Starts Moving Again       September 24, 2009
News: The Employment Non-Discrimination Act prohibits businesses with 15 or more employees and government agencies from using sexual orientation or gender identity to make employment decisions.
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Congress Eyes Compromise in 401(k) Independent ...       September 21, 2009
News: Dropping Bush administration plan will help define who exactly can provide advice to retirement plans.
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Business Gets Behind Obama's Community College ...       September 18, 2009
News: Proponents say the changes will make college more affordable while saving tax dollars that would otherwise wind up as bank profits. Financial institutions are resisting the elimination of their role in originating education loans.
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Labor Department Nixes Bush Rule to Let Brokers ...       September 16, 2009
News: The Department of Labor is killing a regulation issued in the last days of the Bush administration that would have allowed advisors affiliated with mutual funds, brokerage firms and other companies that sell investments to provide ...
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Two House Committees Approve Health Care Bills       July 17, 2009
News: The House Education and Labor Committee began work on its health care measure Thursday morning and toiled until 6 a.m. Friday.
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Health Care Reform Bill Has Self-Insurer Tax, New ...       July 16, 2009
News: Employers that self-insure their health care plans would face a new federal tax under health care reform legislation under consideration by several House committees.
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