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Apr 15, 2024 | 
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Author: Emily Scace, XpertHR Senior Legal EditorApril 15, 2024The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has issued a final rule setting out regulations to implement the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA), a landmark federal law that expanded employees' rights to obtain reasonable accommodations at work for pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions.
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Apr 3, 2024 | 
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Apr 1, 2024 | 
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Author: Emily Scace, XpertHR Senior Legal EditorApril 1, 2024A Maryland bill that would require employers to include pay information in job postings has passed the state legislature and awaits signature by Gov. Wes Moore. If H.B. 649 is enacted, Maryland will become the seventh state - joining California, Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, New York and Washington - to mandate pay information in job postings as a transparency measure aimed at reducing pay inequity.
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Mar 26, 2024 | 
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Mar 18, 2024 | 
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Author: XpertHR Editorial TeamWhen to UseAn employer legally required under federal, state or local law to use an employee's correct gender identity, name or pronoun, or wishing to foster a supportive and inclusive environment for employees of all gender identities, may use this policy to communicate its approach to pronoun use to its employees.
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Mar 15, 2024 | 
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Author: Emily Scace, XpertHR Legal EditorMarch 15, 2024Employers in the unincorporated areas of Los Angeles County, California, will soon face stringent new limits on their ability to conduct criminal background screening of employees and job applicants. Under the Fair Chance Ordinance, which takes effect September 3, 2024, employers that intend to conduct criminal background checks must wait to do so until after extending a conditional offer of employment.
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Feb 29, 2024 | 
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Author: Emily Scace, XpertHR Legal EditorFebruary 29, 2024Under a Utah law signed yesterday by Gov. Spencer Cox, employers may no longer enforce confidentiality clauses relating to sexual assault or harassment. The law also extends additional protections against retaliation to employees who allege workplace sexual harassment or sexual assault.
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Feb 16, 2024 | 
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Author: Emily Scace, XpertHR Legal EditorFebruary 16, 2024The New York City Commission on Human Rights has brought complaints against at least 32 employers since October 2023 for failing to comply with the city's pay transparency law. The pay transparency law, which took effect in November 2022, requires employers with four or more employees to include a good faith estimate of the minimum and maximum salary in any advertisement for an available job, promotion or transfer opportunity.
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Feb 5, 2024 | 
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Author: Emily Scace, XpertHR Legal EditorFebruary 5, 2024The Biden administration has announced a pair of executive orders, coupled with regulatory actions, aimed at increasing pay transparency and advancing pay equity for federal government workers and employees of federal contractors.
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Jan 24, 2024 | 
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