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A case will be heard by the Supreme Court on October 8th, 2019 to determine whether the Civil Rights Act 1964 protects claims of discrimination based on sexual orientation in federal employment …

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California Senate Bill 826 was passed in 2018 and is due to be fully in force by December 31st 2019 …

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Employers in Texas with 15+ employees are now required to give one hour’s sick leave for every 30 hours worked – up to a maximum of 48 hours sick leave per year …

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Reforms at a US county or municipality level are becoming increasingly important in the employment field …

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A general workplace ban on hair discrimination has come into force in New York State …

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The Governor of the US State of Illinois has signed House Bill 834 …

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Writing in a recent edition of Lexology, the US law firm Crowell and Moring has wisely pointed out the implications of recent state-level pay equity and salary legislation for the protection of trade secrets …

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The US Department of Labor has started publically listing the end users of staff hired on H-1B visas in an attempt to name and shame companies the Trump Administration sees as depriving opportunities for American citizens …

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The US immigration service has ended visa waiver status for citizens of the 38 countries on the US waiver programme if they have ever visited North Korea since 2011 …

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The credit reference agency Equifax has agreed to pay US$700m in a settlement agreement with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) regarding a 2017 data breach that affected approximately 147 million people whose personal records were compromised …

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From the 31st of October 2019, Kansas City will be introducing its own salary history ban …

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New York State Governor, Andrew Cuomo, has signed Senate Bill S6549 to introduce a salary history enquiry ban …

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New York State has passed Assembly Bill A8093A on Equal Pay, largely inspired by a similar measure implemented in New Jersey …

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From the 1st of July 2020, paid family leave benefits in California will be extended to eight weeks from the current limit of six weeks (in any 12-month period) …

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The epidemic of opioid abuse sweeping certain US states has led the Department of Labor to give direct grant assistance to fund community health workers, recovery coaches and “peer navigators” as well as help with reintegration into local labour markets …

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