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MTAS Provides Information on Health Care Reform Impact at the "Health Care Corner"

Visit the MTAS resources for cities on health care reform. Find a blog with postings from MTAS consultants, recommended readings, timelines, and more.

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"Exempt or Non-Exempt? : How to Make the Call and Avoid FSLA Overtime Lawsuits." | Developed by Capitol Information Group, Distributed by the Temple Group and Preventive PR.

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US DOL Provides "New Tool to Help Employees and Small Businesses Understand Foreign Worker Certification" (5/13/2010. DOL news release) Read

Free HealthCare Guides Available!

Help your employees stay engaged in the quality of their health care with the new 2010-2011 HealthCare consumer guides. These guides are produced and provided through the HealthCare 21 Business Coalition. While each edition has a theme, they all provide critical information on hospital patient safety ratings for Chattanooga, Cleveland, Nashville, Knoxville, Memphis, and TRI-Cities areas.

  • "Stop And Think About How Smoking Affects You and the ones you love..." Click here
  • "Is it Really an Emergency? Ask Yourself This Question Before You Make Your Next Move..." Click here
  • “Do You Gamble with Your Health? Learn More About Your Health Risks” (2009, available in print and electronic versions) Click here
  • “Good Healthcare is in Your Hands: Tennessee Consumer Guide on Hospital Care” (2006-07, available only electronically) Click here

If you would like to provide these FREE guides to your workforce contact Bonnie Jones, MTAS Human Resources Consultant, at bonnie.jones@tennessee.edu.

Thank you to HealthCare 21 and the Leapfrog Group for these materials.

MTAS Resources

Model Employment Application (2004)
Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (2010)

State Resources

Tennessee AFL-CIO Labor Council
Tennessee Attorney General
Tennessee Drug Free Workforce Program
Tennessee General Assembly
Tennessee OSHA
Tennessee Secretary of State
Tennessee Supreme Court

Federal Resources
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME)
Americans With Disabilities Act
Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor
Wage and Hour Division, U.S. Department of Labor
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
FLSA Advisor
Labor and Employment Law
National Center for Health Statistics (CDC)
  • Health, United States (2010)
  • Table 134. Employers' costs per employee-hour worked for total compensation, wages and salaries, and health insurance (1991-2010)

OSHA -- Department of Labor
OSHA Coverage of State and Local Government Workers
Sevice Employees International Union (SEIU)

Associations
International Personnel Management Association for Human Resources (IPMA-HR)
National Public Employer Labor Relations Association (NPELRA)
Tennessee Personnel Management Association


Last Updated 06/22/2011



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Blogs

IPMA-HR Blog

Tennessee Employment Lawyer blog (The Higgins Firm)

The Federal Sector FMLA blog

HumanResourceBlog: a Division of Labor Law Center

Delaware Employment Law blog (Young, Conaway, Stargatt & Taylor, LLP)

Workplace Prof Blog: a Member of the Law Professor Blogs Network

HR Forum by G. Neil

MTAS makes no representation concerning their content and is not responsible for their content. That MTAS has made a link to a site is not an endorsement, or an indication of affiliation with the site's owners or publishers. MTAS cautions you to consult with a legal professional before retrieving, using, or relying upon any information found in these blogs.

MTAS Human Resource Consultants

Bonnie Jones

Richard Stokes


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