Client Alert

Talent Management Timeline - Transition and Change

March 13, 2009

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The following governmental actions – legislative, administrative and judicial – have taken place within the recent past or are going to be effective in the near future. Each one presents further challenges for Human Resources professionals.

    • 5/21/2008 Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act signed by President Bush
    • 9/23/2008 EEOC issues guidance on ADA performance and conduct standards
    • 9/25/2008 ADA Amendments Act signed by President Bush
    • 12/12/2008 OSHA final personal protective equipment standard effective
    • 12/23/2008 Worker, Retiree and Employer Recovery Act signed by President Bush
    • 12/31/2008 End of 409A transition period
    • 1/1/2009 ADAAA effective
    • 1/16/2009 Amended FMLA regulations effective
    • 1/20/2009 Inauguration of President Obama
    • 1/26/2009 Supreme Court decision in Crawford v. Nashville-Davidson County Sch. Dist.
    • 1/29/2009 Ledbetter Fair Pay Act signed by President Obama
    • 1/30/2009 ICE e-verify rules postponed to 4/3/2009
    • 1/30/2009 President Obama signs three Executive Orders regarding government contracts
    • 2/6/2009 President Obama signs fourth government contractor Executive Order
    • 2/17/2009 American Reinvestment and Recovery Act signed
    • 3/1/2009 COBRA portions of ARRA effective despite no regulatory guidance
    • 3/2/2009 Proposed GINA regulations published
    • 3/10/2009 Employee Free Choice Act introduced in House of Representatives
    • 3/11/2009 Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act signed by President Obama
    • 5/21/2009 GINA Title 1 (group health plans) regulations effective
    • 11/21/2009 GINA Title II (employer use of genetic information) regulations effective

Yet to come:

    • Employee Free Choice Act
    • Paycheck Fairness Act
    • RESPECT (Re-Empowerment of Skilled and Professional Employees and Construction Tradeworkers Act)
    • Civil Rights Act of 2009
    • Employee Nondiscrimination Act
    • OSHA ergonomics regulation

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