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California Will Now Require Employers to Disclose Pay Ranges in Job Postings and Report Certain Data in an Effort to Combat Pay Disparity
On September 27, 2022, California Governor Newsom signed the state’s pay transparency bill, SB 1162, into law, requiring employers with...
Asia Employment, Pensions and Incentives Update
Our September update covers the following: an update of the visa and travel policies in the PRC. As businesses re-commence...
Hong Kong: Can an employer escape a contractual obligation to pay termination compensation to an employee?
An employer agrees to a clause in an employment contract requiring it to pay an employee two years’ salary if...
The District of Columbia Revises Ban on Non-Competes
On July 27, 2022, Mayor Muriel Bowser signed into law the Non-Compete Clarification Amendment Act of 2022, scaling back certain...
Spanish Parliament starts the procedure for approving the Whistleblower Protection Bill
The Spanish Government has approved a Bill to regulate the protection of people who report breaches of regulations and in...
Cal/OSHA Continues to Consider Adoption of a COVID-19 Permanent Standard
On September 15, 2022, the California Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board (“Board”) met to consider whether to adopt the...
Employer seeking “Kens and Barbies” must face trial on bias claims : Employment & Labor Insider
Here's a story for you: Some investors bought an apartment complex in Houston with the plan to fix it up...
Australia: WA Government’s response to ‘Enough is Enough’
On 21 September 2022 the WA Government tabled its response (Response) to the ‘Enough is Enough’ report (Report) made by...
WA Government’s response to ‘Enough is Enough’
By Anna Creegan, Rachel Lee and Calvin Rokich On 21 September 2022 the WA Government tabled its response (Response) to...
BREAKING: California Employers to Disclose Pay Ranges (US)
As a result of Governor Newsom’s signature on SB 1162, California will soon become the largest state requiring affirmative disclosure...