MI to Repeal Right-to-Work Law Michigan is poised to become the first state in almost 60 years to repeal a right-to-work law, after the state’s Democrat-led Legislature approved a bill ( HB 4005 ) along party lines last week that would repeal the 2012 Republican...
Seattle Becomes First U.S. City to Ban Caste Discrimination Seattle’s City Council passed an ordinance ( CB 120511 ) prohibiting discrimination in various arenas, including employment and housing, based on caste, which it defines as “a system of rigid...
WI Gov’s Proposed Budget Includes Family Leave Plan One of the most significant provisions in Gov. Tony Evers’ (D) proposed 2023-25 budget is a new family and medical leave program. Under that program both public and private employees who already...
CA’s New Fast-Food Industry Law on Hold Implementation of a landmark law passed last year in California ( AB 257 ) aimed at improving working conditions for fast-food employees and potentially increasing their minimum wage up to $22 per hour has been put...
NLRB Official Rejects Amazon’s Effort to Overturn Union Victory in NYC: A regional director of the National Labor Relations Board rejected Amazon’s effort to overturn a union victory at the company’s JFK8 warehouse on Staten Island, which has...
Pay Transparency Requirements Coming to NY Starting Nov. 1, employers in New York City will have to comply with a new pay transparency law requiring the disclosure of salary ranges in job advertisements. Employers statewide may soon have to comply with pay...
CA Gov Signs Paid Leave, Wage, Farm Labor Unionization Measures California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signed measures last week that give Golden State workers greater access to paid and disability leave benefits. Newsom signed SB 951 , which extends increased wage...
FTC Will Crack Down on Gig Worker Abuse The Federal Trade Commission approved a policy statement that announced its intention to protect gig workers from unfair, deceptive or anticompetitive practices. The FTC listed three primary areas of enforcement: holding...
High Court Limits CA Labor Law The Supreme Court of the United States ruled that federal law preempts a California law that allows private lawsuits on behalf of groups of workers, even if they had agreed to resolve their disputes through individual arbitration...
CA Appeals Court Ruling Could Spur More ‘Take-Home’ COVID-19 Cases: On Dec. 21 the California Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District gave the go-ahead for a wrongful death lawsuit alleging that poor COVID-19 safety protocols at See’s Candies...
NYC Planning Sweeping COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate: New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio (D) announced plans last week to require on-site workers at all private businesses in the city to get vaccinated for COVID-19 in an effort to stem the spread of the new Omicron...
FL to Consider New COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate Exemptions: Florida lawmakers swiftly enacted legislation loosening COVID-19 workplace vaccination requirements in special session last week. The legislation ( HB 1 b ) provides new exemptions from such mandates for...
AL Enacts Law Restricting COVID-19 Vaccination Mandates: 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...
TN Lawmakers Target COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates: By the start of Tennessee’s special session on coronavirus legislation last week, nearly 100 bills had been filed. But the ones most likely to be passed are those sponsored by House Speaker Cameron Sexton ...
OSHA Could Strip Workplace Safety Regulation Authority from AZ, SC, UT: The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is poised to begin the process of revoking the authority of Arizona, South Carolina, and Utah to regulate workplace safety, due to the states’...