Recent news
Latest items of recent news relevant to the United States as reported in our fortnightly newswire ‘Dernières nouvelles’.
USA: Kari’s law on emergency notifications is now in force
Kari’s law on emergency notifications is now in force …
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USA: FTC extends deadline for comments on workshop addressing non-compete clauses in employment contracts
Pressure is building on the FTC to introduce anti-trust measures to limit the use of non-compete clauses in employment contracts …
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USA: California delays employer sexual harassment training requirements to 2021
California Governor Gavin Newsome has signed law SB-778 that extends the deadline for commencing sexual harassment training to the 1st of January 2021 …
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USA: Spring 2020 registration deadline for employers using PEOs
Over the last 3 years, the Oregon state-run pensions programme Oregonsaves has been progressively introduced to employees whose employers do not provide a qualified retirement plan …
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USA: H-IB season is fast approaching
The H-IB season is fast approaching and this year things have been happily simplified, although filing dates and methods have changed …
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USA: Walmart raises starting hourly wage to $12 in 500 stores, as part of a test
Walmart, the biggest private-sector employer in the USA, has raised starting hourly pay rates for the newly created “team associate” role from US$11 to US$12 across roughly 500 stores …
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USA: Figures for job growth
The US Department of Labor headline figure for job growth last month was 225,000 …
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USA: DOL proposes 4-factor test for joint employment liability
The Department of Labor has issued a new 4-factor balancing test to determine if an employer has, directly or indirectly, joint accountability for an employee under the FLSA …
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USA: Supreme Court upholds Minneapolis minimum wage
Back in 2017 Minneapolis City Council was the first mid-western city to vote for a $15 an hour minimum wage …
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USA: Virginia finalizes its passage of the Equal Rights Amendment
Although the Federal Congress originally approved the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) in 1972, it never achieved the necessary 75% majority amongst individual states – until now …
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USA: Californian H&S standards in pipeline
Companies with employees in California need to give special attention in coming months to a number of occupational health and safety problem areas …
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USA: Class action is not going away
The action of the Supreme Court in 2018 to place on a firmer legal footing mandatory arbitration clauses and make it more difficult to bring federal class action lawsuits has begun to bite …
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USA: Workplace fatalities in 2018
Figures have just been released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics concerning workplace fatalities in 2018 …
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USA: Federal overtime exemption rules
Was your organisation ready for the fundamental changes in federal overtime exemption rules this month? If this question comes as a surprise, it is not yet too late – if you move quickly – to undertake a review of existing exempt staff to ensure they meet the new thresholds and job duty criteria …
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USA: Intel expands paid leave benefits for 2020
Intel has just expanded parental leave from eight to twelve weeks …
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