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		<title>Monthly Facility Inspection List</title>
		<link>http://blog.kpaonline.com/2011/07/monthly-inspection-list/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.kpaonline.com/2011/07/monthly-inspection-list/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jul 2011 16:32:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Motyka Johnson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Checklists]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environment: Industry Updates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[OSHA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Safety: Industry Updates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dealership safety]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dealership safety inspection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Department of Labor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Monthly Inspections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[monthly safety inspections]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There are a few items in your dealership that need to be inspected and updated every month. There should be tags on these items for signatures and dates. These are safety inspection items, and federal law requires that they are monitored and maintained by the dealership on a monthly schedule. Here's the short list: ]]></description>
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		<title>OSHA Fines Auto Parts and Used Car Dealer $49,000 for Safety and Health Violations: Conclusion</title>
		<link>http://blog.kpaonline.com/2011/05/osha-fines-auto-dealer-49000-1/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.kpaonline.com/2011/05/osha-fines-auto-dealer-49000-1/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 May 2011 20:51:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patric Timmermans</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Citations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[OSHA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Department of Labor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Enforcement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[OSHA inspection]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday’s post discussed training violations OSHA issued to a parts and used car dealership in Illinois. Physical hazards were also a large part of the 14 safety and 6 health violations facing the company.
Here is the list of physical hazard citations from Bill Smith Auto Parts, Inc, along with recommendations for improvement...]]></description>
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		<title>The Lawsuits are Coming, Get Ready to Pay</title>
		<link>http://blog.kpaonline.com/2011/04/employment-lawsuits-employers/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.kpaonline.com/2011/04/employment-lawsuits-employers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Apr 2011 18:03:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kathryn Carlson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[DOL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Employee Relations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Department of Labor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[employment discrimination]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[employment lawsuits]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[employment litigation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Employment Practice Liablity Insurance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[EPL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HR compliance]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[  The Cleveland Plain Dealer reported that over 6,800 private-sector lawsuits were filed nationwide in 2010. The DOL (Department of Labor), handled about 32,000 wage and hour complaints in 2010, a jump of 33 percent in just two years.  The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission reports that pay and promotion cases are now the biggest category of employment [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Department of Labor Clarifies Position on Service Advisors Classification</title>
		<link>http://blog.kpaonline.com/2011/04/service-advisors-overtime/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.kpaonline.com/2011/04/service-advisors-overtime/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Apr 2011 20:24:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kathryn Carlson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[DOL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Department of Labor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HR compliance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[overtime]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[service advisors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wage and Hour]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wage payment regulations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wage payment rules]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[On April 5th, the Wage and Hour Division of the U.S. Department of Labor clarified that service advisors are not exempt from overtime. While the current regulations states “a service manager, service writer, service advisor or service salesman who is not primarily engaged in the work of a salesman, partsman or mechanic is not exempt&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Internships:  Paid or Unpaid?</title>
		<link>http://blog.kpaonline.com/2011/03/payin-interns/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.kpaonline.com/2011/03/payin-interns/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Mar 2011 15:26:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tamara Lischer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[DOL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HR: Industry Updates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Department of Labor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FLSA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HR compliance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[summer interns]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[unpaid internship]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.kpaonline.com/?p=1526</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[With daydreams about laying by the beach and warm, hot summer days looming in the near future, comes the burning staffing question: are we going to need student interns who are on their summer break and (quite possibly more important) do we have to pay them? As defined by the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t Fire Whistleblowers- No Ifs, Ands, or Buts</title>
		<link>http://blog.kpaonline.com/2011/03/retaliation-whistleblowers-firing/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.kpaonline.com/2011/03/retaliation-whistleblowers-firing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Mar 2011 17:38:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kathryn Carlson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[DOL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Employee Relations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HR: Industry Updates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[OSHA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Department of Labor]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[retaliatory firing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[whistleblower protections]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[  Employees have a right to report alleged non compliance to federal and state agencies without fear of retaliatory firing or demotion-no ifs, ands or buts. The Department of Labor has made it very clear that retaliatory firing will not be tolerated. Consider the recent $110,000 back wage payment and fines imposed by OSHA for the firing of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Does having &#8220;Adonis DNA&#8221; provide protection under GINA?</title>
