Recent news
Latest items of recent news relevant to the United States as reported in our fortnightly newswire ‘Dernières nouvelles’.
USA: Kellogg’s Kansas union members ratify new contract, get ‘historic’ wage increase
Employees of Kellogg’s “Cheez-it” snack crackers in Kansas have received a generous three-year wage and benefits deal …
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USA: Philadelphia requires employers to provide paid COVID-19 leave through end of 2023
Employers with 25+ employees in the City of Philadelphia will be required to provide 40 hours of additional paid sick leave until the end of 2023 …
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USA: Washington passes substitute house bill 1795 silence no more act
From 9th June 2022, Washington State shall have in force its “Silence No More Act” …
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USA: Washington State to require salary ranges in job posts
Washington State has joined Colorado and New York City in requiring employers to disclose pay ranges in job posts …
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USA: New York Law requires employee notice of electronic monitoring
With effect from 7th May 2022, New York employers must provide prior notice to employees regarding the monitoring of electronic devices and systems …
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USA: Oregon permanently expands permissible uses of sick leave
Use of sick time in Oregon for evacuation, air quality, or heat index orders …
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USA: New Ohio law revamps the landscape of overtime exemptions and collective action procedures
New Ohio law will revamp the landscape of overtime exemptions and collective action procedures …
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USA: NLRB general counsel seeks to ban employer-led meetings to discuss union representation
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) is about to outlaw convening of meetings by employers prior to a vote about union representation …
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USA: Florida legislature passes controversial ‘Stop WOKE Act’
A new law in Florida prevents employers from requiring employees to undertake diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) training that seeks to “inculcates or compels such individual to believe “a defined list of concepts” …
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USA: Alcohol use disorder linked to 232 million missed workdays annually
Even before the pandemic, the US workforce had a widespread alcohol abuse problem, which just got worse during the last two years …
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USA: House passes bill banning discrimination against Black hairstyles
The Federal CROWN Bill that seeks to prohibit discrimination on the grounds of a person’s texture or style of hair was recently passed by the US House of Representatives …
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USA: New Jersey law requires employers to provide notice before tracking vehicles
Monitoring of employee movements …
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USA: DOJ and DOL to cooperate on antitrust enforcement in labor markets
The Federal Department of Justice (DOJ) has formally teamed up with the Department of Labor (DOL) to prevent anti-competitive conduct in the labour market …
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USA: Oregon amends the workplace fairness act to further restrict agreements resolving discrimination claims
Oregon amends its Workplace Fairness Act to remove loopholes and ambiguities …
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USA: The employment situation — March 2022
Fall in the number of teleworkers and people laid off due to the pandemic …
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