State By State Guide To Human Resources Law, 2010 Edition

2010 State by State Guide to Human Resources Law is the most comprehensive, authoritative guide to the employment laws of the 50 states and the District of Columbia. It is designed to provide quick access to each state's laws on the expanding number of issues and concerns facing business executives and their advisors - the professionals in HR, compensation, and employee benefits who work in multijurisdictional environments.

Useful, time-saving features provided throughout 2010 State by State Guide to Human Resources Law include:

• Concise overviews of each topical area
• Dozens of at-a-glance tables summarizing the law in each state and how it applies to specific situations
• Citations to Authority with reference to court cases and state statutes giving you immediate access to original source
• And more!

The 2010 Edition has been updated to include coverage of new and significant legislative and regulatory developments including:

• Discussion of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, which was signed into law on January 29, 2009
• Analysis of recent Supreme Court decisions, including an important Title VII "reverse discrimination" case, Ricci v. DeStefano, which involved firefighters employed by the City of New Haven, Connecticut
• Coverage of the long-anticipated revision to the Department of Labor's (DOL) Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) regulations, which became final on January 16, 2009
• Coverage of federal and state minimum wage increases
• Examination of new developments in workplace violence prevention, including "anti-bullying" legislation that is being considered in several states
• Coverage of state statutes and regulations that require employers to provide employees who are nursing mothers with uncompensated break time to breastfeed their infants or to express breast milk
• An updated discussion of legislative and judicial developments regarding same-sex unions and domestic partner benefits
• Coverage of the proposed Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) (S. 1584/ H.R. 2981), which would amend Title VII and other federal laws to prohibit employment discrimination and retaliation on the basis of actual or perceived sexual orientation and gender identity
• Coverage of changes to COBRRA requirements, enacted by The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (P.L. 111-5, February 17, 2009)
• Updates to state health insurance mandates, including coverage of hearing aids for children and changes to state laws regarding coverage of preexisting conditions
• Discussion of changes to state unemployment compensation laws, brought about by the Unemployment Insurance Modernization Act of 2009 (enacted as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009)