		<link>http://blog.kpaonline.com/2011/03/gina-discrimination-termination/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.kpaonline.com/2011/03/gina-discrimination-termination/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Mar 2011 15:00:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tamara Lischer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[DOL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HR: Industry Updates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Charlie Sheen and GINA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Department of Labor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[employment discrimination]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[employment relationship]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[genetic information]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HR best practice]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In the midst of the Charlie Sheen media frenzy, several important questions in the Sheen vs. CBS/Warner Bros. dispute are being overshadowed by the sensational personal videos and interviews.  Should an employee’s personal life affect his/her employment?  What if that employee is making vast quantities of money for himself/herself and the company? Does having “Adonis DNA” provide protection [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Congressional Hearings on OSHA and Job Creation</title>
		<link>http://blog.kpaonline.com/2011/02/congressional-hearings-on-osha-and-job-creation/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.kpaonline.com/2011/02/congressional-hearings-on-osha-and-job-creation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Feb 2011 22:01:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Motyka Johnson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[DOL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Employee Relations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[OSHA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Department of Labor]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Hearings began on February fifteenth with a testimonial from Secretary Soils on the Labor Department&#8217;s policies and priorities. They continued yesterday with several  witnesses from small business leaders and input from committee members including committee chair Rep. John Kline (R-MN). Two specific OSHA mandates were examined, The now-withdrawn proposal to add an MSD column to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Always Confirm Employment Eligibility With E-Verify</title>
		<link>http://blog.kpaonline.com/2011/02/always-confirm-employment-eligibility-with-e-verify/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.kpaonline.com/2011/02/always-confirm-employment-eligibility-with-e-verify/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Feb 2011 21:27:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kathryn Carlson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[HR: Industry Updates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tip of the Month]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[compliance tip of the month]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Department of Labor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Enforcement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HR best practice]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)  is cracking down on employers who hire illegal aliens   Make sure that you complete an I-9 form within three days of hire and take the extra step of confirming eligibility to work in the United States but using...]]></description>
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		<title>OSHA video about the principles and benefits of the I2P2 program</title>
		<link>http://blog.kpaonline.com/2011/01/i2p2-principles-and-benefits-video/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.kpaonline.com/2011/01/i2p2-principles-and-benefits-video/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Jan 2011 04:34:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patric Timmermans</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[DOL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[OSHA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Prevention Plans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Safety: Industry Updates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Department of Labor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[I2P2]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[workplace injuries]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[OSHA published a series of DOL Regulations Videos on their website. In one of these videos, Jim Thornton of Northrup-Grumman Discusses OSHA&#8217;s Injury and Illness Prevention Program (I2P2), explaining the principles and benefits of the I2P2 program. In summary, any effective I2P2 program embodies three principles: 1.    Management commitment. Senior management must buy in to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Yet Another Health Care Posting Requirement – As If There Weren’t Enough!</title>
		<link>http://blog.kpaonline.com/2010/12/yet-another-health-care-posting-requirement-%e2%80%93-as-if-there-weren%e2%80%99t-enough/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.kpaonline.com/2010/12/yet-another-health-care-posting-requirement-%e2%80%93-as-if-there-weren%e2%80%99t-enough/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Dec 2010 20:40:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tamara Lischer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[DOL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HR: Industry Updates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CHIPRA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Department of Labor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[healthcare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[insurance]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.kpaonline.com/?p=1135</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Are you in one of the 40 states that require employers to provide another health care notice to employees if a group insurance program is offered? The Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 (CHIPRA) provides new requirements for additional enrollment opportunities to those employees who are eligible for company group health plans and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Live Long and Prosper- Corporate Wellness Programs</title>
		<link>http://blog.kpaonline.com/2010/09/live-long-and-prosper-corporate-wellness-programs/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.kpaonline.com/2010/09/live-long-and-prosper-corporate-wellness-programs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Sep 2010 18:24:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kathryn Carlson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[HR: Industry Updates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Department of Labor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[employee morale]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hipaa requirements]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HR best practice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HR compliance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wellness solutions]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.kpaonline.com/?p=970</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Is it possible to have healthy employees and a healthily bottom line?  With ever increasing healthcare insurance costs, reported obesity rate of 1 in 3 adults, and a rapidly aging workforce it would certainly seem that improving the health of employees would be good for the employees and good for the company. In fact the Healthy People 2010 program managed by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Happy Birthday ADA (Americans With Disablities Act)</title>
		<link>http://blog.kpaonline.com/2010/07/happy-birthday-ada-americans-with-disablities-act/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.kpaonline.com/2010/07/happy-birthday-ada-americans-with-disablities-act/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 12:00:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kathryn Carlson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[DOL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Employee Relations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HR: Industry Updates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ADA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Americans With Disablities Act]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Department of Labor]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Happy 20th  Birthday to the ADA (Americans with Disability Act)! Since becoming the law on July 26, 1990 the ADA has protected the rights of the disabled including access to public places, enforcing non-discrimination and requiring &#8220;reasonable accomodation&#8221; in the workplace.  Further protections for the disabled were provided by the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Light at the end of the tunnel as employers start hiring again</title>
