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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...
OR Lawmakers Close to Approving Unemployment for Striking Workers The Oregon House passed a bill ( SB 916 ) that would allow striking workers to receive unemployment benefits for up to 26 weeks. The...
CO Changes Way PBMs Paid Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) signed a bill ( HB 1094 ) that, among other things, will allow pharmacy benefit managers, starting in 2027, to only be paid a flat service fee instead...
LA Homeowners Sue Insurers over Inadequate Fire Coverage Victims of the Los Angeles wildfires in January have filed a pair of lawsuits claiming USAA, a Texas-based insurer that serves members of the...
A year ago, after the passage of a couple of strong data privacy laws in Maryland and Vermont, we wondered if states were starting to get tougher on consumer privacy . Even though this issue remains...
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With virtually every sector of the U.S. economy suffering a major worker shortage, state lawmakers are taking steps to boost their workforces in the near- and long-term. To try to attract workers now Vermont and West Virginia have launched programs offering incentives to workers in other states, while South Dakota has initiated a program that connects those looking for jobs with employers looking for workers.
Seeking to build a pipeline of qualified future workers, Tennessee lawmakers created the College of Applied Technology, with a campus near the site of a planned Ford factory that will make electric vehicles and batteries. And New Jersey created an apprenticeship program to prepare workers for employment in the state’s water companies. (PLURIBUS NEWS)
California’s minimum wage will increase from $15.50 per hour to $16.00 per hour on Jan. 1, 2024. The director of the state’s Department of Finance said in a letter published on July 31 that the increase was necessary to account for inflation. (SHRM)
—Compiled by SNCJ Managing Editor KOREY CLARK
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