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MI to Weigh Ban on Stock Buybacks for Companies Receiving Tax Breaks Michigan Sen. Mallory McMorrow (D) introduced a bill ( SB 783 ) that would prohibit publicly traded companies receiving economic incentives...
VA House Passes Paid Sick Leave Bill Virginia’s House of Delegates approved a bill ( HB 5 ) that would expand the state’s current paid sick leave law, which applies only to a small segment...
VA Lawmakers Okay Prescription Drug Affordability Board Virginia lawmakers have passed legislation ( SB 271 / HB 483 ) that would create a prescription drug affordability board to review drug prices...
Geolocation data has become a new frontier in privacy protection. This year, Virginia could join Maryland and Oregon as the first states to prohibit the sale of information that provides the precise...
Insurance Bill Raises Concerns in FL A fast-moving bill ( SB 1028 ) in Florida, sponsored by Sen. Joe Gruters (R), chairman of the Senate’s Banking and Insurance Committee, would require Citizens...
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Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey (R) signed into law a bill (SB 9 b) requiring employers in the state to exempt from COVID-19 vaccination requirements “any employee who has completed and submitted [an] exemption form.” That form lists numerous possible reasons for exemption, including having previously suffered an allergic reaction to vaccine ingredients, having been diagnosed with COVID-19 in the past 12 months and having a religious conflict with vaccination. The law took effect immediately and will remain in place until May 1, 2023. (SHRM, STATE NET)
The Utah Legislature passed a bill (SB 2004 b) last week that would provide exemptions from COVID-19 workplace vaccination mandates and prohibit employers from firing workers for refusing to get vaccinated. The measure now heads to Gov. Spencer Cox (R), who previously stated he opposed barring private businesses from imposing vaccine mandates. (ABC4.COM, STATE NET)
Legislation (AB 430) signed by New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) on Nov. 8 will require private employers in the state, beginning on May 6, 2022, to notify all new employees if workers’ electronic communication is monitored, as well as post such notification in the workplace. The requirement covers employee telephone calls, e-mails and internet use. (SHRM, STATE NET)
With a tight labor market and living costs soaring, thousands of California workers, from university lecturers to healthcare professionals to workers in the film industry, are threatening work stoppages to improve their pay and working conditions. Over 400,000 workers in the state left their jobs in August, the highest number in two decades, according to the Public Policy Institute of California. (SACRAMENTO BEE)
-- Compiled by KOREY CLARK