Recent news
Latest items of recent news relevant to the United States as reported in our fortnightly newswire ‘Dernières nouvelles’.
USA: Form I-9 requirement flexibility extended until August 2021
The Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) organisation has further extended, until 31st August 2021, its temporary flexibility rules relating to Employment Eligibility Verification (Form I-9) compliance …
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USA: Sen. Moran reintroduces Federal Consumer Data Privacy Bill
There remains no broadly based data protection legislation at a Federal level in the USA and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Act still leaves the FTC with limited powers to protect consumers …
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USA: Americans continue giving up citizenship at record levels
Last year, a record number of US Citizens living abroad (over 8,000) decided to renounce their US citizenship …
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USA: Bank of America to raise U.S. minimum hourly wage to $25 by 2025
Bank of America, the nation’s second largest bank, has announced that it will pay its employees a gross minimum hourly wage of $25 by 2025 …
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USA: Chipotle is increasing its wages to average $15 an hour
The Mexican-themed food chain Chipotle is rolling out increases over the next month in its hourly starting rates by around $2 an hour to produce a new range of $11-$18 …
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USA: McDonald’s is hiking pay – but only for some workers
36,500 employees of McDonalds who work for corporate-owned restaurants are now being given pay hikes …
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USA: Independent contractor status under FLSA: Withdrawal
Proposed Trump era amendments to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) concerning the classification of independent contractors have finally been withdrawn …
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USA: New York State’s HERO Act requires employers to implement COVID-19 workplace safety protocols
All employers across New York State must now comply with the new Health and Essential Rights (HERO) Act …
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USA: Philadelphia will ban pre-employment marijuana testing in 2022
From January 1st 2022, employers in Philadelphia will have to operate under a general ban against pre-employment marijuana testing …
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USA: New California legislation requires businesses to rehire employees laid off during the pandemic
Californian employers that have cited COVID-19 as a pretext for laying off employees must now face the prospect of rehiring them, or facing a penalty of $100 per employee, plus $500 a day in liquidated damages until they rehire them …
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USA: Pennsylvania supreme court finds “no-hire” provision unenforceable
Companies have frequently been tempted to introduce mutual no-hire, no-solicitation, or no-poaching clauses into trading agreements with other organisations …
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USA: Consumer prices rise at fastest pace since 2008
For the last twelve months, we have been closely monitoring price inflation, particularly in the USA …
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USA: SEC issues notice of amendments and establishes proceedings to move forward
Last December, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) signalled that it was going to introduce a new requirement on NASDAQ-listed companies to adopt a “comply or explain” approach to diversity on Company Boards …
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USA: Can you waive appellate review of an arbitration award?
When both parties to an employment contract agree to settle all future disputes ultimately via arbitration than the courts, can the agreement also prevent either party from still reverting to the court system on appeal? Now the position has been made clear by a ruling of the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals …
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USA: DHS announces extension of REAL ID full enforcement deadline
US citizens who travel domestically by air will soon have to comply with new identification card rules …
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