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A new study by Boston Consulting Group and Swift has found that mid-sized banks are facing major problems …

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The NLRB is facing government opposition as it seeks Supreme Court approval for its view that employment agreements requiring workers to waive their rights to bring class action claims are invalid – even if arbitration is in place to resolve individual disputes …

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The USA and Japan have voted against a U …

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From October 1st 2017 all employers in Connecticut are required to make workplace accommodations for pregnant women and those who have recently given birth …

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Several cases are on their way to the US Federal Supreme Court concerning the application of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act 1964 to claims regarding sexual orientation …

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A recent study by the Institute of Fiscal studies (W17/18) found that health was a much more important factor in retirement decisions for those with less than college education and also for the US population than UK population …

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For the latest available year (2015) workplace fatalities in US private sector stood at 4836 …

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A formal complaint against the carmaker Tesla has been issued by the National Labour Relations Board (NLRB) …

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Recently Washington joined 18 other states, the District of Columbia and four cities, with a law requiring businesses with 15 or more employees to provide work-related accommodations for pregnant workers …

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An unemployed man has finally won his part of a class action claim against a consumer profiling agency …

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From January 1st 2018 employers in San Francisco will be required to give employees who are breastfeeding mothers reasonable time to breastfeed their child(ren) …

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An analysis of recent H -1B applications by the Department of Labour and US Citizenship and Immigration Services (UCIS) has revealed that 74% of applicants came from India and 11% from China …

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As New Jersey Senator Cory Booker introduces his congressional bill to end the federal prohibition of cannabis it is disturbing to note that so far 29 US states have recognized the largely spurious medical use of cannabis and 8 have legalized its recreational use …

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Unemployment rate in Indiana has dropped 6,515 to 3% in June 2017 and is below the national average (4 …

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Minneapolis City Council has approved a minimum wage ordinance which will raise the minimum wage to US$15 an hour by 2022 in large businesses (100+ employees) and 2024 for small businesses …

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