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		<title>Who Are You Really Hiring?</title>
		<link>http://blog.kpaonline.com/2011/05/who-are-you-really-hiring/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.kpaonline.com/2011/05/who-are-you-really-hiring/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 May 2011 14:05:55 +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[background checking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[drug testing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hiring]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HR best practice]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[negligent hiring]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If you aren&#8217;t doing background checks and drug screens before you hire then you really don&#8217;t know who you are hiring.  KPA has found that over 30% of applicants we process through our HR system do not provide complete or accurate information on their application. To make a good hiring decision and to protect yourself [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Finalized Form I-9 Rules Effective May 16, 2011</title>
		<link>http://blog.kpaonline.com/2011/05/finalized-form-i-9-rules-effective-may-16-2011/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.kpaonline.com/2011/05/finalized-form-i-9-rules-effective-may-16-2011/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 May 2011 22:36:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tamara Lischer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[HR: Industry Updates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Final Regulations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Form I-9 Rule]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HR compliance]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Effective May 16, 2011, employers must follow the newly finalized Form I-9 rule  (the rule was orginally published back in 2009). Here&#8217;s what that really means&#8230; Don&#8217;t forget that  the final rules prohibits employers from accepting expired documents; revises the list of acceptable documents by removing outdated documents and making technical amendments; and adds documentation applicable [...]]]></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>EEOC Issues Final Regulations for ADA Compliance</title>
		<link>http://blog.kpaonline.com/2011/04/eeoc-ada-regulations-compliance/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.kpaonline.com/2011/04/eeoc-ada-regulations-compliance/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Apr 2011 14:29:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kathryn Carlson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[DOL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HR: Industry Updates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ADA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Americans With Disablities Act]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[EEOC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HR best practice]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Can you define what is a disability and who is covered under the ADA (Americans With Disabilities Act) and ADAAA (ADA Amendments Act of 2008) ?  The answer to this question of what is a disability  under the EEOC final regulations may surprise you.  Watch this short video to learn about the impact on employers [...]]]></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>How Many Lawsuits Does It Take&#8230;.</title>
		<link>http://blog.kpaonline.com/2011/04/employment-lawsuit-autozone/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.kpaonline.com/2011/04/employment-lawsuit-autozone/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Apr 2011 21:29:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kathryn Carlson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[HR: Industry Updates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[EEOC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[employment lawsuit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[employment litigation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hostile work enviroment]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.kpaonline.com/?p=1586</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[While &#8220;How many lawsuits does it take&#8221; does sounds like the beginning of an HR joke, AutoZone isn&#8217;t laughing.  The company has faced multiple employment lawsuits over the past several years and lost all of them, resulting in some very costly verdicts.  Most recently, on March 28th 2011,  the Ninth Circuit upheld a verdict for the EEOC  against AutoZone with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t forget “protection” when disciplining or terminating employees</title>
		<link>http://blog.kpaonline.com/2011/04/discipline-termination-employees/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.kpaonline.com/2011/04/discipline-termination-employees/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Apr 2011 21:47:21 +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[disciplining employees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[employment discrimination]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HR best practice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HR compliance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[terminating employees]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.kpaonline.com/?p=1556</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Remember the “protected” rule when disciplining or terminating employees. Never discipline or terminate an employee in a protected class or an employee engaged in a protected activity without consulting an attorney. Protected classes are race, color, religion, national origin, age (40 and over), disability, veteran status, genetic information sex, familial status, sexual orientation and gender [...]]]></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>Want To Stop Whistleblowing? Give Out Whistles</title>
		<link>http://blog.kpaonline.com/2011/03/stop-whistleblowing-good-communication/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.kpaonline.com/2011/03/stop-whistleblowing-good-communication/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Mar 2011 20:05:09 +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[HR best practice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HR compliance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[non retaliation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[whistle blowing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[whistleblower protections]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.kpaonline.com/?p=1482</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Never want to face a whistleblower initiated  investigation or lawsuit? Then encourage whistle blowing. Give your employees &#8220;whistles&#8221; and tell them to blow them,  asking that they blow them internally first. Creating a strong culture of internal reporting and resolution of issues is the best way to avoid costly government investigations and lawsuits. Plus having documented procedures and [...]]]></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>
		<category><![CDATA[HR compliance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[retaliatory firing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[whistleblower protections]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.kpaonline.com/?p=1416</guid>
		<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>ICE Crackdown on Employers of Illegal Immigrants</title>
		<link>http://blog.kpaonline.com/2011/03/ice-crackdown-on-employers-of-illegal-immigrants/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.kpaonline.com/2011/03/ice-crackdown-on-employers-of-illegal-immigrants/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Mar 2011 15:23:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kathryn Carlson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[HR: Industry Updates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Enforcement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HR best practice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HR compliance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[I-9]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[illegal immigrants]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.kpaonline.com/?p=1316</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The office of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, a unit of the Department of Homeland Security,  announced a new  audit office,  the Employment Compliance Inspection Center.   The center will be staffed with specialists who will reveiw I-9 employee files collected during audits. In the fiscal year that ended Sept. 30, 2010, ICE conducted audits of more [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cupid&#8217;s Arrow May Find You At Work</title>
