Human resource professionals, company owners, payroll service providers, employee benefits professionals and others who address the day-to-day management of personnel face a constantly changing legal landscape. Each day, administrative agencies and courts hand down interpretations of existing laws, and regulatory agencies and legislatures amend existing laws or pass new laws affecting employers. The Labor and Employment Department of Taft Stettinius & Hollister has developed an "e-Bulletin" system to keep human resource and related professionals up-to-date on the ever-changing landscape of labor and employment law.

Earlier this week, you received an important e-Bulletin regarding the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services' new I-9 Form. Attached to this e-mail is a newsletter including several additional important updates in the labor and employment area, including:

• Handling Inadequate FMLA Health Care Provider Certifications
• Opportunity to Oppose Proposed New Maternity Leave Regulations
• WARN Act Allows Pay in Lieu of Notice
• Trend in Sexual Harassment Cases Toward Requiring Prompt Notice

Future e-Bulletins will be issued as important court decisions, administrative opinion letters, regulations and statutes develop. We will endeavor to keep all of these updates informative and succinct.