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Training Tools in PowerPoint provides a variety of expertly produced HR training courses designed to streamline and optimize your workplace training efforts.

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State Employment Law Compare

This new innovative tool uses "Smart Chart" functionality to instantly compare multiple state laws, all at the same time on the same chart.

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Summary of Law Updates

Federal Law Changes - Home Pages
State Law Changes - Library
April 2008 Updates

E-Learning

CCH and CourseAvenue provide healthcare compliance in eLearning format

CCH and CourseAvenue provide eComply for Human Resources in eLearning format

Human Resources organizations now have access to up-to-date compliance training for their employees in an online format that easily integrates directly into their learning management systems.

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Various groups submit comments on supplemental proposed rule on "no-match" letters
As of April 25, 2008, the date the comment period on the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) supplemental proposed rulemaking on its "no-match" regulation closed, the agency received approximately 516 comments from the public on the regulation, which outlines how employers should respond to receiving no-match letters issued by the Social Security Administration (SSA) when the SSA discovers that an employee's name and Social Security number (SSN) do not match the SSA's records.

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House bill would grant FMLA rights to victims of violent crime, domestic violence
The Crime Victims Employment Leave Act (H.R. 5845), introduced by Rep. Rahm Emanuel (D-IL) on April 17, would extend the FMLA to protect victims of violent crime and domestic violence. Specifically, the legislation would protect such individuals and their families from being terminated or demoted by offering them time off under the FMLA to attend court proceedings.

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Abuse of leave rights, lack of notice, leave tracking are top FMLA concerns of WorldatWork members
Human resource practitioners strongly support most of the Department of Labor's (DOL) proposed modifications to Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) regulations, according to a member survey conducted by WorldatWork, an association of human resource professionals from FORTUNE 500 and other organizations worldwide. "I applaud DOL s leadership in re-examining some of the regulatory provisions of FMLA," said Cara Welch, director, public policy for WorldatWork. Our members have frequently asked for guidance on how to implement and administer FMLA under the current rules. The proposed new regulations go a long way towards clarifying key issues."

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AFL-CIO urges Bush administration not to "gut" FMLA
The AFL-CIO called on the Bush Administration to drop its proposed changes to the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), as outlined in proposed amendments to the FMLA's regulations released in February by the Department of Labor (DOL). The union said the pending rule revisions "would make it more difficult for workers to get the time off they need to care for themselves or their loved ones in emergencies." The union federation made its comments pursuant to the open comment period on the proposed regulations, which concluded on April 11.

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