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		<title>UPCOMING SEMINAR  »  WORKER&#8217;S COMPENSATION OVERHAULWhat Oklahoma’s triple option means for employers</title>
		<link>http://employerlinc.com/2013/06/seminar-workers-compensation-overhaulwhat-oklahomas-triple-option-means-for-employers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 18:36:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[McAfee &#038; Taft labor and employment, employee benefits and ERISA litigation attorneys are presenting a half-day seminar on Oklahoma's overhauled worker's compensation system that now offers employers three options for providing workers’ compensation coverage and benefits and for handling claims filed on or after February 1, 2014.]]></description>
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		<title>EMPLOYMENT LAW UPDATE »  Oklahoma passes law confirming enforceability of employee non-solicitation agreements</title>
		<link>http://employerlinc.com/2013/05/employment-law-update-oklahoma-passes-law-confirming-enforceability-of-employee-non-solicitation-agreements/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 15:05:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Lauderdale</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[employer]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[While non-competition agreements remain unenforceable under Oklahoma law, a bill recently signed by Governor Fallin confirms by a new statute that Oklahoma employers may enforce agreements prohibiting a former employee from soliciting a company's employees to leave their jobs to work for another employer. ]]></description>
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		<title>EMPLOYER RESOURCES »  McAfee &amp; Taft publishes video series from EmployerLINC2013 seminar</title>
		<link>http://employerlinc.com/2013/05/employer-resources-mcafee-taft-publishes-video-series-from-employerlinc2013-seminar/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 13:02:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News & Comment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Webinars & Seminars]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[employee benefits]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Employment Law]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[McAfee &#38; Taft has made available, at no cost, videos of the presentations from its recent labor, employment and employee benefits seminar, EmployerLINC2013: Government Gone Wild. The seminar was held at the National Cowboy &#38; Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City on April 23 and at the Renaissance Hotel and Convention Center in Tulsa on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>LABOR LAW UPDATE »  Pro-union poster rule strikes out</title>
		<link>http://employerlinc.com/2013/05/labor-law-update-pro-union-poster-rule-strikes-out/</link>
		<comments>http://employerlinc.com/2013/05/labor-law-update-pro-union-poster-rule-strikes-out/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 14:58:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charlie Plumb</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[ALERT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Circuit Court]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[court decision]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[During the last several years, the National Labor Relations Board has taken an increasingly active stance in promoting unions and union organizing efforts. Yesterday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia struck down one of the NLRB's more recent efforts, which required employers to post pro-union posters in the workplace.]]></description>
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		<title>OKLAHOMA LAW ALERT »  Governor signs legislation overhauling workers’ compensation system</title>
		<link>http://employerlinc.com/2013/05/oklahoma-law-alert-governor-signs-legislation-overhauling-workers-compensation-system/</link>
		<comments>http://employerlinc.com/2013/05/oklahoma-law-alert-governor-signs-legislation-overhauling-workers-compensation-system/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 21:06:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brandon Long</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News & Comment]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[legislation]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[reform]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin signed legislation eliminating the current court-based workers’ compensation system and replacing it with a system that gives employers three options:  (1) participate in an administrative system for resolving occupational-injuries; (2) establish an employee benefit plan that offers the same benefits as the administrative system; or (3) set up an arbitration program.]]></description>
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		<title>EVENT NEWS »  ‘Government Gone Wild’ seminar draws record numbers</title>
		<link>http://employerlinc.com/2013/04/event-news-government-gone-wild-seminar-draws-record-numbers/</link>
		<comments>http://employerlinc.com/2013/04/event-news-government-gone-wild-seminar-draws-record-numbers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 14:49:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[DOL]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The theme for EmployerLINC 2013, “Government Gone Wild,” seemed to resonate with employers based on the record number of people who signed up. More than 1,000 business owners, executives, human resources professionals and benefits managers registered for McAfee &#038; Taft's annual labor, employment and employee benefits seminar this year, held in Oklahoma City on April 23 and in Tulsa on April 26, 2013.]]></description>
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		<title>SEMINAR »  EmployerLINC 2013: ‘Government Gone Wild’</title>
		<link>http://employerlinc.com/2013/04/employerlinc-2013-government-gone-wild-annual-employment-law-and-employee-benefits-seminar/</link>
