As if risk managers and employers didn't have enough to keep them awake at night, compliance and a parade of ever-changing legal requirements are the stuff nightmares are made of.

While various state legislatures may have passed fewer pieces of employment legislation in 2006 and during the first half of 2007 than in recent years, a significant number of workplace issues were impacted by legislative enactments.

These new laws impact issues such as the expansion of prohibited bases of discrimination, new employment law procedural requirements, leave of absence entitlements, privacy legislation and prohibitions on smoking in the workplace.

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