Recent news
Latest items of recent news relevant to the United States as reported in our fortnightly newswire ‘Dernières nouvelles’.
USA: Walmart makes college tuition-free for employees
Walmart is offering free higher education courses to employees …
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USA: DOL rescinds Trump-era rule on joint employment
Claims against employers under the Fair Labor Standards Act are set to increase following the ending of Trump-era restrictions on the joint employer rule …
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USA: Microsoft pays staff $1,500 for work in pandemic
The software giant Microsoft is giving a $1,500 one-time pandemic bonus to all employees below Corporate Vice President level who started on or before 31st March 2021 in both the US and internationally, including part-time workers and those on hourly rates …
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USA: ICE announces extension, new employee guidance to I-9 compliance flexibility to to 31st August 2021
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) have announced a further extension, until 31st August 2021, of flexibility in complying with requirements related to Form I-9 …
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USA: DHG announces hybrid work model
The top 20 accounting firm DHG has taken a novel approach to returning to work …
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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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