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The 2008 Update to the Employment Law Manual for Wisconsin Employers contains over 300 pages of the most recent Wisconsin and federal employment law changes, cases and trends including:

• Immigration Law Changes - 11/7/07 updated I-9 Form and instructions and new list of acceptable documents; information about no-match letters and safe harbor regulations; when can an employer request social security numbers in the hiring process; USCIS's E-Verify Program
  
  
• Discrimination - U.S. Supreme Court rulings on retaliation; violations for purposes of a timely filed charge, including discrete acts, hostile environment, pay-related issues, and exception for race-related claims; age discrimination when an employer takes affirmative action to employ older workers over younger ones; 8/17/07 Milwaukee local ordinance adds "gender identity and expression" to protected categories
  
  
• ADA - Individuals With Disabilities - recent court holdings on what constitutes a major life activity; Seventh Circuit decision regarding an employer's assessment of the safety risk of an employee performing a job; updated list of Employer Resources for determining reasonable accommodations
  
  
• Harassment - train your supervisors and employees - recent Seventh Circuit decisions finding that an employer who is put on notice of harassment and does nothing is liable
  
  
• Wage and Hour - minimum wage changes; DOL opinion letters on discretionary bonuses and defining a bona fide sick leave program; federal penalties for violating minimum wage/overtime regulations and child labor regulations
  
  
• Discipline - entire new section on utilizing Last Chance Agreements (LCAs); expanded section on establishing reasonable job standards and requiring employees to comply with those expectations
  
  
• Performance Evaluations - new information added on performance evaluation criteria, leadership evaluation and explanation of the elements of trust
  
  
• Separation Agreements and Releases - completely revised chapter; recent case law added with new sample separation agreement language; primary issues reviewed by courts to determine if severance agreements are "knowing and voluntary"
  
  
• Discharge - new section on the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and the federal False Claims Act
  
  
• Affirmative Action - 2007 changes to VEVRAA regulations; updated EEO-1 Form, Instructions, and Reporting Requirements; new Invitation to Self-Identify Forms; OFCCP job posting rules
  
  
• Family and Medical Leave - employers cannot force substitution of paid leave during federal FMLA when employee is already collecting disability pay; counting previous employment into 12-month eligibility calculation for FMLA leave; updated WH-380 - Medical Certification Form, and WH-381 - Employer Response to Employee Request for FMLA Leave Form
  
  
• Worker's Compensation - 2008 TTD figures, maximum wage and rate chart, and insurance rate comparisons; challenging the necessity of medical treatment; new WKC-7359-1-E Form - Temporary Partial Disability
  
  
• Wisconsin and Federal Posters - six revised required posters, including: Wisconsin Minimum Wage, Wisconsin Contract Compliance Law, Employee Rights under FLSA - Minimum Wage, Workers with Disabilities - Special Minimum Wage, Job Safety and Health (OSHA), and Notice to Employers Working on Government Contracts
  
  
• PLUS... updated information on hiring and requesting social security number information; when to notify potential employees that restrictive covenants are required for employment; privacy chapter information on protecting computers and identity theft as well as inspection of personnel records by former employees; OSHA's final rules on electrical installation standards and ergonomic guidelines; workplace violence chapter revisions; substance abuse- discussion of TTD benefits if an employee has been suspended or terminated due to violation of a drug policy; new website link to secure LM-2 information about unions; updated example boxes under employee benefits and unemployment insurance chapters; and revised information in retirement benefits chapter