		<link>http://blog.kpaonline.com/2010/07/light-at-the-end-of-the-tunnel-as-employers-start-hiring-again/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.kpaonline.com/2010/07/light-at-the-end-of-the-tunnel-as-employers-start-hiring-again/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2010 18:25:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kathryn Carlson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[DOL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HR: Industry Updates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bureau of labor statistics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Department of Labor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[employee morale]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[prospective employee]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.kpaonline.com/?p=720</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[While the unemployment rate remains over 9% (9.3% according to the last Bureau of Labor Statistics report) there seem to be a bit of light at the end of the recession tunnel. The National Association of Buiness Economics reported that 31% of employers surveyed had added staff in the past 3 months, up from 6% last [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New FLSA Child Labor Regulations Effective July 2010</title>
		<link>http://blog.kpaonline.com/2010/06/new-flsa-child-labor-regulations-effective-july-2010/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.kpaonline.com/2010/06/new-flsa-child-labor-regulations-effective-july-2010/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 21:50:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kathryn Carlson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[DOL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HR: Industry Updates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[child labor regulations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Department of Labor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[employment of minors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[employment terms]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hazardous occupations]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.kpaonline.com/?p=686</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If you employee anyone under the age of 18 you should be aware of changes to the FLSA (Fair Labor Standards Act) effective July 19, 2010. FLSA child-labor regulations strictly enforce the employment terms of minors. In general, employment of minors who are 16 or older is allowed in most industries for work not falling within one of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>OSHA Severe Violator Enforcement Program Now in Effect!</title>
		<link>http://blog.kpaonline.com/2010/06/osha-severe-violator-enforcement-program-now-in-effect/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.kpaonline.com/2010/06/osha-severe-violator-enforcement-program-now-in-effect/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jun 2010 17:39:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Zaidel</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[hazard communication]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;The New OSHA&#8221; as described by many department heads is showing its colors and making good on its promises.  The recently enacted Severe Violator Enforcement Program (SVEP) is  now in effect and being enforced.  What exactly does this mean to you? In the words of David Michaels, OSHA administrator, “SVEP will help OSHA concentrate its efforts [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FMLA Update- New Definitions for Sons and Daughters</title>
		<link>http://blog.kpaonline.com/2010/06/fmla-update-new-definitions-for-sons-and-daughters/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.kpaonline.com/2010/06/fmla-update-new-definitions-for-sons-and-daughters/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jun 2010 15:47:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kathryn Carlson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Employee Relations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HR: Industry Updates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Department of Labor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FMLA. Family Medical Leave Act]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[When deciding if FMLA is the appropriate leave employers should consider the new interpretation of &#8220; son &#8220; or &#8220;daughter&#8221; issued by the Department of Labor under the the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) ).  The Administrator&#8217;s interpretation gives employees, who care for a child, parental rights to family leave regardless of the legal or biological relationship. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Paid Time Off, Benefit or Requirement?</title>
		<link>http://blog.kpaonline.com/2010/05/paid-time-off-benefit-or-requirement/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.kpaonline.com/2010/05/paid-time-off-benefit-or-requirement/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 May 2010 01:41:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kathryn Carlson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[DOL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HR: Industry Updates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Department of Labor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[family medical leave]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HR best practice]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[rest periods]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[With summer vacations coming up  a common question for employers and employees is &#8220;how is paid time off calcuated and when is it due?&#8221;.   While many employers offer at least some paid time off to employees,  the answer to this question may surprise you.  Employers are not required by law to provide time off for vacations, holidays [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hire with the HIRE Act</title>
		<link>http://blog.kpaonline.com/2010/05/hire-with-the-hire-act/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.kpaonline.com/2010/05/hire-with-the-hire-act/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 May 2010 08:56:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patric Timmermans</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[DOL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HR: Industry Updates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tip of the Month]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[compliance tip of the month]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Department of Labor]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Save money when hiring with the HIRE ACT and other tax credits. If you hire a new employee who has worked less than 40 hours in the past 60 days you, the employer, will immediately improve your cash flow since you will retain the employer portion of the Social Security tax ordinarily remitted. In addition [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Interns a source of free labor? Not likely!</title>
		<link>http://blog.kpaonline.com/2010/04/interns-a-source-of-free-labor-not-likely/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.kpaonline.com/2010/04/interns-a-source-of-free-labor-not-likely/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Apr 2010 16:55:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kathryn Carlson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[DOL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HR: Industry Updates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Department of Labor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HR best practice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wage and Hour]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Businesses looking to save some money and complete a project often turn to interns.   In today&#8217;s economy recruiters and hiring managers may also get  a call from a job seeker asking to &#8220;intern for free&#8221; to &#8220;learn about your business&#8221;.  Intern however is not a synonym for free labor.  In fact the Department of Labor notes [...]]]></description>
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