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On October 13, the Senate Finance Committee approved by a 14-9 margin an $829 billion healthcare proposal that drew the support of one Republican and all Democrats on the Committee. But the measure now faces further uncertainty as Democratic leaders and White House officials will huddle over the coming days to merge the Finance panel bill with the more liberal measure (S 1679) approved by the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee in July.
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As employers beef up their staffs in preparation for the fast-approachinig holiday season, it is important they keep in mind that seasonal workers—like all workers—come with legal risks, according to Tiffany Miller, an attorney with Fisher & Phillips, a national labor and employment law firm. Even though these workers will only be employed for a brief period of time, dealing with penalties for not following the proper protocol can persist long after the holiday season ends.
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Companies are seeing a litigation wave that corporate counsel expect to swell in the coming year, according to respondents of Fulbright & Jaworski’s 6th Annual Litigation Trends Survey Report, and labor and employment disputes will account for a significant number of those lawsuits. In fact, labor and employment was cited by 45 percent of respondents as the most numerous type of litigation pending in 2009, and about four in 10 of all respondents have seen increases in wages and hour multi-party labor and employment cases this year.
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Employees in Europe receive the most generous statutory holiday allowances in the world according to data released by Mercer. All employees are entitled to a statutory holiday allowance, which is the term given to the amount of paid leave that companies must, by law, offer their staff. Assuming they receive the maximum number of statutory holidays in addition to public holidays, employees in Brazil and Lithuania would have the most holidays amount of holidays in the world with a potential 41 days off a year, while those in Finland, France and Russia could receive a total of 40 days. In contrast, Canadian employees receive 19 days, Chinese employees 21 days, and those in the U.S. and Singapore 25 days.
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Disparities found in a Deloitte research report suggest many companies should assess the turnover intentions of their key employees and revise the retention tactics they employ to keep top talent. The report, Keeping Your Team Intact: A Special Report on Talent Retention, reveals a number of critical differences between what employees report they want and what surveyed executives think employees want.
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On a seasonally adjusted basis, the CPI-U increased 0.2 percent in September after rising 0.4 percent in August. The index for all items less food and energy increased 0.2 percent in September after increasing 0.1 percent in August.
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Real average hourly earnings fell 0.1 percent from August to September 2009. This decline stemmed from the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W), up by 0.2 percent, outpacing 0.1 percent growth in average hourly earnings. Over the year real average hourly earnings increased 4.4 percent.
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Contrary to previous concerns, employers have not dropped coverage or reduced benefits under Massachusetts' 2006 healthcare reform law, according to the results of a study published in the October 1 online issue of Health Affairs. Instead, as of the fall of 2008, the rate of coverage through employers had risen and the scope and quality of coverage also improved, even among small employers (those with 50 or fewer workers), the researchers from the Urban Institute noted. However, workers' premiums and out-of-pocket costs have become an issue for workers at small firms, although this does not seem to have negatively affected participants' access to needed medical care.
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