Recent news
Latest items of recent news relevant to the United States as reported in our fortnightly newswire ‘Dernières nouvelles’.
USA: Data privacy laws
Legal Counsel and company data protection personnel are going to be busy over the next year preparing for a raft of contractual obligations arising from US privacy laws and GDPR cross-border data transfer obligations …
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USA: Amazon’s Staten Island warehouse workers file petition for union election
For the second time in the past year, a union is seeking leave from the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to hold a ballot of Amazon workers to determine if the union should be recognised …
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USA: AFL-CIO elects Liz Shuler as its first female president
Yet another top union position has been filled by a woman …
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USA: Wisconsin Senate approves longer work hours for teenagers
The Wisconsin State Senate has approved a law (SB332) allowing those under 16 to work longer hours …
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USA: Washington employees must be paid for all time associated with out-of-town travel
The Washington Court of Appeals has found that non-exempt workers must be paid for all travel out of their normal working base, except for a normal commute …
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USA: Governor Wolf outlines plan to improve worker pay, sick leave and protections
Companies receiving funding from the State of Pennsylvania must comply with a new set of Labour Standards …
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USA: New York significantly expands employee whistleblower protections
Whistleblower Law now expanded to include independent contractors …
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USA: Land border restrictions to be lifted in November 2021 for vaccinated visitors
Special restrictions on land and ferry borders with Canada and Mexico will be lifted on November 9th 2021 …
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USA: Columbus Day or Indigenous Peoples’ Day?
Columbus day gradually being replaced by Indigenous Peoples’ Day …
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USA: Dallas paid sick leave ordinance
In Texas, the City of Dallas Earned Paid Sick Time (Paid Sick Leave) Ordinance has just come fully into force …
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USA: New Jersey expands age discrimination protections
New Jersey has introduced new protections against age discrimination for workers aged 70+ …
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USA: Federal Court holds that private employer’s mandatory vaccination policy is lawful
Employees of two Kentucky health sector organisations were denied injunctive relief when they opposed their employers’ mandatory vaccination policies …
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USA: labor department, IBM enter agreement to resolve alleged gender-based pay discrimination
A conciliation agreement has been concluded between the US Labour Department (DoL) and IBM over gender-based pay discrimination …
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USA: ‘Silenced No More Act’ becomes law in California
The California Governor has now signed SB 331 “the Silence No More Act” which will come into force for settlement agreements concluded from 1st January 2022 …
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