Recent news
Latest items of recent news relevant to the United States as reported in our fortnightly newswire ‘Dernières nouvelles’.
USA: Labour force participation rate is now the highest since 2013
The US labour force participation rate is now the highest since 2013 …
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USA: Time to reconsider California employee non-solicitation provisions
Just when employers in California had given up on post-employment non-compete clauses because of the Business and Professions Code, now they must guard too against non-solicitation clauses in employment contracts …
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USA: National Labor Relations Board returns to longstanding independent contractor standard
The National Labour Relations Board has dropped its so-called Fedex standard for determining whether a worker is an independent contractor for NLRA purposes …
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USA: California’s next big hazard could be a volcano
The US Geological survey has just published an extensive report predicting that the biggest natural hazards threat in California is not an earthquake, but a volcanic eruption …
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USA: H-1B rule change keeps qualification in, talent out
From April 1st the Department for homeland Security will revise the way it selects H-IB petitions …
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USA: Pre-emption law trends
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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USA: Breastfeeding could become easier for working mothers with this SC legislation
A Bill amending the Pregnancy Accommodations Act will shortly be considered by the South Carolina Labour, Commerce and Industry Committee …
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USA: Cuomo Signs law banning transgender discrimination in New York
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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USA: Non-disclosure agreements & sexual harassment
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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USA: Army offers more flexibility with new parental leave policy
The US Army has introduced a number of family-friendly improvements for its personnel …
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USA: What kind of silence is silence
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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USA: Portland council and Maine Legislature consider mandated paid sick leave
Both the City of Portland (Maine) and the Maine State legislatures are currently debating paid sick leave measures …
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USA: California Court of Appeal concludes that certain types of on-call scheduling triggers requirement to pay wages
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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USA: Illinois Senate committee OKs $15 minimum wage
The Illinois Senate has given a green light to a proposed minimum wage increase …
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USA: DHS announces implementation of Visa sanctions on Ghana
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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