Recent news
Latest items of recent news relevant to the United States as reported in our fortnightly newswire ‘Dernières nouvelles’.
USA: Illinois Governor signs One Day Rest in Seven Act amendment into law
With effect from 1st January 2023, Illinois employers must allow most employees “at least twenty-four consecutive hours of rest in every consecutive seven-day period” …
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USA: Hawaii Legislature passes bill raising minimum wage to $18
The State legislature of Hawaii has decided that the minimum wage will rise to US$18 an hour by 2028 …
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USA: Classification of Georgia employees
If a State of Georgia business incorrectly classifies its workers, they will now face a civil penalty imposed by the Georgia Department of Labor …
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USA: Georgia preempts local scheduling and work-hour laws
The State of Georgia is restricting counties, cities and municipalities from enacting and enforcing laws regulating working time, schedules, and employee output levels …
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USA: Delaware requiring paid family and medical leave by 2026
The Healthy Delaware Families Act (HDFA) enters the statute book on 1st July 2022, but contributions to the fund will not begin until 1st January 2025, with benefits becoming available to employees on 1st January 2026 …
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USA: Additional H-2B visa available for second half of 2022
An additional 35,000 H-2B visas are being made available for employers seeking highly qualified seasonal foreign guest workers …
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USA: EEOC will allow late filings of EEO-1s until 21st June 2022
Late filing allowed of 2021 EEO-1 reports that were due on 17th May 2022 …
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USA: The companies paying travel costs for abortions
The likely striking down of Roe v Wade by the Supreme Court in the case of Dobbs v …
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USA: DOJ faces setbacks in labor market prosecutions
Anti-trust actions against employers are proving to be far tougher to win than the Department of Justice (DOJ) had expected …
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USA: Amazon workers reject union bid at second Staten Island warehouse
The failure of Amazon Labor Union (ALU) to win its vote to represent warehouse workers on Staten Island is an about-turn on the support gained at a nearby facility …
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USA: NLRB sues Starbucks for retaliating against 3 workers involved in unionizing
Even if a company does not wish to recognise a trade union, Starbucks should not be their role model …
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USA: LinkedIn agrees to pay $1.8 million to women over discrimination claims
Online networking company LinkedIn has agreed to pay $1 …
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USA: USCIS announces extension for expiring work permits
Eligible foreign workers with expiring employment authorization documents (EADs) will now be granted an extension of 540 days from the initial expiration date on those documents …
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USA: Lockheed Martin, machinists union ratify labor deal at Fort Worth F-35 plant
A new pay deal at Lockheed Martin’s F-35 fighter jet plant in Texas following ongoing talks since February 2022 …
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USA: Delta to begin paying flight attendants during boarding
Delta Airlines has decided to break free from the standard practice of not paying flight attendants until the passengers are seated and doors closed for take-off …
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