http://employmentlawpost.com/hrnews Human Resources News provides the latest news on state and federal employment law and human resources Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:22:55 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pension (HELP) Committee hearing on pay equity, scheduled for Thursday, March 11, may revive discussion of the stalled Paycheck Fairness Act. The Paycheck Fairness Act (S. 182; H.R. 11) was sponsored before the Senate in January 2009 by then-Senator Hillary Clinton and Representative Rosa DeLauro. ... http://employmentlawpost.com/hrnews/2010/03/08/senate-hearing-on-pay-equity-may-discuss-paycheck-fairness-act/ by David Wagner, Mitzi Martin, and Susan Kline Late Thursday, the Indiana Legislature passed, with overwhelming support, a bill prohibiting employers from keeping employees' legally-possessed firearms off their property, so long as the firearms are kept out of sight in a locked vehicle. The bill, which mirrors laws in 12 states and ... http://employmentlawpost.com/hrnews/2010/03/05/%e2%80%98bring-your-gun-to-work%e2%80%99-bill-awaits-governor%e2%80%99s-signature/ Megaretailer Wal-Mart, called the country’s largest private employer, has agreed to pay $11.7 million to settle a class-action sex discrimination lawsuit filed by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). In addition to the money, the settlement announced on March 1 requires Wal-Mart to provide jobs to class members as they ... http://employmentlawpost.com/hrnews/2010/03/03/wal-mart-settles-sex-discrimination-suit-for-117-million/ By Hector Chichoni On Tuesday, March 2, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced that it had sent 180 notices of inspections (NOIs) to employers in Tennessee, Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi. At least 30 NOIs have been sent to employers in Tennessee and another 30 or so to employers located in ... http://employmentlawpost.com/hrnews/2010/03/03/ice-to-inspect-180-employers-in-south/ It’s not all fun and games on the set of game show The Price is Right. A former model on the show, Brandi Cochran, filed a suit in Superior Court in Los Angeles on March 1 claiming she was harassed and discriminated against for being pregnant, according to a report ... http://employmentlawpost.com/hrnews/2010/03/03/price-is-right-model-comes-on-down-with-lawsuit/ Late Tuesday night, President Barack Obama signed the Temporary Extension Act of 2010 (H.R. 4691) into law. The bill, which passed the U.S. Senate by a 78-19 vote Tuesday night and passed the U.S. House of Representatives last week, extends the original federal COBRA subsidy created by the American Recovery ... http://employmentlawpost.com/hrnews/2010/03/03/president-signs-one-month-cobra-subsidy-extension-legislation/ Days after President Barack Obama released his own health care reform proposal, he presided over a health care reform summit on Thursday that both Democrats and Republicans attended. The summit was supposed to help the parties find common ground on the issue of health care reform and allow them to ... http://employmentlawpost.com/hrnews/2010/02/26/the-heath-care-reform-summit-and-the-future-of-reform/ This morning, President Barack Obama released a health care reform proposal that “bridges the gap between the House and Senate bills.” The President released his proposal in advance of the upcoming televised health care summit on Thursday, February 25, and White House officials have noted that the proposal will serve ... http://employmentlawpost.com/hrnews/2010/02/22/what-obamas-new-health-care-reform-proposal-means-for-employers/ The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has proposed regulations that would define “reasonable factor other than age” under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA). The need for these rules arises in the wake of the Smith v. City of Jackson decision, a 2008 U.S. Supreme Court case in which the ... http://employmentlawpost.com/hrnews/2010/02/18/eeoc-proposes-rules-defining-reasonable-factor-other-than-age/ The U.S. Departments of Labor (DOL), Health and Human Services, and the Treasury recently published interim final regulations in the Federal Register that implement the Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 (MHPAEA). These regulations are effective April 5, 2010, and apply to ... http://employmentlawpost.com/hrnews/2010/02/17/mental-health-parity-regulations-now-available/