		<link>http://blog.kpaonline.com/2011/02/office-romance-best-practices/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.kpaonline.com/2011/02/office-romance-best-practices/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Feb 2011 20:30:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kathryn Carlson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[HR: Industry Updates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[employment discrimination]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HR best practice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HR compliance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[romantic relationship]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[workplace relationships]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.kpaonline.com/?p=1362</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Long hours at work  and increased socialization as a workplace expectation may have lead to an increase in romance in the workplace reports several recent studies. The flip side is that while employee may be finding love at work they are also concerned about the impact to their careers. Vault.com reports that 59 percent of 2,083 respondents [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Successful Dealer Discusses &#8220;Hiring Right&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://blog.kpaonline.com/2011/02/hiring-recruiting-successful-dealer/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.kpaonline.com/2011/02/hiring-recruiting-successful-dealer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Feb 2011 17:13:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kathryn Carlson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Employee Relations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HR: Industry Updates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[employment practices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hiring Right]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HR best practice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HR compliance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[new car dealer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[recruiting]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.kpaonline.com/?p=1357</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Hiring the right employee is critical to your businesses success.   Unfortunately many companies treat recruiting and hiring as a necessary evil,  not a key business function,  and do not invest the time and effort to hire right.  Successful Dealer just published a great article by Denise  Rodini- &#8220;Hiring Right&#8221;- that provides an overview of best practices with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>To Pay or Not To Pay for Snow Days</title>
		<link>http://blog.kpaonline.com/2011/02/wage-payment-snow-days/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.kpaonline.com/2011/02/wage-payment-snow-days/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Feb 2011 18:25:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kathryn Carlson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[DOL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HR: Industry Updates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HR best practice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HR compliance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[inclement weather]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[snow day]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.kpaonline.com/?p=1327</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Punxsutawney Phil,  the famous groundhog weather forecaster has predicted that winter will be short and pleasant and springtime is only six weeks away. Hard to believe when much of the nation is blanketed with snow, freezing rain and bitter cold. Whether or not Phil is right and winter is on the way out it might [...]]]></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>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.kpaonline.com/?p=1332</guid>
		<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 300 Logs- It is that time again for many employers</title>
		<link>http://blog.kpaonline.com/2011/01/osha-300-log-2011/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.kpaonline.com/2011/01/osha-300-log-2011/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Jan 2011 21:24:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Zaidel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[DOL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[OSHA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Safety: Industry Updates]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[For those employers required to report on injuries and illnesses by OSHA it is time to complete your OSHA 300 log.  The Log of Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses (Form 300) is required by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to classify work-related injuries and illnesses and to record the extent and severity of each case.   Employers who [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Prevent Employee Fraud With Pro-active Approach</title>
		<link>http://blog.kpaonline.com/2010/12/what-you-should-be-doing-to-preventing-employee-fraud/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.kpaonline.com/2010/12/what-you-should-be-doing-to-preventing-employee-fraud/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Dec 2010 00:26:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kathryn Carlson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Employee Relations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HR: Industry Updates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[employee ethics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[employee fraud]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[employee theft]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[occupational fraud]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[What you don&#8217;t know about employee fraud is hurting your business.  Consider the Honda dealership in Ohio that lost between $500,000 and $1 million over the course of four years due to theft by a long term employee or the two dealerships in Lousiana that both hired the same controller- she stole over $100,00 from each of them.   While trust is a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Healthcare cost reporting not required on W-2 forms for 2011</title>
		<link>http://blog.kpaonline.com/2010/10/healthcare-cost-reporting-not-required-on-w-2-forms-for-2011/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.kpaonline.com/2010/10/healthcare-cost-reporting-not-required-on-w-2-forms-for-2011/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Oct 2010 21:48:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kathryn Carlson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[HR: Industry Updates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[healthcare reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HR compliance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[internal revenue service]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[On October 12, 2010, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued Notice 2010-69, which provides that the W-2 reporting of the cost of employees’ health coverage will be voluntary, rather than mandatory, for 2011.  The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act originally would have required employers to report the total cost of health coverage on employees’ W-2 forms for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Supreme Court now hearing cases that will impact employer and employee relations and employment litigation</title>
		<link>http://blog.kpaonline.com/2010/10/supreme-court-now-hearing-cases-that-will-impact-employer-and-employee-relations-and-employment-litigation/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.kpaonline.com/2010/10/supreme-court-now-hearing-cases-that-will-impact-employer-and-employee-relations-and-employment-litigation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Oct 2010 20:31:05 +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[background investigations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[E-Verify]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[employment case]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[employment decision]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[employment litigation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HR compliance]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[...Although the case is specific to federal contractors, private employers could be held to a similar standard based on the court's decision. There is also a pair of retaliation cases before the court.]]></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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