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8.30.2010	Pierce Atwood LLP's Employment Group Announces 2010-11 Breakfast Program Schedule
8.13.2010	DOL Expands FMLA Definition of “Son or Daughter”
8.13.2010	Medical Marijuana - Caught Between State and Federal Law: What Is An Employer To Do?
8.3.2010	Breaks for Nursing Mothers – Now a Federal Concern
7.23.2010	Health Care Reform Update: What do Employers Need to Know About Preventive Care Without Cost Sharing
7.23.2010	COBRA Subsidy Not Extended
7.16.2010	Health Care Reform: Grandfathered Status, What is it, How do you Keep it, and Why do Employers Care?
7.1.2010	Health Care Reform Update: DHHS Accepting Applications for the Early Retiree Reinsurance Program
4.16.2010	COBRA Subsidy and Unemployment Benefits Extended for Third Time
3.29.2010	Sick Leave Bill Fails in Legislature
3.19.2010	Paid Sick Leave Bill Amended, Now Prohibits Discipline Due to “Absence for Illness”
3.5.2010	Temporary Extension of COBRA Subsidy and Unemployment Benefits
2.9.2010	Wellness Plans: The Hits Keep Coming
1.28.2010	New Hampshire Employers: Be WARNED
1.14.2010	COBRA Subsidy – Revised Model Notices Issued by the DOL

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1.8.2010	COBRA Subsidy – DOL Releases Model Notices for Public Comment
1.7.2010	Mandatory Paid Sick Leave Bill Set For Public Hearing Before Maine Legislature
12.22.2009	COBRA Subsidy Extended
12.17.2009	Legislature (once again) considers requiring employers to pay for sick days
11.18.2009	President Signs Further Expansion of FMLA Military Leave
10.21.2009	Background Checks and Social Media – An Uneasy Relationship
9.14.2009	Employees Have More Time to File Discrimination Claims
9.3.2009	Gearing Up for OSHA’s New Enforcement Regime
8.31.2009	HIPAA Breach Notification Rules Issued: What Does this Mean for Employers?
8.26.2009	Pierce Atwood LLP's Employment Group Announces 2009-10 Breakfast Program Schedule
6.23.2009	Maine Legislature Adjourns on June 13 After Killing Caregiver Discrimination Bill
5.29.2009	Report from Washington
5.19.2009	"Caregiver" Discrimination Bill Passes Maine House
4.27.2009	Bill Seeks to Add “Family Caregiver Status” As Protected Class under Maine Human Rights Act
4.8.2009	LD 1185 Threaten Drastic Change to the Nature of the Employment Relationship in Maine
4.7.2009	COBRA Subsidy – Updated Guidance Issued by the IRS
3.31.2009	MSNA Gives Up Unionization Fight at Northern Maine Medical Center
3.24.2009	Sen. Specter Announces Opposition to EFCA
3.19.2009	COBRA Subsidy – Model Notices Issued by the DOL
3.11.2009	The Employee Free Choice Act, Round Two: Hit ‘Em When They're Down
2.26.2009	Economic Stimulus Adds New COBRA Rights – New IRS Guidance
1.30.2009	Ledbetter Fair Pay Act Becomes Law – Will the Sun Never Set on Pay Discrimination Claims?
1.23.2009	RFOA (“Reasonable Factor Other Than Age”): DON’T LEAVE HOME – OR PLAN A RIF – WITHOUT IT
11.21.2008	DOL Issues Final FMLA Regulations
10.15.2008	The Employee Free Choice Act: What Every Employer Should Know
10.1.2008	ADA Undergoes Major Expansion
8.28.2008	Pierce Atwood LLP's Employment Group Announces 2008-09 Breakfast Program Schedule
8.11.2008	Employment Alert - Correction to Minimum Wage Alert
8.6.2008	Employment Alert - Maine Non-Profits and Private Schools No Longer Exempt from State Minimum Wage Laws
7.31.2008	Employment Alert - Does the ADA Require Employers to Offer Reasonable Accommodation to Disabled Employees Who Don't Request Them?
7.29.2008	Employment Alert - Court Expands Employees’ Right to Bring Retaliation Claims
5.15.2008	Employment Alert: FMLA Military Leave Amendments and DOL Proposed Regulations
2.25.2008	Employment Alert - Employers May Be Liable to Employees for Individual 401(k) Plan Losses
2.15.2008	Employment Alert - Maine Legislature Considers Still More First-in-Nation Employment Leave Laws
1.11.2008	NLRB Allows Employers to Ban Use of Company E-mail Systems For Union Solicitations
11.2.2007	Congress Considers Major Changes to Federal Employment Laws
9.18.2007	California Court Temporarily Halts “No-Match” Letter Rule
8.31.2007	Breakfast Program Schedule for 2007-08
8.21.2007	Caregiver Discrimination - New EEOC Guidance Requires Vigilance, Training by Employers
8.3.2007	New Hampshire Legislature Concludes Session with Action on Important Employment Measures
6.21.2007	Maine Legislature Concludes Session with Action on Important Employment Measures
5.29.2007	Disability Definition Compromise Reached
5.23.2007	Final Regulations on Deferred Compensation Released
5.14.2007	Employee Benefits Update: Wellness Programs
4.13.2007	Healthcare Alert - The EEOC Focuses on Health Care Workers and the ADA
3.28.2007	Workplace Bullies – A New Reason to Sue?
3.26.2007	Leave Bills Seek to Increase Employers’ Obligations
3.21.2007	Disability Bill Gains Support of Employer Coalition
3.14.2007	Changes Proposed for Human Rights Act
2.28.2007	First Circuit Expands Protection For Unilateral Employer Actions Under Collective Bargaining Agreements
2.9.2007	Request for Comments on Family Medical Leave Act
1.30.2007	When Can Employers Be Liable For the Unknown Bias of Supervisors?
1.19.2007	Employment Legislation
1.5.2007	First Circuit Expands Employee Eligibility under FMLA