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MN Considering Taxing Social Media Apps Minnesota’s Senate Taxes Committee heard a bill ( SB 3197 ) last week that would make the state the first in the nation to tax social media apps. The measure...
AR Lawmakers Pass Bill Banning PBMs from Running Pharmacies The Arkansas legislature passed a bill ( HB 1150 ) that would make the state the first in the nation to prohibit pharmacy benefit managers...
The days of simply setting a price for goods or services and waiting for customers to accept it are gone. Thanks to predictive pricing , businesses of all sorts can now use data analytics, machine learning...
‘Predictive Pricing’ Top Priority for CA Lawmakers Predictive pricing, a practice involving the use of artificial intelligence to set prices for customers based on factors like the websites...
Patchwork of Paid Leave Laws Set to Continue There’s currently no federal law requiring paid leave. The federal Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 only requires employers to provide unpaid time...
A hotly debated bill (SB 916) passed out of committee in Oregon’s Senate last week would allow striking workers in both the public and private sector to collect unemployment benefits. Although New Jersey and New York allow striking workers to collect unemployment, both states also prohibit public employees from going on strike. Oregon does not. And a bill (SB 7) introduced in the state last week would expand the right to strike to transit workers. (OREGON PUBLIC BROADCASTING, LEXISNEXIS STATE NET)
A very fast-moving bill (SB 4611) in New York would allow employees to hold shareholders of nonpublicly traded corporations and major owners personally liable for wage theft. The measure, passed by the state’s Senate last week, is part of a package of legislation aimed at wage theft. (STATE OF POLITICS, LEXISNEXIS STATE NET)
—Compiled by SNCJ Managing Editor KOREY CLARK
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