Recent news
Latest items of recent news relevant to the United States as reported in our fortnightly newswire ‘Dernières nouvelles’.
USA: Strategic trade and investment partnership with Kenya
A United States-Kenya Strategic Trade and Investment Partnership (STIP) has just been signed …
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USA: Formal move into a recession during the second quarter of 2022
The commonly accepted definition of a recession is “a period of temporary economic decline during which trade and industrial activity are reduced, generally identified by a fall in GDP in two successive quarters …
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USA: Payment of Interns on training programs
A useful case has recently come before the 11th U …
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USA: Oregon OSHA adopts heat illness prevention standard
Oregon employers should familiarize themselves with the new Oregon OSHA Heat Illness Prevention Standard (OAR 437-002-0156) …
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USA: Maryland amends its personal information protection act
The Maryland House Bill 962, which amends the Personal Information Protection Act, has updated the timeframe for reporting a data breach concerning affected individuals, and the content requirements for providing notice to the Maryland Attorney General …
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USA: Maine’s Nondisclosure Agreements Law: New Limitations on Settlement, Separation, or Severance Agreements
Employers in Maine should review their nondisclosure, separation, severance and settlement agreements to ensure compliance with State’s new restrictions and requirements on nondisclosure agreements (NDAs) in employment …
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USA: Iowa legislature approves measure to reduce duration of unemployment insurance benefit
The maximum length of unemployment insurance payments have been reduced from 26 weeks to 16 weeks in Iowa …
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USA: New leave laws for victims of domestic violence in Connecticut
The Connecticut Substitute Senate Bill No …
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USA: Colorado law amends wage theft statutes and penalties
Colorado has amended its wage theft statutes and penalties under S …
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USA: Changes to Colorado workers’ compensation law
Changes to Colorado law concerning due notice of injury and various benefit payments [HB22-1112 and HB22-1347] …
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USA: Chicago updates its anti-harassment law
Ordinance 2022-665 has imposed various requirements on Chicago employers regarding sexual harassment prevention …
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USA: Court says ex-employee who settled individual lawsuit can still file PAGA claim
Employers in California could now suffer the lifting of a double-jeopardy style assumed protection …
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USA: Employment Authorization Document (EID)
Employers must ensure that they terminate foreign employees as soon as their Employment Authorization Document (EID) expires …
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USA: Last Call for Mandatory Alcoholic Beverage Service Training in California
By 31st August 2022, every worker who serves alcohol, and their manager, in California must be trained and certified …
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USA: Biden Administration fishing for complaints against Amazon
The Office’s Southern New York District has posted a notice online inviting “warehouse workers, supervisors, safety team members, AmCare staff, or anyone else with relevant information” to complain about injuries resulting from Amazon’s “workplace hazards, worker rate requirements and the pace of work, and whether Amazon appropriately reported on-the-job injuries” …
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