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Employers in Massachusetts are reminded that the State’s “Blue laws” place heavy restrictions on working during Christmas Day …

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Employers in Hawaii are legally required – on receiving a report of domestic or sexual violence – to seek confirmation of relevant events by requesting certain documents …

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The Department of Labor (DOL) has issued an opinion letter concerning a question raised about the Fair Labor Standards Act …

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What happens if a manager, who is disabled, is removed from office and not offered a similar position that is available in the company? Is it automatically an act of discrimination under the Americans with Disabilities Act? The US Court of Appeals (4th Circuit) has held in Elledge vs Lowe’s Home Centers LLC that if a company takes every reasonable step to accommodate a manager, but they continue to ignore their doctor’s advice and decline the offer of alternative – more suitable – employment, the company is entitled to offer a severance package …

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From next year, the SECURE Act is obliging employers to include “long-term, part-time employees” for 401(k) purposes, embracing too those working for less than 1,000 hours in the plan year …

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Employers handling Equal Opportunity cases will increasingly find that they are being confronted by data from the EEOC’s “Explore” database …

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Illinois employers are reminded of their obligation to conduct sexual harassment training for all their employees by 31st December 2020, and on an annual basis thereafter …

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Companies operating in Illinois should take great care when handling and retaining employee biometric data because of the Biometric Information Protection Act (BIPA) …

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A District Court in Northern California has suspended the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) changes to the H-1B Visa programme …

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The House of Representatives has now approved the MORE Bill to decriminalise the use of marijuana and remove the drug off the Controlled Substances Act at a Federal level …

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Under a newly launched six-month “visa bond” pilot program, business visitors from 23 countries – mostly from Africa – with historically high overstay rates of B-1 visas, will be required to pay a refundable bond of $5,000, $10,000 or $15,000 as a condition of visa issuance …

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The two Trump administration rules for H-1B visas – minimum salary thresholds and restricting their use to specialty occupations, have just been rejected by a federal judge …

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Employers should ensure that all staff in charge of vehicles are alerted to a change in the “distracted driving” laws …

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The US Department of Labor has been trying to give practical guidance on what constitutes worktime when an employee has to travel to a worksite that is not a fixed or conventional one …

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With effect from 14th December 2020, baristas, shift supervisors and cafe attendants in the coffee chain, Starbucks, will receive a gross pay increase of at least 10% if they were hired on or before 24th September 2020 …

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