Recent news
Latest items of recent news relevant to the United States as reported in our fortnightly newswire ‘Dernières nouvelles’.
USA: Equal pay act in Massachusetts
The new Equal Pay Act in Massachusetts does not go so far as in New Jersey because it only relates to gender as a basis for pay equality, but it still underlines the importance of a factor-based job evaluation scheme to determine whether equal pay has been achieved …
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USA: Salary history inquiry law enacted in Hawaii
The US trend of banning the requesting of salary history has now reached Hawaii …
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USA: New Jersey passes new equal pay legislation
A new equal pay law has taken effect in New Jersey that prohibits employers from paying employees in a “protected class” lower than any one not in a protected class who performs substantially similar work …
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USA: Trump to rescind Obama-era guidance on affirmative action
The Justice Department is seeking to rescind as many Obama-era guidance documents as it can identify …
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USA: Maine supreme court refuses to order employer to pay for injured worker’s medical marijuana
Can an employer be forced to fund the cost of medical treatment, even though it involves the prescribed use of marijuana? An important test case has now been found in favour of the employer by the Maine Supreme Court …
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USA: Minimum wage in San Francisco increased
The minimum wage in San Francisco has now increased by US$1 to US$15 an hour, the highest rate of any major U …
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USA: Chicago’s minimum wage now $12 per hour
The minimum wage in Chicago has now risen to US$12 per hour from US$11 in 2017 …
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USA: New York city council enacts package of bills to combat sexual harassment
Hard on the heels of legislation by Chicago City Council earlier this year, New York City Council has passed its own comprehensive battery of 11 laws to combat sexual harassment at work …
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USA: New Colorado law sets 30-day requirement for data breach notification
A number of States are busy amending their data breach regulations to tighten up their personal privacy regimes …
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USA: Disney offers to raise worker pay to $15 an hour
Unions representing Disney employees in Florida and California are in discussions with the company about significant minimum wage hikes …
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USA: Best Buy, CVS drop personality tests in recruiting to address EEOC concerns
Two US Companies – Best Buy and CVS Caremark – have reached agreement with the EEOC to discontinue the use of personality tests during recruitment …
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USA: New Maryland law requires disclosure of sexual harassment in the workplace
Maryland has introduced a new law to prevent employers from creating policies or agreements that curtail an employee’s right to pursue a harassment claim …
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USA: Walmart offers $1 per day college tuition
Back in March we reported a new facility offered by Taco Bell to its US employees that would give opportunities for staff to study for college degrees …
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USA: New York city council enacts package of bills to combat sexual harassment
Hard on the heels of legislation by Chicago City Council earlier this year, New York City Council has passed its own comprehensive battery of 11 laws to combat sexual harassment at work …
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USA: A backdoor way to repeal workplace laws
The dust is still falling on Epic Systems Corp Vs Lewis, but already it has been named by the ruling’s opponents as “a backdoor way to repeal workplace laws” …
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