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Several US States have recently been seeking to use pre-emption laws to prevent cities and counties within them to set their own minimum wage and benefits rates …

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A Bill amending the Pregnancy Accommodations Act will shortly be considered by the South Carolina  Labour, Commerce and Industry Committee …

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With effect from March 9th 2019 it will be unlawful in New York City to infringe new protections applicable to transgender, non-binary and gender non-conforming individuals …

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Non-disclosure agreements concluded in Arizona, either in employment contracts or settlement agreements, may no longer apply to the provision of data given to law enforcement officers about sexual harassment or obscenity …

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The US Army has introduced a number of family-friendly improvements for its personnel …

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What kind of silence is silence? That is the question that the US Supreme Court will answer in when it looks soon at whether an employment contract containing an arbitration clause that is written in generalised language may be inadvertently agreeing to let the case turn into a class action …

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Both the City of Portland (Maine) and the Maine State legislatures are currently debating paid sick leave measures …

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It has been ruled that an employee who is scheduled to work an “on-call shift” may be entitled to be paid for it even if they do not physically turn up for work (California Court of Appeal (Ward v Till’s Inc)) …

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The Illinois Senate has given a green light to a proposed minimum wage increase …

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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has announced visa sanctions against Ghana as a result of the country’s failure to take back citizens the U …

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Concerns about Brexit and hostility towards foreign national working or wishing to work in the USA has led to a diversion of highly skilled professionals to work in other counties such as China and France …

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Trade talks between the USA and China have recommenced, with the prospect that if agreement is not reached by March 1st US 10% trade tariffs will rise to 25% …

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According to the 7th US Circuit Court of Public Appeals the Age Discrimination in Employment Act only protects current employees and not external job applicants …

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Following California, Oregon and Washington State, New York City is now also allowing residents who don’t identify as either male or female to change their birth certificates to “X” …

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The House Committee of the Arkansas legislature has approved a Bill that would allow employers to microchip their employees …

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