Recent news
Latest items of recent news relevant to the United States as reported in our fortnightly newswire ‘Dernières nouvelles’.
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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USA: Supreme court opened the door for avoiding the courts in most future employment cases
In a final twist of the battle that has been raging in the USA between the National Labour Relations Board and employers on the legality of anti-class action clauses in arbitration agreements, the Supreme Court on May 21st 2018 finally opened the door for avoiding the courts in most future employment cases …
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USA: NLRB evaluates personnel handbook for section 7 compliance and finds moonlighting policy unlawful
A court has found that an employer’s policy forbidding moonlighting without the permission of the company to be a violation of the National Labour Relations Act …
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USA: Uber ends forced arbitration agreements of sexual assault claims
Uber is one of the first major US companies to voluntarily switch its employment dispute practices from mandatory arbitration, with a built-in confidentiality clause, to a choice of mediation (with a confidentiality option), arbitration, or a court action …
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USA: University of Denver to pay $2.66 million to settle EEOC equal pay lawsuit
A pay discrimination lawsuit involving law academics at the University of Denver has been settled at the cost of US$2 …
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USA: Trade war
Retaliatory responses to the trade war initiated by the USA will do much to damage the US economy far more than any other …
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USA: Supreme court upholds workplace arbitration contracts barring class actions
The US Supreme Court has ruled that employers may use clauses in employment contracts to prevent employees from joining class action lawsuits and to require individual arbitration to resolve disputes …
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USA: Cybersecurity skills shortage
The Senate Banking Committee has been debating the shortage of cybersecurity skills across the US economy …
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USA: Google Duplex sounds human when it calls to book appointments
The latest talking Bot from Google Duplex operates with normal speech patterns, including “ums” and “ahs” …
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USA: Is a John Deere employee in China protected under the Iowa Civil Rights Act?
When a factory manager working for the US farm equipment manufacturer John Deere was transferred from China back to Iowa “under a cloud” for alleged personal misconduct and demoted he tried to take his company to court under the State Civil Rights Act …
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USA: Equal pay day
Each year a date is set for “equal pay day” …
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