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Securing the longer-term employment of key workers can be a lengthy process for US employers and usually involves significant delays, especially in relation to citizens of India, China and the Philippines …

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An important decision by the US Court of Appeals has found that anti-retaliation provisions currently provided by the Dodd-Frank Act for potential irregularities reported to the Securities Exchange Commission also apply to employees reporting concerns to their own employer …

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The Supreme Court in the US state of Tennessee recently ruled that job applicants have no cause of action against an employer who fails to hire them because they have filed, or are likely to file, a workers compensation claim against a former employer …

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The USA’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has proposed reducing the current permissible exposure limit to beryllium by 90% …

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On July 1st 2015, a new law came into force in California, USA, which required all employers to provide their employees with at least three days of paid sick leave per year …

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In order to address the issue of wage inequality, the US Securities and Exchange Commission has approved a rule that requires publicly listed companies to reveal the pay gap between chief executives and median employees …

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The state of Nevada in the USA has passed a law which introduces a 25% tax credit for employers who match the contributions made by employees participating in a qualified Nevada 529 college savings plan …

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In a landmark decision, the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has ruled that that the sex discrimination provisions of the 1964 Civil Rights Act do protect employees who suffer employment discrimination due to their sexual orientation …

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On June 30th 2015 the USA and Brazil signed a Social Security Totalisation agreement …

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The US National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) recently ruled that an employer had acted unlawfully when it dismissed an employee who had written obscene comments about a supervisor on a social networking site …

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From October 1st 2015, employers in Connecticut, USA will be required to pay double damages if they are found not to have paid their employees in line with the legal minimum wage and overtime rates …

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Due to a recent amendment to the law, employers in Louisiana, USA may now use laboratories certified for forensic hair drug testing to process the results of drug tests performed on employees’ hair …

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Multinational companies are currently displaying a trend to offer their employees maternity leave rights that significantly exceed minimum requirements set under statute …

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The City Council of Los Angeles in the US has initially agreed to increase the city’s minimum wage rate to 15 US dollars per hour by July 2020 …

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The Supreme Court of the United States has issued an important ruling stating that an employer may not take an individual’s religious practice into consideration when making any type of employment decision …

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