Recent news

Latest items of recent news relevant to the United States as reported in our fortnightly newswire ‘Dernières nouvelles’.

USA: MyCTSavings deadline extended to 31st August 2023

Deadline extended until 31st August 2023 for businesses to comply with Connecticut’s mandatory retirement program …

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USA: Virginia restricts employers’ use of nondisclosure/nondisparagement agreements and SSNs

With effect from 1st July 2023, no employer in the State shall require an employee (or a prospective employee) to execute or renew any provision in a nondisclosure or confidentiality agreement …

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USA: Height and weight discrimination protection proposed in NYC

In a country where over 40% of adults are classified as obese, it was inevitable that bodily size would become a protected characteristic …

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USA: Nevada’s minimum wage and daily overtime rates to increase 1st July 2023

For the period covering 1st July 2023 through to 30th June 2024, the minimum wage rate will be $10 …

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USA: Chicago employers must complete sexual harassment prevention and bystander training

Employers are reminded that Ordinance SO2022-665 requires all companies to provide a minimum of one hour of sexual harassment prevention and bystander training each year to all employees and two hours training for managers and supervisors …

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USA: NLRB wins confidentiality and non-disparagement case

In McLaren Macomb vs the National Labor Relations Board, it was found that an employer violated the National Labor Relations Act by using broadly-framed confidentiality and non-disparagement provisions in severance agreements with furloughed employees …

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USA: Supreme Court rules that day rates are not a salary

Supreme Court overtime ruling …

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USA: Arkansas Gov. Sanders signs a law that makes it easier to employ children

Under the Youth Hiring Act of 2023 (House Bill 1410), children under 16 no longer have to obtain the Division of Labor’s permission to be employed …

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USA: Status of paid time off (PTO)

The 3rd circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that paid time off (PTO) is not part of an employee’s salary under Federal law and can therefore be reduced or removed without affecting an individual’s exempt status …

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USA: Governor of Utah signs into law Bill HB 324 on workplace protective orders

From 1st July 2023, an employer in Utah will be able to petition a court and obtain a protective order on behalf of an employee against another individual who has threatened violence at work …

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USA: Enactment of the New York Warehouse Worker Protection Act moved to 19th June 2023

The Act requires employer disclosures on mandated work speed and quotas …

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USA: Montgomery County minimum wage increases 1 July 2023

Maryland employees employed in Montgomery County have minimum wage hike …

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USA: Louisiana amnesty for misclassification of contractors

Louisiana employers that have been misclassifying workers as independent contractors may now reclassify them and voluntarily disclose such reclassifications to the Department of Revenue without liability for prior periods of misclassification …

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USA: Accessibility to drinking water

The California Occupational Safety and Health Appeals Board has ruled that employers must provide potable drinking water as close as possible to where outdoor workers are located …

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USA: Monitory must be in line with the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA)

Employers in Illinois may be running the risk of multiple damages for non-compliance with BIPA every time they scan to verify an employee’s identity …

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