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		<title>Wal-Mart Asks for Supreme Court Review of Class Action</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Wal-Mart has appealed to the Supreme Court the Ninth Circuit’s green light for the massive class action suit.  As reported here earlier, the class action could lead to disposition of 1.5 million claims by women blocked from promotional opportunities.  The petition for review asks the Supreme Court to disallow a class action where each worker’s [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://marylandemploymentdevelopments.com/2010/09/01/wal-mart-asks-for-supreme-court-review-of-class-action/</link>
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		<title>Hospital Accused of Forcing out Injured Workers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A local hospital, the Baltimore Washington Medical Center, is accused of forcing out injured employees in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act and HIPAA.  The class action lawsuit filed this week in federal court alleges that the hospital routinely insists that employees returning from medical leave undergo a medical examination by its own physician.  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://marylandemploymentdevelopments.com/2010/08/27/hospital-accused-of-forcing-out-injured-workers/</link>
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		<title>The Trend Toward Protection for Domestic Workers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Fair Labor Standards Act requires most workers to earn at least minimum wage, and for non-exempt workers to earn overtime pay.  Some workers have been completely exempt from protection under this law, however.   Until 1974 there was no set limit on hours or minimum pay for live-in workers such as housekeepers [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://marylandemploymentdevelopments.com/2010/08/27/the-trend-toward-protection-for-domestic-workers/</link>
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		<title>Double-Dip Fears</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m not going to rehash the headlines that make everyone worry that the next recession is around the corner, even though we haven&#8217;t enjoyed the recovery yet.  I did see a little bright spot locally, though.  The Governor&#8217;s press release refers to a “Job Search Difficulty Index,” put out by www.juju.com.  According [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://marylandemploymentdevelopments.com/2010/08/20/double-dip-fears/</link>
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		<title>California Rejects the “Stray Remarks” Defense</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The most difficult problem for victims of employment discrimination is proving the connection between the action and the discriminatory motive.  With Title VII coming up on its 50th anniversary, it is not surprising that most people know not to make discriminatory comments out loud.  (Okay, insert Dr. Laura joke here.)  Many federal [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://marylandemploymentdevelopments.com/2010/08/15/california-rejects-the-%e2%80%9cstray-remarks%e2%80%9d-defense/</link>
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		<title>Department of Labor Targeting Health Care Overtime Practices</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The New York Times reported that the health care industry is the latest industry in the Department of Labor sights.  After finding that hospitals and nursing homes are misclassifying workers, and failing to pay overtime correctly, the Department has obtained large settlements against Kaiser Permanente and SSM Health Care, and is pursuing residential care [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://marylandemploymentdevelopments.com/2010/08/12/department-of-labor-targeting-health-care-overtime-practices/</link>
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		<title>Another candidate Finally Makes it to the Fourth Circuit</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Judge James Wynn, Jr., long an appellate judge in North Carolina, finally was confirmed to a spot on the Fourth Circuit.  Like Judge Davis, confirmed in April, Judge Wynn was first nominated by Preident Clinton.  Had he been confirmed then, he would have been the first African-American on that court.  The court [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://marylandemploymentdevelopments.com/2010/08/10/another-candidate-finally-makes-it-to-the-fourth-circuit/</link>
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		<title>Update on Tax Credits for Hiring the Unemployed</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As reported here a few months ago, part of the federal stimulus package consisted of a tax credit for employers who expanded their workforce, and filled the new slots with people who had been receiving unemployment benefits.  The plan provided multiple benefits:  people on the unemployment rolls become more attractive at a time [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://marylandemploymentdevelopments.com/2010/08/06/update-on-tax-credits-for-hiring-the-unemployed/</link>
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		<title>Expanded Whistleblower Protection in Public Companies</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Sarbanes-Oxley Act imposed higher standards of conduct on publicly-traded companies, to avoid massive stock fraud and other ills in complex companies whose shares traded on public exchanges.  The Act also created a degree of protection for whistleblowing employees who had a reasonable belief that their company was violating the law.  The problem [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://marylandemploymentdevelopments.com/2010/07/31/expanded-whistleblower-protection-in-public-companies/</link>
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		<title>Unemployment Benefits Extended Again</title>
		<description><![CDATA[resident Obama signed into law the restoration of unemployment benefits last week.  For workers whose benefits had expired seven weeks ago, that was good news.  They are now entitled to a maximum of 99 weeks of benefits.  To employers, the news most likely means another future hike in the unemployment tax applied [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://marylandemploymentdevelopments.com/2010/07/29/unemployment-benefits-extended-again/</link>
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