The year 2009 was one of the most challenging years for the professionals and the working community due to the loosing of the jobs of many people as a result of recession. This economic downturn gave rise to some significant changes to employment laws and increasing lawsuits. There are many This year is going to be the testing period for the employers with some new employment laws that set to haunt them. The main points that the employers would be looking forward to have some leniency are among the ones as described below. I think that they are indeed worth a thought.
* The impact of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act on employers: Subsidized COBRA and unemployment compensation
* The change in the scenario of labor and employment laws and new challenges facing HR professionals
* Status of the Employee Free Choice Act
* The latest on the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act
Though this would be the area that the employers would be eying on the Lawyer for the employee's would have looked the other way round.