Recent news
Latest items of recent news relevant to the United States as reported in our fortnightly newswire ‘Dernières nouvelles’.
USA: Nevada law requires employers to provide leave for ‘sexual assault’
Currently Nevada law entitles employees with 90+ days service who are victims of domestic violence to protected leave and reasonable accommodations that do not impose any undue hardship upon the employer …
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USA: Alaska minimum wage and overtime deductions for ‘board and lodging’
According to the revised minimum wage regulation, Alaskan employers may now make deductions from the State minimum wage if ‘board and lodging’ facilities are customarily furnished, the cost to the employee is reasonable and without profit to the employer, and the employer provides prior written notice to the employee …
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USA: Ban on non-compete agreements
If New York State Governor Hochul signs into law the Bill passed by the State Assembly on 20th June, New York will join California, Oklahoma and North Dakota which have such measures already in place …
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USA: Colorado law adds additional uses of accrued paid sick leave
SB 23-017 has expanded the Colorado Healthy Families and Workplaces Act (HFWA)’s existing leave provisions …
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USA: The New York State ‘Freelance Isn’t Free Act’
This new law to protect freelance workers has now been passed by the State Assembly and Senate …
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USA: Gun laws struggle with the growing danger to employees
The increasing number of guns in private hands, the thousands of unregistered firearms being manufactured and the uncontrolled access of concealed handguns to the workplace is a major area of concern to US employers …
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USA: Connecticut expands use of sick leave to include mental health
The existing Connecticut paid sick and safe leave law allows ‘service workers’ to earn one hour of paid sick leave for every 40 hours worked, up to a maximum of 40 hours per year …
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USA: The crisis passes – but how long can the fault lines hold?
The US Administration was able to swing a deal to side-step the public sector borrowing requirement crisis at the beginning of June …
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USA: Making job opportunities more transparent
Senate Bill 23-105 has just been passed by both houses of the Colorado General Assembly to modify the Equal Pay for Equal Work Act …
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USA: Temporary protected status (TPS) designations resumed
The US Secretary of Homeland Security has announced that the terminations of TPS for El Salvador, Honduras, Nepal and Nicaragua that last took place in 2018 has been reversed …
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USA: Washington State My Health, My Data Act
This law, which will be effective on 31st March 2024, represents yet another privacy law at a State level that HR professionals need to be aware about, but not generally called to apply in practice …
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USA: Texas Data Privacy and Security Act
The State Legislature has passed the Act and it is expected to come into force on 1st March 2024 …
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USA: Minnesota introduces forced attendance ban
Employers are now forbidden to require employees to attend meetings that they sponsor which contain “religious or political matters” …
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USA: Stream of layoffs now happening beyond ‘tech’
The wave of high profile mass redundancies that began in earnest last Autumn has continued into this Spring …
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USA: Is industry losing its edge?
One way to measure the efficiency of an economy is to look at its level of ‘capacity utilization’ …
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