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‘Unauthorized Alien’ Limits Among Trio of Auto Insurance Proposals Under Consideration in LA House Three auto insurance bills cleared the Louisiana House Committee on Civil Law and Procedure...
Social Media Bill Dodges Veto Override in CO Colorado Gov. Jared Polis’ (D) veto of a social media bill ( SB 86 ) survived an override attempt. The state’s Democrat-controlled Senate voted...
WA Enacts Law Keeping Medical Debt Off Credit Reports Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson (D) signed a bill ( SB 5480 ) prohibiting collection agencies from reporting unpaid medical debt to credit agencies...
In 2022, there were about 22 maternal deaths for every 100,000 live births in the United States. That’s the highest rate of maternal deaths among high-income nations worldwide. That sobering statistic...
DOGE-Like Effort in FL Could Impact Insurance Industry The wave of housecleaning that’s swept through the federal government courtesy of Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency appears...
The actors’ union, SAG-AFTRA, reached a tentative contract agreement with Hollywood studios last week. In July, actors joined the strike initiated by screenwriters in May over streaming-service pay and concerns about rapidly developing artificial intelligence technology. The Writers Guild of America reached an agreement with studios and ended its strike in late September. SAG-AFTRA members will begin voting this week on whether to accept their new contract, which among other things would give them more compensation for streaming movies and shows, and guarantee that AI-generated replicas of their likenesses wouldn’t be used without their approval or pay. (NEW YORK TIMES)
Las Vegas hotel workers reached new contract agreements with Caesars, MGM Resorts and Wynn Resorts last week, narrowly avoiding a strike at 18 hotel-casinos located on the Strip. Among other things, the proposed contracts would guarantee the workers significantly higher wages and daily room cleanings, which hotels discontinued during the pandemic, placing the workers in jeopardy of cutbacks. Rank and file members of the Culinary Workers Union will vote on whether to approve the proposed five-year contracts within the next couple of weeks. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)
California employers will have until July 1 of next year to create workplace violence prevention plans and train workers how to follow them. Robert Rodriguez, an attorney with Ogletree Deakins in Sacramento, said meeting that deadline “is not going to be an easy undertaking for employers” and “will likely require the involvement of many internal stakeholders.” (SHRM)
—Compiled by SNCJ Managing Editor KOREY CLARK