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New Workplace Posters – EEO is the Law

Thursday, November 19th, 2009 at 7:00 am

Starting November 21, 2009, you need a new workplace poster: EEO is the Law. There are two new federal workplace laws the Genetic Information Non-Discrimination Act and the ADA Amendments Act. Federal law requires all employers covered by the federal anti-discrimination laws (those with 15 or more employees) to post multilingual notices describing the federal… » Read More

Recent Changes to the ADA and FMLA

Wednesday, February 11th, 2009 at 1:32 pm

Goodwin Procter presented a webinar on recent changes to the Americans with Disability Act and the Family and Medical Leave Act. Rob Hale moderating the presentation. Heidi Goldstein Shepherd led off with a background on the ADA. The key concept for employers is that it is up to the employee to request a “reasonable accommodation”… » Read More