Recent news
Latest items of recent news relevant to the United States as reported in our fortnightly newswire ‘Dernières nouvelles’.
USA: July 2021 consumer prices jump 5.4%
With consumer price inflation already reaching an annual rate of 5 …
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USA: Department of Labor announces funding to help states modernize unemployment insurance system
A complete overhaul of the Unemployment Insurance System is underway to help detect fraud, promote equitable access, ensure timely payment of benefits and reduce backlogs …
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USA: UAW members to vote in fall on direct election of leaders
Industrial democracy may be coming to the union movement this Autumn, when members of the UAW are asked to vote whether they want to directly elect their union leaders …
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USA: CNN fires unvaccinated employees for going to office
The recent firing of three CNN employees for seeking to attend work without being vaccinated has called into question the legal basis for such a dismissal …
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USA: Pennsylvania Supreme Court holds that employers must pay employees whenever they are required to be on premises
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has ruled that any time required to be spent by non-exempt workers on company premises outside their specified shift times, however small, must be paid …
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USA: State of Montana issues guidance on HB 702 implementation
The State of Montana has issued guidelines about interpreting HB702, which makes discrimination due to vaccine status unlawful …
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USA: Activision Blizzard sued by California over sexual harassment, unequal pay in ‘pervasive frat boy’ culture
The California’s Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) has filed a lawsuit against the video game company Activision Blizzard claiming a series of legal infringements in respect to equal pay, sex discrimination and blatant sexual harassment …
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USA: Bringing diversity to Californian boardrooms
The deadline is rapidly approaching when Californian companies with 5+ Directors must have at least two women on their company Boards …
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USA: Arizona penalizing cities with own minimum wage
The Arizona State legislature is charging the city of Flagstaff US$1 …
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USA: Ex-Tesla employee wins rare $1 million racial discrimination award
An arbitration award against automotive company Tesla has reportedly cost the company over US$1M for claims made by one employee in respect to race discrimination …
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USA: Biden administration started fast-track deportation procedure for migrant families
The Biden administration has started to expedite repatriation of illegal immigrants …
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USA: Amazon interfered in union vote, says US labour official
A hearing conducted by the National Labour Relations Board (NLRB) has recommended that a union election earlier this year involving Amazon employees in Alabama be set aside and a second election called …
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USA: Joint labor-management workplace safety committee
All private sector employers in New York State must now have in place an airborne infectious disease exposure prevention plan …
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USA: Where big companies stand on delta variant and return to office plans
The new upsurge in pandemic cases due to the Delta variant is making a number of companies put back their schedules for returning to office-based work …
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USA: Federal workers must be vaccinated or submit to Covid testing and distancing
It has long been lawful for employers to insist that employees are fully vaccinated, but only now is this being put into widespread effect …
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