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Employers which operate incentive stock options (ISOs) or Employee Stock Purchase Plans (ESPP) have until the end of January to issue an information statement to employees who have exercised options or transferred shares – using forms 3921 and 3922 …

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From July next year employers in New York City will be required to distribute notices setting out Federal, State and City employment laws …

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Although there is no federal obligation for employers to provide ordinary cold weather clothing, it is necessary to supply specialist items such as fire resistant jackets and high visibility outer clothing …

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A pregnant mother who sought permission to gain an emergency abortion after her fetus was declared to be suffering from a certain fatal condition has been refused leave by Texas’s Supreme Court …

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From 1st January 2024, employers will not be generally permitted to bar a job applicant because they use cannabis in their personal time …

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The State of New York has enacted a prohibition on employers from including nondisclosure language within release agreements for claims involving “discrimination, harassment, or retaliation” – unless “the condition of confidentiality is the [individual’s] preference …

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New York City has finally enacted a ban on employers applying these criteria (as actual or perceived characteristics) when hiring employees …

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The US Manufacturing PMI in November 2023 slipped well into negative territory and below forecasted changes, to register 49 …

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The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has issued further guidance to round up all changes that have been brought about in case law during the last few years …

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From 1st January 2024 it will be necessary for IT professionals to meet a special set of conditions in order for them not to qualify for overtime payments …

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With effect from 1st January 2024, Seattle’s minimum wage will rise to $19 …

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Massachusetts’s Paid Family and Medical Leave (PFML) law is funded through employer and employee contributions …

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From the start of 2024 certain companies operating in the USA must report on persons owning, directly or indirectly, 25% or more of any class or category of profit ownership in a business, or who have (or may assert directly or indirectly) “substantial control” over a business – including “fractional executives” …

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The latest company substantially to raise pay levels is Volkswagen …

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Next year, the US Citizenship and Immigration Service will be making available an extra 64,716 H-2B work visas – on top of its statutory annual cap of 66,000 …

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