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Deadline for HIPAA Privacy Regulations Looms: Employer's Guide to HIPAA Posted and Breakfast Roundtable Scheduled	12/19/02
A Buyer's Failure to Hire the Seller's Employees on Extended Leave May Violate ERISA	11/18/02
Washington and Oregon to Increase Minimum Wage November 12, 2002	11/12/02
Oregon Supreme Court Allows Wage Claim for Amount in Excess of Contract Rate	09/24/02
Ninth Circuit Finally Makes It Unanimous: Employers Can Require Employees To Sign Mandatory Arbitration Agreements As A Condition Of Employment	09/16/02
Personal disputes makes the day for a defamation claimant!	09/09/02
Different Rest Period Regulations in Oregon and Washington Lead to Differing Obligations	08/19/02
New Washington Family Care Bill	07/22/02
Oregon Supreme Court Rules Workers’ Compensation Coverage Is Not Exclusive Remedy; Allows Negligence Claim By Employee Against Employer To Go Forward	07/17/02
BOLI Adopts New Administrative Rules	07/08/02
Failure to Rehire Rehabilitated Drug User Violates ADA	06/25/02
ADA Direct Threat Defense Applies to an Individual's Threat of Injury or Harm to Self	06/11/02
Sexual Orientation Protection Under State and Federal Law	05/24/02
Supreme Court Decides That Company Seniority System “Ordinarily” Takes Precedence Over Disability Accommodation Requests	05/03/02
Unemployment Workshare Programs: A Well Received Alternative to Layoffs	05/02/02
Covenants Not to Compete Revisited	04/26/02
Supreme Court Overturns Penalty for Failing to Notify Employees of FMLA Designation	03/22/02
Court Gives Employee-Claimants the Benefit of the Doubt When Deciding Eligibility for Legally Mandated Benefits	03/12/02
Ninth Circuit Continues Hostility Toward Mandatory Arbitration of Employment Claims	02/14/02
Reminder: Washington State Increased Minimum Wage	01/16/02
Supreme Court Narrows ADA Coverage	01/09/02
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