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Labor Department May Ease up on Federal Contractor Pay Discrimination...
Last month, Bloomberg BNA’s Ben Penn and Porter Wells reported that the US Department of Labor was planning to relax a policy put in place by the Obama administration to vigorously enforce regulations...
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Uber to Provide European Drivers with Paid Leave, Injury Insurance
Uber is rolling out new benefits for drivers working through its platform in Europe, including sick pay, paid parental and bereavement leave, and compensation for work-related injuries, the BBC...
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Careful Who You Trust for GDPR Advice
The EU’s General Data Protection Regulation, which went into effect on May 25, imposes new data privacy obligations on all organizations that process the data of EU citizens, whether or not they are...
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NLRB to Propose New Joint Employer Rules This Summer
The US National Labor Relations Board intends to take the first step toward creating a new regulation regarding the definition of “joint employers” for federal regulatory purposes by the end of this...
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UK Unveils Regulation Compelling Large Firms to Disclose, Explain Pay Ratios
Amid growing public and investor concern about major British companies potentially overpaying their top executives, the UK government has been kicking around the idea of instituting a pay ratio...
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OSHA Plans to Scale Back Workplace Illness and Injury Reporting Requirements
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration of the US Department of Labor has issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that “would amend OSHA’s recordkeeping regulation by rescinding the...
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New York Caps New Ride-Share Licenses, May Establish Minimum Wage for Drivers
The New York City Council passed legislation on Wednesday to put a one-year cap on for-hire vehicle licenses and to empower the city government to set a minimum wage for ridesharing drivers, in a...
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NLRB Proposes New, More Limited Joint Employer Standard
The US National Labor Relations Board announced on Thursday that it would publish a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in the Federal Register today proposing a new version of the rule governing joint...
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Labor Department Proposes New Rule for Multi-Employer Retirement Plans
The US Department of Labor on Monday published a proposal for a new regulation governing multi-employer 401(k) plans. The proposed new rule would make it easier for small businesses to offer retirement...
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State and Local Minimum Wage Hikes Continue This Year Throughout the US
A consistent trend in the US business environment over the past three years has been a shift from federal to state and local governments as the main source of regulatory pressure on employers. Even as...
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