Recent news
Latest items of recent news relevant to the United States as reported in our fortnightly newswire ‘Dernières nouvelles’.
USA: Jury awards $125 million to former Walmart employee in disability-bias suit
A Wisconsin District Court has awarded $150,000 in compensatory damages and $125,000,000 in punitive damages to a former Walmart employee on three claims of disability discrimination …
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USA: Wells Fargo U.S. staff will return to office starting 7th September 2021
Wells Fargo has decided that its return to workplace initiative will not begin until 7th September 2021 and will then run for a transitionary period over several weeks into October …
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USA: Delaware set to increase minimum wage to $15 by 2025
Delaware Governor John Carney has signed an order that will progressively increase the State’s minimum wage from its current rate of $9 …
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USA: Executive order on promoting competition in the American economy
A recent executive order issued by the President could be the forerunner of Federal and State legislation that will eventually outlaw restrictive covenants in employment contracts …
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USA: Connecticut minimum wage to increase to $13/hour on August 1, 2021
The Connecticut state minimum wage will increase to $13 …
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USA: Connecticut allows some training portability
On 1st October 2019, Connecticut‘s “Time Up Act” introduced a requirement for all employers with 3+ employees to provide sexual harassment prevention training to all employees within six months of being hired …
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USA: Increasing the minimum wage for federal contractors
The US Department of Labor has put out for public comment a proposal to require all public contractors to pay a minimum wage of at least $15 an hour from next year and remove the tipped minimum by 2024 …
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USA: California employers must pay ‘regular rate’ for missed break premiums
Under Californian law, an employee is entitled to a 30 minutes meal break for every five hours worked, and a further ten minute rest break for four hours worked – plus necessary recovery periods for working in heat …
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USA: Fourth Circuit provides guidance on counting employees for purposes of warn act coverage
Although the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act requires employers to give 60 days notice of a workplace closure, or collective redundancy, the stipulation only applies to companies with 100+ employees …
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USA: Illinois creates additional equal pay act reporting and compliance burdens on covered businesses
The Illinois Equal Pay Act was further amended in June 2021 …
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USA: Oregon lifts mask, distancing orders
Oregon‘s Occupational Safety and Health Authority has now removed the requirement for wearing a face mask, or keeping physical distances in most fields of employment …
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USA: Indiana implements youth employment system to replace work permits for minors
Employees in Indiana must now comply with Senate Act 409 …
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USA: Restrictive covenant act case decided by Georgia state-wide business court
Georgia‘s Business Court has rendered as largely unenforceable provisions of both a non-solicit undertaking not to steal clients and also a no-hire undertaking concerning employees from an executive’s former employer …
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USA: EEOC sues UPS for disability discrimination
In spite of the predominance of “hire at will” underpinning the employment relationship, it remains unlawful under the Americans with Disability Act to, at any time, penalise an employee because of their health condition, or not make necessary accommodations for a disability …
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USA: $15 Minimum wage starts in Chicago (July 2021)
Minimum wage rates increased on 1st July 2021 in the city of Chicago …
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