To revamp the regulations governing employer-employee relationship and reform the labour laws the government has released four Labour Codes. The newly enacted Labour Codes lay down an array of reforms relating to wages, social security (pension, gratuity), labour welfare, health, safety and working conditions (including that of women). In the […]
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New Employment Laws in Maryland – Paid Family and Medical Leave, Expanded Definition of Harassment, Disability Accommodations and More (and a Webinar!)
The Maryland General Assembly’s 2022 session ended at midnight on Monday, April 11. There were a number of bills passed of significance to employers, including the creation of a paid family leave program, an expanded definition of illegal harassment, an extension of the statute of limitations for employment discrimination and […]
Hogan Vetoes Abortion and Paid Family Leave Bills, Allows Climate Measure to Become Law
Gov. Lawrence J. Hogan Jr. (R) vetoed several bills on Friday evening, including measures to expand abortion services in the state and establish a statewide paid family leave program. He also allowed a number of bills to become law without his signature, including sweeping climate change legislation and a juvenile […]
Bereavement leave, family responsibilities focus of state’s pending employment laws
Pending bills in the California Legislature would require employers to offer bereavement leave and add “family responsibilities” as a protected class under the Fair Employment and Housing Act. The bereavement leave bill, introduced Feb. 10 by Assemblymember Evan Low (D), would bar employers from preventing employees from taking up to […]
Letter: Leave cockfighting law intact
In 2002, Oklahomans successfully fought long and hard to ban cockfighting from our state. This year, Rep. Justin Humphrey, R-Lane, has filed a bill to severely weaken our voter-approved cockfighting ban. He seeks to reduce the punishment for cockfighters from felony level to misdemeanor level. In addition, he wants to remove language […]
Mazars exit could leave Trump Org. in breach of loan agreements
The disclosure this week by the accounting firm Mazars USA that it has cut ties with the Trump Organization could leave the company in breach of loan agreements, says Tristan Snell, a former assistant New York attorney general who helped lead the prosecution of Trump University for fraud. The accounting […]
Legal snag jeopardizes paid family, medical leave for 28,000 state workers
After Colorado voters approved a wide-ranging paid family and medical leave program last year, Gov. Jared Polis announced that state employees would receive a similar paid-leave benefit beginning Jan. 1, 2021 — three years before the voter-approved program would take effect for everyone else. Now, however, state employees could lose paid […]
Supreme Court of Canada Bulletin, Nov 4 & 5, 2021 – Appeals decided and Applications for leave to appeal decided
H.M.B. Holdings Ltd. v. Antigua and Barbuda, 2021 SCC 44 – Private international law — Foreign judgments — Reciprocal enforcement On appeal from a judgment of the Ontario Court of Appeal (2020 ONCA 12) affirming a decision of Perell J. (2019 ONSC 1445). Antigua and Barbuda (“Antigua”), a country comprised […]