HR Boot Camp
The Greater Leander Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring a workshop designed for business owners, managers, supervisors and human resource professionals. The session, featuring Judy Osborn as presenter, is as follows:
Labor Laws From A to Z -- Friday, September 24, 2010, 8:30-11
Leander Library, 1011 S. Bagdad Rd., Leander, TX, Conference Room C
Advance registration is required. The fee is $30. Call Greater Leander Chamber of Commerce at 512-259-1907 to register or e-mail office@leandercc.org.
Proposed Disability Regulations
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has proposed revised regulations on the Americans With Disabilities Act to reflect changes made by the ADA Amendments Act of 2008 , which took effect on January 1, 2009. The rule is expected to become final mid-2010. The proposed rule says that some impairments consistently will meet the definition of disability. This is a change from how ADA disabilities have been viewed in the past. The determination of which disabilities were covered by the law up to this point has been made on a case-by-case basis.
Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act
The Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA), effective November 21, 2009, prohibits employment discrimination based on individuals' genetic information and severely restricts employers, unions, and other covered entities from collecting, acquiring, or publicizing such private medical data. If you are an employer, be sure your policies include genetic information as a protected characteristic if you have 15 or more employees.
E-Verify and Form I-9
As of September 8, 2009, federal government contractors with contracts signed on or after that date have to use the government's E-Verify system to compare the names and Social Security numbers of new employees against a government database. Companies that receive funds through the federal economic stimulus program will also have to use E-Verify.
On August 27, 2009, the Department of Homeland Security’s Citizenship and Immigration Services issued a minor revision to the Form I-9. The current Form I-9 is available online, and there's a wealth of related information in the Department of Homeland Security's "Handbook for Employers."
FMLA Regulations
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has posted the revised Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) poster and FMLA certification forms to its web site. The current poster reflects the revised FMLA regulations, which were effective January 16, 2009. And be sure you're using the current forms.
