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		<title>Labor and Employment Law Update &#8211; July 2010</title>
		<link>http://blog.vonbriesenhealth.com/2010/07/26/labor-and-employment-law-update-july-2010/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 13:44:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Dennehy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One topic that continues to have the most decisions and expensive settlements are class action wage and hour lawsuits. Millions of dollars are being awarded against employers or employers are paying such sums to settle these class action lawsuits.
The major issues involved in these lawsuits are the following:

 employees not getting their uninterrupted 30-minute meal [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Wisconsin Law Creates Reporting Obligations for Physicians &#8211; And Concerns for Peer Reviewers, Managers, and Treatment Providers for Physicians</title>
		<link>http://blog.vonbriesenhealth.com/2010/06/03/new-wisconsin-law-creates-reporting-obligations-for-physicians-and-concerns-for-peer-reviewers-managers-and-treatment-providers-for-physicians/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 20:22:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doris Brosnan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On June 2, 2010, a new Wisconsin law became effective that expands reporting obligations for providers licensed by the Medical Examining Board (“MEB”).  2009 Wisconsin Act 382 created a new statute under Wisconsin Chapter 448 (“Medical Practices”) requiring a person licensed by the MEB to “promptly” submit a report to the MEB when the person [...]]]></description>
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		<title>IRS Releases Special Payroll Tax Exemption Form For the HIRE Act</title>
		<link>http://blog.vonbriesenhealth.com/2010/04/28/irs-releases-special-payroll-tax-exemption-form-for-the-hire-act/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.vonbriesenhealth.com/2010/04/28/irs-releases-special-payroll-tax-exemption-form-for-the-hire-act/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Apr 2010 20:05:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>von Briesen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Labor & Employment]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The IRS has released Form W-11 to help employers, including tax-exempt organizations, claim the special payroll tax exemption that applies to many newly-hired workers during 2010.  The payroll tax exemption was created under the provisions of the Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment (&#8221;HIRE&#8221;) Act signed by President Obama on March 18, 2010.  The HIRE Act created two new tax benefits to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Labor and Employment Law Update: Victory in ERD Challenge to Running State and Federal FMLA Concurrently</title>
		<link>http://blog.vonbriesenhealth.com/2010/02/26/labor-and-employment-law-update-victory-in-erd-challenge-to-running-state-and-federal-fmla-concurrently/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.vonbriesenhealth.com/2010/02/26/labor-and-employment-law-update-victory-in-erd-challenge-to-running-state-and-federal-fmla-concurrently/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 19:13:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah Platt</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Labor & Employment]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As several of our clients have encountered, recently employees and their counsel have argued that a woman can choose to take her federal Family and Medical Leave Act (“FMLA”) leave and her Wisconsin FMLA leave consecutively. The situation most often presents itself when a woman requests time off during pregnancy, before the birth of a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Labor and Employment Law Update</title>
		<link>http://blog.vonbriesenhealth.com/2010/02/25/labor-and-employment-law-update/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.vonbriesenhealth.com/2010/02/25/labor-and-employment-law-update/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 22:07:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Dennehy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Labor & Employment]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The February 2010 Labor and Employment Law Update focuses on The &#8220;Pros&#8221; and  &#8220;Cons&#8221; of Social Networking for Employers and New Employment-Related Matters of  Note.
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		<title>von Briesen &amp; Roper Law Update: Extending Health Benefits to Children and Domestic Partners Who Are Not Tax Dependents</title>
		<link>http://blog.vonbriesenhealth.com/2010/02/17/von-briesen-roper-law-update-extending-health-benefits-to-children-and-domestic-partners-who-are-not-tax-dependents/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.vonbriesenhealth.com/2010/02/17/von-briesen-roper-law-update-extending-health-benefits-to-children-and-domestic-partners-who-are-not-tax-dependents/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 14:42:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim McDonald</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Compensation and Benefits]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Labor & Employment]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Historically, employers extending group health plan coverage to the dependents of employees limited the availability of that coverage to individuals who qualified as dependents of employees for purposes of the federal income tax laws applicable to employer-sponsored group health plans. Either by choice or to comply with government mandates, however, employers are increasingly extending dependent [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EEOC Revises Workplace Notice on Federal Anti-Discrimination Laws</title>
		<link>http://blog.vonbriesenhealth.com/2009/11/24/eeoc-revises-workplace-notice-on-federal-anti-discrimination-laws/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.vonbriesenhealth.com/2009/11/24/eeoc-revises-workplace-notice-on-federal-anti-discrimination-laws/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:35:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>von Briesen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Labor & Employment]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[On October 22, 2009, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (&#8221;EEOC&#8221;) announced a revision of &#8220;EEO is the Law,&#8221; the notice that employers covered by federal anti-discrimination laws must post in the workplace.  The revised version reflects current federal employment discrimination law, incuding information about the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008, which became effective November 21, 2009. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>von Briesen &amp; Roper Law Bulletin: Health Care Employment Law Update</title>
		<link>http://blog.vonbriesenhealth.com/2009/11/17/von-briesen-roper-law-bulletin-health-care-employment-law-update-2/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.vonbriesenhealth.com/2009/11/17/von-briesen-roper-law-bulletin-health-care-employment-law-update-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:45:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Dennehy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Labor & Employment]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Read more&#8230;
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		<title>von Briesen &amp; Roper Law Bulletin: New Regulations Prohibit Questions Regarding Family History or Other Genetic Information on Certain Health Risk Assessments</title>
		<link>http://blog.vonbriesenhealth.com/2009/10/16/von-briesen-roper-law-bulletin-new-regulations-prohibit-questions-regarding-family-history-or-other-genetic-information-on-certain-health-risk-assessments/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.vonbriesenhealth.com/2009/10/16/von-briesen-roper-law-bulletin-new-regulations-prohibit-questions-regarding-family-history-or-other-genetic-information-on-certain-health-risk-assessments/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 20:18:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah Platt</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Labor & Employment]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[On October 7, 2009, Interim Final Rules were issued to implement certain sections of the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (“GINA”). These rules prohibit (i) the use of genetic information for increasing the group premiums or contribution amounts based on genetic information; (ii) requesting an individual or family member to undergo genetic testing, except in limited [...]]]></description>
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		<title>HHS OCR Issues New Rules to Protect Genetic Information</title>
		<link>http://blog.vonbriesenhealth.com/2009/10/05/hhs-ocr-issues-new-rules-to-protect-genetic-information/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.vonbriesenhealth.com/2009/10/05/hhs-ocr-issues-new-rules-to-protect-genetic-information/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 21:21:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sally Ihlenfeld</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On October 1, the Departments of Health and Human Services (HHS), Labor, and Treasury issued an interim final rule with request for comments implementing Title I of the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 (GINA). According to a press release issued by HHS, “the interim final rule will help ensure that genetic information is not [...]]]></description>
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