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Article Title: Employee Engagement and Transparency Key For HR Professionals - Source: The Business Ledger - Chicago - 9/28/2009

Review by HR experts of the coming changes in the areas of employment laws affecting small and medium sized businesses. Also discusses a new business survey that states that over a three year period the number of businesses that used outsourcing to deal with regulatory compliance has increased from 46 percent to 70 percent. - Progressive legislation has created a host of new laws that have complicated the work of HR professionals, said Ross I. Molho, partner in the Wheaton law firm of Clingen, Callow & McLean. “We have a tougher Americans with Disabilities Act and new FMLA regulations,” he said. We have proposals before congress for Paid Family Leave Act. We’ve got something called the Healthy Families Act, which provides for seven paid sick days from employers with 15 employees or more. “The Working Families Flexibility Act includes a statutory right for employees to request a change of schedule. There are various vigorous immigration and customs enforcement laws. Finally we have the Arbitration and Fairness Acts which, for those of you who draft employment contracts, might preclude you from arbitrating in employment disputes.