When you subscribe to your Employment Law Letter, you get a newsletter specifically designed for employers and HR professionals in your state. It's written by attorneys in your state who know the unique challenges and laws you must deal with every day.

Your subscription also includes a powerful package of HR and legal resources listed below at no additional cost.

• Online Archive: You can search for articles on any topic from your state, nearby states, or all 50 states.
• Policies: Our Sample Policy & Procedure Manual, including dozens of sample policies and explanations.
• Forms: Government forms and sample forms you can use in your HR practice.
• Your state's statutes and regulations on employment law.
• Federal statutes and regulations on employment and labor law.
• Survey results from our HRhero.com Surveys of HR professionals nationwide.
• Reports: Access to in-depth Mastering HR Reports.
• Employers Forum: the vibrant online community that answers your toughest questions. Exclusively for HR professionals and their counsel.

Jeanne Matthews Bender, of counsel to the firm, represents commercial and non-profit employers in a variety of employment matters including wage and hour claims, disability and discrimination, breach of contract, wrongful discharge, unemployment, and insurance coverage matters.

In addition to extensive litigation experience, Ms. Bender assists clients in developing personnel policies, drafting handbooks, and in resolving personnel problems. She has given seminars and training sessions on sexual harassment, wrongful discharge, discrimination, wage and hour requirements, and the ADA.

Ms. Bender has been recommended as one of Montana's leading employment lawyers in Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business since 2002. She is also listed in The Best Lawyers in America and Mountain States Super Lawyers where she was named one of the top 40 women lawyers in the region.

Jason S. Ritchie is an associate with Holland & Hart LLP and practices in the firm's Billings office. He has represented and advised employers in several areas, including claims of wrongful discharge, harassment, discrimination, breach of employment contract, and claims arising under the ADA, Montana Human Rights Act, FMLA, and the National Rehabilitation Act. Jason has also represented various commercial clients in contract disputes, real estate litigation, and environmental litigation. Jason advises clients on employment matters, and has given a number of seminars on wrongful discharge, discrimination, and related topics. Jason has represented clients in both state and federal court in Montana, and before the Montana Human Rights Commission, the Montana Supreme Court, and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Each issue keeps you on top of U.S. Supreme Court and Montana court decisions that affect your workforce, all reported with Montana's local laws and policies in mind. You get all the information you need to stay in business — and out of the courtroom.

Your complete subscription package includes:

1. Montana Employment Law Letter — 12 monthly issues mailed to you and also available online. Also includes periodic NewsAlerts by e-mail as needed.
   
2. Access to HRhero.com Subscribers-Only Area — You'll find a wealth of helpful information, available to subscribers only, at no additional cost:
   
   • Employment Law Letter articles from all 50 states plus D.C.;
   • Sample policies;
   • Your state's statutes and regulations affecting employers;
   • Federal statutes and regulations on employment and labor law;
   • Results from Surveys of HR professionals;
   • HR Executive Special Reports — more than 20 of our in-depth reports;
   • Hot Topics;
   • Employers Forum online commuity for HR professionals and counsel.
   
3. Mastering HR Reports — 60-page reports covering topics that are too complex to be fully covered in your monthly newsletter. You'll periodically receive a new Special Report via e-mail, and more than 20 are available online.

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