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Earned Paid Sick Time on Missouri’s 2024 Ballot: What Employers Need to Know - SHRM
On Election Day, Nov. 5, Missouri voters will have the opportunity to vote on Proposition A and decide whether Missouri will become the next state to require employers to provide eligible employee...
Read morePittsburgh Bans Tests for Many Prospective and Current Employees Who Use Medical Marijuana - SHRM
On Sept. 24, the Pittsburgh City Council passed a new ordinance prohibiting employment discrimination against an individual’s status as a medical marijuana patient. Mayor Ed Gainey signed the ordi...
Read moreWhistleblower Investigation Draws $200K in Backpay, Damages - CBIA
The U.S. Department of Labor is ordering a railroad company to reinstate and pay an employee $200,000 following a federal whistleblower investigation. DOL officials said the company suspended and ...
Read moreCalifornia Limits Employers’ Discretion to Insist on a Driver’s License - SHRM
Starting in January 2025, California’s Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA) will prohibit employers from including a statement in their employment materials that an applicant must have a driver’...
Read moreNLRB General Counsel Takes Aim at Noncompetes and ‘Stay-or-Pay’ Provisions - SHRM
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo issued a memo to board regional directors doubling down on her position that overbroad noncompete agreements are unlawful...
Read moreCouncil picks out-of-state law firm to investigate Hogsett's handling of harassment claims - IndyStar
Indianapolis City-County Council members who are investigating Mayor Joe Hogsett's handling of past sexual harassment claims in his administration on Wednesday chose an Atlanta-based law firm to l...
Read moreFalse Claims
Newsboys Lawsuit Claims Survivor’s Rape Allegations Were False, Says Encounter Was Consensual - ChurchLeaders
The Newsboys’ federal lawsuit is pushing back strongly against past allegations that a woman was raped by a Newsboys lighting technician and it asserts that the report was false and contradicted b...
