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Special Report: Dealing With Your 401(k) Plan In A Challenging Economy

Special Report: Dealing With Your 401(k) Plan In A Challenging EconomyNew
Times are tough. Tough times make working with your retirement plan even tougher. This raises many special issues for you to consider. Employees want their money for everyday needs. They are more interested in plan loans. They contribute less.

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State Employment Law Compare

This new innovative tool uses "Smart Chart" functionality to instantly compare multiple state laws, all at the same time on the same chart.

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Summary of Law Updates

Federal Law Changes - Home Pages
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November 2009 Updates

CCH® Training Tools in PowerPoint

CCH and CourseAvenue provide healthcare compliance in eLearning format
Training your employees and managers has never been easier.

Training Tools in PowerPoint provides a variety of expertly produced HR training courses designed to streamline and optimize your workplace training efforts.

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New Blogs

CCH launches Health Reform Talk, CCH WorkDay Blogs

Receive insights and expert commentary on health reform at Wolters Kluwer's new blog, Health Reform Talk. Stay current and well-informed on the latest developments in labor and employment law with CCH WorkDay, our companion blog to CCH WorkWeek.

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''I thought my employees had to actually use their FMLA leave before they could sue me...''
If you're an employer who believes their employees must first "use" their FMLA leave in order to advance an actionable claim…think again.


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Snuffing out smoking...one business at a time
As federal anti-smoking laws have gone into effect, several states have followed suit and banned smoking in many establishments. While many businesses have cried foul over these bans, citing the fact that they will lose customers, the over-arching mantra of backers of these bans is the health benefits.


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Colorado minimum wage drops along with cost of living
In an attempt to ensure that wages of low-income workers were kept in line with the cost of living, Coloradoans voted in 2006 to be one of 10 states (the others are Arizona, Florida, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, Ohio, Oregon, Vermont and Washington) that ties its minimum wage to inflation.


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President signs law amending FMLA family military leave provisions
On October 28, 2009, President Barack Obama signed the FY 2010 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) (H.R. 2647) into law. The law contains provisions amending the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993’s (FMLA) military family leave entitlements.


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