At long last, the EEOC has issued final regulations to implement the Genetic Information Non-Discrimination Act of 2008 (“GINA”).  These regulations take effect today, January 10, 2011.

Your corporate headquarters is in Maryland; you have another location in Northern Virginia.  Are your non-compete agreements written according to Maryland law or Virginia law?  If you said Maryland, read "Competition Challenges" to find out why Virginia law may also matter.  Inside Counsel contacted our own Melissa Jones when writing this story, and she shares her experiences with them.
 

Filing an immigrant or non-immigrant petition for an employee soon?  It is probably going to be a little more expensive.  Facing a large budget shortfall, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (“USCIS”) is changing filing fees effective November 23, 2010.  While most fees are increasing (some substantially), USCIS appears to have taken some pity on petitioner employers and actually decreased some categories of fees.

The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) has issued a notice informing employers that the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) is targeting industry groups, specifically the health care industry, in its investigations of FLSA compliance.