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MN Enacts Nation’s First Social Media Warning Label Requirement Minnesota enacted a first-in-the-nation provision ( HB 2 a / SB 6 a ) requiring social media platforms to display mental health warning...
CA to Investigate State Farm over LA Wildfire Claims California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara (D) announced a “market conduct examination” of State Farm over consumer complaints about...
OR Enacts Nation’s Strongest Corporate Health Care Law Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek (D) signed a bill ( SB 951 ) imposing the toughest regulations on private and corporate control of medical practices...
When the genetic testing company 23andMe announced it had entered the federal bankruptcy process in March, concern quickly turned to what would happen to customers’ genetic data . The California...
CA Senate Approves AI Companion Chatbots Safety Bill California’s Senate passed a bill ( SB 243 ) that would require artificial intelligence-powered companion chatbot platforms to remind users...
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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