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		<title>Illinois Bans Credit Checks for Most Employers</title>
		<link>http://blog.csihro.com/index.php/2010/08/18/illinois-bans-credit-checks-for-most-employers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2010 20:23:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Teresa DeSousa</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[credit checks]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Illinois legislature passed House Bill 4658, which creates the Employee Credit Privacy Act.  Bill 4658, signed into law by Governor Pat Quinn on August 10, 2010, takes effect January 1, 2011 and restricts employers’ ability to conduct credit checks on applicants and use the results for employment purposes.  Specifically, employers are prohibited from 1) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Massachusetts Limits Employers’ Ability to Access Applicants’ Criminal History</title>
		<link>http://blog.csihro.com/index.php/2010/08/18/massachusetts-limits-employers%e2%80%99-ability-to-access-applicants%e2%80%99-criminal-history/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2010 19:18:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Teresa DeSousa</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[background checks]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Massachusetts passed a new law which impacts employer’s ability to use criminal and background checks as part of the hiring process.
The new law is part of the Criminal Offender Record Information (CORI) reform bill, signed into law by Governor Deval Patrick on August 6, 2010.  The overall intent of the bill is to make it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>USCIS Redesigns Green Card</title>
		<link>http://blog.csihro.com/index.php/2010/08/11/uscis-redesigns-green-card/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Aug 2010 15:08:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Teresa DeSousa</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[green card]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Immigration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[uscis]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Effective immediately, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) reissued a redesigned Permanent Resident Card, otherwise known as the “green card,” which is proof of authorization to live and work permanently in the United States. 
The new card incorporates several features designed to enhance security and deter immigration fraud. 
 Holographic images, laser engraved fingerprints, and high-resolution micro-images will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>IRS Issues Clarification on HIRE Act</title>
		<link>http://blog.csihro.com/index.php/2010/08/11/irs-issues-clarification-on-hire-act/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Aug 2010 15:06:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Teresa DeSousa</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[HIRE Act]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New Hires]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.csihro.com/?p=336</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The IRS clarified several provisions of the HIRE Act.
First, employers will be eligible for the HIRE Act Payroll tax exemption if they hire self-employed individuals, who are not regarded as “employed” for purposes of the Act.  Accordingly, an employer can also claim the exemption if they hire an independent contractor as an employee, although this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Jersey State Supreme Court Limits LAD Over-Seventy Exemption</title>
		<link>http://blog.csihro.com/index.php/2010/08/11/new-jersey-state-supreme-court-limits-lad-over-seventy-exemption/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.csihro.com/index.php/2010/08/11/new-jersey-state-supreme-court-limits-lad-over-seventy-exemption/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Aug 2010 15:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Teresa DeSousa</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[age discrimination]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Law Against Discrimination]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New Jersey]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (LAD) prohibits discrimination in employment on the basis of age.  An exception to this is that the LAD does allow employers to refuse to hire or promote people over the age of 70.  The State Supreme Court recently drew an important distinction in the rule, however, by holding that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>U.S. Department of Labor Clarifies “In Loco Parentis” Under the FMLA</title>
		<link>http://blog.csihro.com/index.php/2010/07/27/u-s-department-of-labor-clarifies-%e2%80%9cin-loco-parentis%e2%80%9d-under-the-fmla/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 18:08:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Teresa DeSousa</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[DOL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FMLA]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has issued guidance intended to clarify the definition of “son or daughter” in the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) as it applies to an employee standing in loco parentis to a child.
Administrator’s Interpretation 2010-3, issued June 22, 2010, was generated in response to several requests for additional guidance [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Jersey Updates Required Wage and Hour Poster</title>
		<link>http://blog.csihro.com/index.php/2010/07/15/new-jersey-updates-required-wage-and-hour-poster/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.csihro.com/index.php/2010/07/15/new-jersey-updates-required-wage-and-hour-poster/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 15:06:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Teresa DeSousa</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[New Jersey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Required Posters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wage and Hour]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ The New Jersey Department of Labor (NJDOL) has issued an updated MW-17 Wage Payment poster that all New Jersey employers must conspicuously post in the workplace by July 13, 2010. The new poster is intended to comply with recent amendments to the state&#8217;s wage payment law.  The notice can be found at http://lwd.dol.state.nj.us/labor/forms_pdfs/lsse/mw-17.pdf, and the Spanish [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Very Little Movement on Legislation Banning Credit Checks</title>
		<link>http://blog.csihro.com/index.php/2010/06/24/very-little-movement-on-legislation-banning-credit-checks/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.csihro.com/index.php/2010/06/24/very-little-movement-on-legislation-banning-credit-checks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jun 2010 18:52:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Teresa DeSousa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[credit checks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Illinois]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Maryland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New Jersey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oregon]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In March 2010 we reported that many states and the federal government are considering legislation that would ban the use of credit checks in the employee screening process (“State and Federal Governments Consider Ban on Credit Checks for Most Applicants”).  To date, there has been very little movement.  Oregon enacted a law earlier in March, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>U.S. Supreme Court Decides Text Messaging Case in the Public Forum</title>
		<link>http://blog.csihro.com/index.php/2010/06/24/u-s-supreme-court-decides-text-messaging-case-in-the-public-forum/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.csihro.com/index.php/2010/06/24/u-s-supreme-court-decides-text-messaging-case-in-the-public-forum/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jun 2010 18:50:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Teresa DeSousa</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Privacy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[testing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In December, the United States Supreme Court agreed to review a federal court appellate ruling that held for California police officers who filed suit alleging that their superiors improperly accessed their electronic exchanges (see “U.S. Supreme Court To Decide Whether Text Messages Subject to Employer Scrutiny”).  The plaintiffs filed suit against the city and the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tips on the Employment of Unpaid Interns</title>
		<link>http://blog.csihro.com/index.php/2010/06/18/tips-on-the-employment-of-unpaid-interns/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jun 2010 20:17:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Teresa DeSousa</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Interns]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[With the wealth of qualified employees available in this economy as well as the advent of the summer season, it is always a good idea to consult the Department of Labor’s regulations regarding the utilization of unpaid interns under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”). 
Whether trainees or students are W-2 employees, as defined by the [...]]]></description>
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