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		<title>STATE AND LOCAL UPDATE</title>
		<link>http://dmeclegal.wordpress.com/2009/09/23/state-and-local-update/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 00:36:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[notice of need for leave]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Anyone who has worked for or with a multi-state employer knows that one of the most difficult aspects of absence management is keeping up with changes in state and local laws.  This posting is an effort to provide some of the more recent information about changes in state and local leave laws.  All readers who [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dmeclegal.wordpress.com&blog=2946345&post=268&subd=dmeclegal&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Guidance for Employers to Plan for the Flu Season</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2009 23:51:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On August 19, 2009, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released new guidance that recommends actions that non-healthcare employers should take now to decrease the spread of seasonal flu and 2009 H1N1 flu in the workplace and to help maintain business continuity during the 2009–2010 flu season.  The guidance in this document may change [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dmeclegal.wordpress.com&blog=2946345&post=250&subd=dmeclegal&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Domestic Violence Leave Laws Growing Trend Nationally</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:03:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[California]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[sick leave]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Philadelphia has joined a growing list of jurisdictions that require leave related to domestic violence. A few states, including California, Florida, Illinois and Washington, require unpaid leave for services related to domestic violence.  Sick leave ordinances in Milwaukee and the District of Columbia require paid leave related to domestic violence as well as other reasons.  A [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dmeclegal.wordpress.com&blog=2946345&post=189&subd=dmeclegal&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Paid Sick Leave Growing in States, Municipalities</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 00:07:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Congress is not the only source of expensive legislative reform for American employers to monitor. The movement to mandate paid sick leave has grown largely outside of Capitol Hill. On election day this month, Milwaukee, Wisconsin became the third city in the country to require employers within the city to provide sick leave to employees. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dmeclegal.wordpress.com&blog=2946345&post=138&subd=dmeclegal&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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