Employment

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Hundreds of recently graduated teachers who have been working without receiving payments for years gathered in Kirkuk on Wednesday ...

But, this approach cannot be continued,” said the Iraqi premier, referring to the unpaid teachers. The decision does not include graduates from any other year, many of whom have been teaching free of charge and without contracts for years. Yesterday evening, a decision was issued to employ graduates of 2020, we are graduates of 2019, 2021, 2022 and we are still waiting…

Q: Are there considerations our company needs to address if we use biometric time tracking software for our employees to record their hours worked?

Legislation generally based on BIPA's framework is currently pending in a growing number of states, including California, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Missouri and New York. BIPA provides for an aggrieved person to recover reasonable attorneys' fees and costs, and damages that are the greater of (1) actual damages or (2) liquidated damages of $1,000 for each negligent violation or $5,000 for each reckless or intentional violation. BIPA requires private entities to:

Miami Valley Urban League (MVUL) is requesting funding to support administration and operations for its $1 million Career Pathways through Solid ...

The SOAR program seeks to work with the region’s potential workforce to remove barriers and gain stable employment, even post-hiring. The Priority Development and Advocacy Committee (PDAC) is tentatively scheduled to provide final recommendations for projects Feb. PDAC, which is staffed by the Dayton Development Coalition, allows the community to set priorities when seeking funding from state and federal sources. The MVUL team, through job and life skills coaching, works with participants to eliminate barriers preventing stable employment. That number for Black workers in Ohio is closer to the three times as likely, according to Miami Valley Urban League Executive Director The program assists the unemployed and underemployed with development of marketable job skills.

The fearless forecaster predicts another busy year not only on the litigation front but also providing counseling to employers to help them navigate all of ...

and States Departments of Labor (involving wage and hour matters), and the EEOC and state civil rights agencies (dealing with hostile work environment and other forms of discrimination). It is that time of year again. Some people make New Year’s resolutions that they often forget about by mid-January.

Effective Jan. 26, 2022, the amended whistleblower law prohibits retaliation against employees who hold simply a "reasonable belief" that an employer's activity ...

Similar to the New York City Pay Transparency Law, the statewide Pay Transparency Law mandates that any New York State employer with four or more employees post a requisite "range of compensation" (i.e., the minimum and maximum annual salary or hourly range of compensation that an employer, in good faith, believes to be accurate). New York also continued the state's Paid Vaccination Leave, enabling employees to take up to four paid hours off work to receive a COVID vaccination. 1, 2023, New York's Paid Family Leave Law ("PFL") will allow employees to take leave if a sibling is suffering from a serious health condition. Additionally, under the proposed rule, the determination as to whether a worker is "economically dependent" on an employer would involve as inquiry into the totality of the circumstances, where no one factor is dispositive. Additionally, the New York State Human Rights Law ("HRL") (New York State's principal law prohibiting discrimination and retaliation in the employment setting), was amended to prohibit employers from disclosing the personnel file of any employee who opposed unlawful discrimination, filed a complaint, or testified or assisted in a legal proceeding to an unauthorized third party. The minimum salary threshold for overtime exemptions also rises for employers outside of NYC, Long Island and Westchester County. Section 191 of the New York Labor Law requires companies employing "manual workers," pay such workers their wages every week. The amendment also expanded the range of covered employees, now covering both "former employees" and "independent contractors" - a notable evolution with respect to the individuals protected under the New York Labor Law. Notably, fully remote positions may fall under the purview of the new law if a job candidate could perform the role from their home in New York City. Rounding out the changes was another amendment to the HRL modifying the scope of covered "employees" under the law. Effective May 7, 2022, the New York Civil Rights Law was amended to add Section 52-c, which broadly requires all private sector employers to provide notice to their employees regarding any electronic monitoring policies and practices. Early this year, Section 740 of the New York Labor Law was amended to expand whistleblower protections with regard to the scope of both protected individuals and protected activities.

The trend of increasing workplace regulations by state and local governments continued throughout the fourth quarter of 2022. Although it is not possible to ...

The law also prohibits retaliation, restricts salary history inquiries on employment applications, and requires that employers provide applicants and employees with pay ranges for the positions they apply for or hold. Specifically, the amendments prohibit employers from “assessing any demerit, occurrence, or any other point, or deductions from an allotted bank of time, which subjects or could subject an employee to disciplinary action” for the use of “any legally protected absence under federal, local, or state law.” As a result, employers cannot maintain “no fault” attendance policies and procedures, which may result in penalizing workers for taking legally protected leave of absences. Medical Leave Retaliation and Notice Provisions: The anti-retaliation and notice provisions of Maryland's Time to Care Act of 2022, which provides employees with PFML, take effect on January 1, 2023. [expands New York’s required accommodations for breastfeeding in the workplace](https://legiscan.com/NY/text/S09427/id/2590928), which will become effective June 7, 2023. [NY State Assembly Bill A7595](https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A7595), which requires all New York employers to post electronically (either on an employer’s website or by email) all workplace posters and to provide notice to employees that those postings are available electronically. Recreational and Medical Marijuana: Missouri voters approved a ballot measure to legalize recreational cannabis in the state and amend the medical marijuana law. Wage Theft: Effective October 7, 2022, Delaware expanded the definition of wage theft and made wage theft committed by an employer a criminal offense punishable as a misdemeanor or certain classes of felony, depending on the value of the theft. Clean Slate: Effective January 1, 2023, Connecticut’s new clean slate law prohibits employers from requiring current or prospective employees to reveal erased criminal record information and from discrimination based on this information. In addition, the Act is amended to prohibit discrimination based on homeless status. The ordinance applies to employers with 10 or more employees. The FWWO requires covered retail employers in the city of Los Angeles to provide covered employees with: The trend of increasing workplace regulations by state and local governments continued throughout the fourth quarter of 2022.

Additionally, attention grows on discrimination and harassment in the workplace, including the expansion of protected categories and regulations targeting bias ...

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