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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...
Business and labor groups in California have agreed on changes to the Private Attorney’s General Act, a landmark state law that has allowed workers to sue employers for workplace violations amounting to $10 billion over the past decade, according to one study. The changes include limiting penalties for employers that address alleged violations quickly, as well as increasing penalties for employers that act “maliciously, fraudulently or oppressively,” according to a statement from Governor Gavin Newsom’s (D) office. (BLOOMBERG)
The Amazon Labor Union, the only formal union representation for Amazon warehouse workers in the United States, voted to affiliate with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. Leaders of both unions said teaming up would help them challenge the online retailer and provide more resources for the ALU. (NEW YORK TIMES)
The California Labor Commissioner’s Office fined Amazon $5.9 million for 59,017 violations of the state’s Warehouse Quotas law at two warehouses in Southern California. The law, which took effect in 2022, requires employers to inform workers of productivity quotas that apply to them and any disciplinary action they might face for failing to meet those quotas. Amazon said it would appeal all of the citations.(CNBC)
—Compiled by SNCJ Managing Editor KOREY CLARK
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