		<comments>http://employerlinc.com/2013/04/employerlinc-2013-government-gone-wild-annual-employment-law-and-employee-benefits-seminar/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 13:30:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Webinars & Seminars]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[employee benefits]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[labor law]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Doing business in an increasingly regulated environment means more rules to follow, costlier penalties and lawsuits to avoid, and increased vigilance on the part of employers in the workplace. So if you feel the government is going wild, you’re not alone. EmployerLINC 2013, McAfee &#38; Taft’s annual labor, employment and employee benefits seminar, offered employers, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EMPLOYEE BENEFITS LAW ALERT »  U.S. Supreme Court decision takeaway: Employers should review the terms of their health plans</title>
		<link>http://employerlinc.com/2013/04/employee-benefits-law-alert-u-s-supreme-court-decision-takeaway-employers-should-review-the-terms-of-their-health-plans/</link>
		<comments>http://employerlinc.com/2013/04/employee-benefits-law-alert-u-s-supreme-court-decision-takeaway-employers-should-review-the-terms-of-their-health-plans/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 15:37:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brandon Long</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Law Alerts/Updates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[court decision]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ERISA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[featured]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[subrogation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its long-awaited decision in <i>US Airways, Inc. v. McCutchen</i>, which has important implications for many employer-provided health plans.]]></description>
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		<title>EMPLOYMENT VERIFICATION »  Discrimination and document abuse in the hiring process</title>
		<link>http://employerlinc.com/2013/04/employment-verification-discrimination-and-document-abuse-in-the-hiring-process/</link>
		<comments>http://employerlinc.com/2013/04/employment-verification-discrimination-and-document-abuse-in-the-hiring-process/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2013 18:06:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kathy Neal</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Articles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[discrimination]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[employer]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[hiring practices]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[You’ve been verifying I-9’s since the Immigration Reform and Control Act became effective in 1986. Imagine your surprise to receive a letter from the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice notifying you that you are being investigated for document abuse discrimination in the employment eligibility verification process.]]></description>
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		<title>WORKPLACE ROMANCES »  Drama, drama, drama</title>
		<link>http://employerlinc.com/2013/04/workplace-romances-drama-drama-drama/</link>
		<comments>http://employerlinc.com/2013/04/workplace-romances-drama-drama-drama/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2013 16:49:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elizabeth Bowersox</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[7th Circuit]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[H&#038;M International employee Ehnae Northington, the future plaintiff, was dating co-worker Terrell Maghett. Unfortunately, Maghett was already involved in a seven-year-long dating relationship with another female coworker, Shequita Sims. When Sims became suspicious that Maghett was involved with Northington, she made verbal and physical threats against Northington. Eventually, Sims physically assaulted Northington outside of work, and later pled guilty to battery.]]></description>
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		<title>AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT »  ADA accommodation talk should occur before employment decision</title>
		<link>http://employerlinc.com/2013/04/americans-with-disabilities-act-ada-accommodation-talk-should-occur-before-employment-decision/</link>
		<comments>http://employerlinc.com/2013/04/americans-with-disabilities-act-ada-accommodation-talk-should-occur-before-employment-decision/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2013 14:52:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charlie Plumb</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[accommodation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[For disabled employees, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requires employers to consider the possibility of a reasonable accommodation that would allow disabled employees to maintain their employment. To satisfy the ADA’s reasonable accommodation requirement, an interactive discussion of potential accommodations must occur before an employer makes any employment decision. ]]></description>
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		<title>Q&amp;A WITH KATHY NEAL »  Family Medical Leave Act applies to adult children in some cases</title>
		<link>http://employerlinc.com/2013/04/qa-with-kathy-neal-family-medical-leave-act-applies-to-adult-children-in-some-cases/</link>
		<comments>http://employerlinc.com/2013/04/qa-with-kathy-neal-family-medical-leave-act-applies-to-adult-children-in-some-cases/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Apr 2013 13:58:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Department of Labor’s recent issuance of new interpretation that clarifies whether an employee is entitled to take Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) leave to care for an adult child prompted The Oklahoman to speak with McAfee &#038; Taft labor and employment attorney Kathy Neal for her insights into the issue.]]></description>
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