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States Loosening Occupational Licensing Laws In an effort to boost their workforces, states are advancing legislation to loosen their occupational licensing laws. For example, the Louisiana House passed...
ME House Passes Restrictive Data Privacy Bill Maine’s House narrowly approved a bill ( LD 1977 ) that would impose restrictions on the digital information that companies can collect. Businesses...
By many if not most people’s standards, Heidi Clayton was a clear victim of workplace harassment . A member of the Atlantic City Police Department, Clayton was asked out on dates by a lieutenant...
MD Drug Affordability Board Weighing Caps on Eight Drugs Maryland’s Prescription Drug Affordability Board could soon impose price limits on up to eight drugs on state-run health insurance plans...
MD Passes Major Data Privacy Bills With the approval of a pair of bills last week, Maryland joined a handful of other states, including California, Connecticut, Texas and Utah, that have passed both...
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (D) issued an executive order directing up to $400 million in federal funding to a new infrastructure workforce development program. The Commonwealth Workforce Transformation Program will reimburse organizations that train infrastructure workers. The governor said the program was the first of its kind in the nation. (PENNSYLVANIA CAPITAL-STAR)
A McDonald`s franchise that operates a dozen restaurants in New Orleans hired over 80 minors in Louisiana and Texas, in violation of child labor laws, according to the U.S. Department of Labor. The franchise, CLB Investments LLC, was fined $56,106 for the violations. (INSURANCE JOURNAL)
—Compiled by SNCJ Managing Editor KOREY CLARK
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