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Date

Title

Topics Covered
June 2008 Affirmative Action Update President Bush Signs Amendment to Executive Order
  Requiring Federal Contractors to Use E-Verify
OFCCP Adjusts its Compensation Analysis Procedure
February 2008 Employment Benefits Advisory Supreme Court Allows Individual 401(k) Participant to Sue
  for Breach of Fiduciary Duty
August 2007 Social Security No-Match Letter New Regulation Solves the Social Security No-Match Letter
  Riddle
July 2007 Banking/Finance/Insurance Update Invitation to and details of briefing on August 23, 2007
May 2007 Manufacturing E-Bulletin Steelworkers on the Move
March 2007 Affirmative Action Update

OFCCP Sends Corporate Scheduling Announcement
  Letters

December 2006 Affirmative Action Update Why the New EEO-1 is More Than Just a New Form
What Has Changed?
Time-Table for Implementation
Closing Thoughts
September 2006 Affirmative Action Update The OFCCP Finally Rescinds The EO Survey
Recordkeeping Garners Increasing Attention
July 2006 Affirmative Action Update

Standards for Systemic Compensation Discrimination
Voluntary Guidelines for Self-Evaluation of Compensation
  Practices
What are the Implications of These Rules?

April 2006 Affirmative Action Update

Don't Forget Disposition Codes
Don't Base Employment Decisions On Protected
  Characteristics

March 2006
• Misclassification of Management Employees Results in

   Verdict of at Least $19.1 Million

February 2006

• Proposed Regulations for California’s Mandatory

  Harassment Training Law

January 2006

• EEOC Implements Final Revisions To EEO-1 Report

• OFCCP Proposes Regulations to VEVRAA

• OFCCP Announces Record Financial Recoveries In Fiscal

   Year 2005

January 2006

• Physician Behave Thyself

• Social Workers, Caseworkers, & Medical Coders: Exempt
   from Overtime?

• Department of Labor Investigates Off-the-Clock Work

November 2005
• EEOC Finally Approves Revisions To EEO-1 Report
November 2005

• Donning, Doffing, Walking & Working

• AFL-CIO Declares December 10, 2005 National Organizing
  Mobilization Day

• Illegal Worker Entitled To Worker’s Compensation

October 2005
• The much-anticipated final rule from the OFCCP on the
   definition of "Internet applicant."
September 2005

•  OFCCP Grants Limited Exemption and Waiver of
   Requirements for Hurricane Relief Efforts

•  Employees of Federal Contractors Cannot Look To
    Merit Systems Protection Board For Help

•  How The AFL-CIO Rift May Affect You

September 2005

•  How The AFL-CIO Rift May Affect You

•  Arbitration Agreements Invalidated

•  New York State Health Department Announces
   Smoking Study Results

September 2005

•  Are Your Managers Entitled To Overtime Compensation?

•  How The AFL-CIO Rift May Affect You

•  A Recent Federal Court Decision Might Change The Way
   You Hire

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Date

Title

Topics Covered
October 2005

First Circuit Update -

(States served: Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Puerto Rico)

•  Think Twice Before Relying On E-mail To Distribute

    Employment Policies

•  Pharmacists Not Entitled to Overtime

October 2005

Second Circuit Update -

(States served: Connecticut, New York and Vermont)

•  Public Employees Do Not Check Their Constitutional

   Rights At the Door

•  Sexual Stereotyping is Sex Discrimination

October 2005
Third Circuit Update  -
(States served: Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Virgin Islands)

•  When Hiring, Choose the Qualifications You Can Live With

January 2006

Seventh Circuit Update - Winter Update

(States served: Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin)

•  A Completed FMLA Certification: When It Absolutely,

   Positively Has to Be There (Or Else You’re Fired)
•  Physician Heal Thyself (or at least Behave Thyself)

•  It’s Hard to Shake the Past

October 2005
Seventh Circuit Update -
(States served: Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin)

•  Don’t Try and Play Doctor When Your Employees Return
   from FMLA Leave

•  Don’t Test the Limits With Your Employment Testing

January 2006

Eighth Circuit Update - Winter 2006 -

(States served: Arkansas, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota)

•  Do You Have A Well Stocked Arsenal?

•  Is Considering Whether An Old Dog Can Learn New Tricks

   Age Discrimination?

September 2005

Eighth Circuit Update -

(States served: Arkansas, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota)

•  What Kinds of Job Actions Can Get Your Company Sued?
May 2006 Ninth Circuit Update -
(States served: Alaska, Arizona, California, Guam, Hawaii, Idaho, Mariana Islands, Montana, Nevada, Oregon and Washington)

•  Can Employers Make Women Wear Makeup?
•  “Oh Yeah, I Forgot To Mention That I Tried To Kill Someone
   A Few Years Back”
•  Hospital Loses The Race to Outsource Employees

October 2005

Ninth Circuit Update -

(States served: Alaska, Arizona, California, Guam, Hawaii, Idaho, Mariana Islands, Montana, Nevada, Oregon and Washington)

•  Being a Culturally Insensitive Jerk Creates Company
   Liability

•  Employer Liability for Customer Harassment

•  Keeping Employees Honest About FMLA Leave

January 2006

Tenth Circuit Update - Winter 2006 -

(States served: Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Utah and Wyoming)

•  Plaintiff’s Cooperation With EEOC Investigation A

   Prerequisite to Suit

•  Age Difference Of 5 Years Can be Significant In An Age

   Discrimination Case

October 2005
Tenth Circuit Update -
(States served: Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Utah and Wyoming)
•  Do Your Company’s Releases Comply With the OWBPA?
December 2005

Eleventh Circuit Update -

(States served: Alabama, Georgia and Florida)

•  Employers Have a Duty to Consider Accommodations for

    Employees Considered or Perceived to Have Disabilities

•  Ninety-Day Right to Sue Under Title VII and ADEA Runs

    From Reasonable Time After Employees had Actual

   Knowledge that the EEOC had Terminated its Investigation.