Legal, Legislative & Regulatory News
Staffing firm settles allegations of excluding non-US citizens - 2/13/2024
positions at a client company from at least April 2022 through July 2023, according to the department. The client firm had requested the restriction without legal basis.
Permanent resident workers ... Staffing, regulatory
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New York City delays enforcement of law over use of AI in hiring tools - 12/16/2022
, according to Staffing Industry Analysts’ “North America Legal Update Q4 2022,” require the following:
Any such tool must be subjected to an annual, independent “bias audit,” with a publicly available ... legislative, regulatory, artifi...
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Staffing industry veteran doesn’t prevail in bid for Congress - 3/20/2024
in the societies we are part of,” he said.
About his stance on issues, Bugie said he wanted to close the border but not end legal immigration. He does not favor US isolationism, instead saying he believes ... Staffing, regulatory
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Bernie Sanders cites Amazon’s ‘abysmal’ safety record in launch of warehouse probe; company disputes claims - 6/21/2023
Legal, regulatory, regulation
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‘Overreaching’ California bill would limit conversion fees and more - 3/19/2024
Proposed legislation introduced in California, AB 2741, would add significant requirements to the staffing industry from restricting conversion fees to disclosing to workers their bill rate as well ... Proposed legislation in California would add requirements from restricting conv...
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Justice Department announces $920,000 settlement with staffing firm - 11/16/2023
employment policies and be subject to departmental monitoring and reporting requirements.
In a note to SIA, Kforce said it does not comment on legal matters.
... Regulatory, staffing
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Legislation aims to make benefits more accessible to temps, independent contractors and other independent workers - 5/23/2023
New proposed legislation would make it easier for independent workers, such as independent contractors and temporary workers, to receive benefits such as healthcare and life insurance, according ... New federal legislation aims to make it easier for independent workers to access b...
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Judge rejects NLRB joint-employment rule - 3/11/2024
because the specified ‘essential terms and conditions of employment’ over which the hirer has direct or indirect control was so broad,” said Fiona Coombe, director of legal and regulatory research at SIA ... regulatory, joint employment
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Judge temporarily halts Illinois regs’ equal benefits provision - 3/13/2024
will last at least until the end of a court fight, which will decide whether such a regulation is legal.
The equal benefits requirement is part of a series of new regulations on industrial staffing providers ... Regulatory, industrial staffing
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Legislators are playing catch-up with the use of AI in hiring (Staffing Industry Review) - 6/28/2023
New technologies, including AI, and new laws governing them are creating legal compliance challenges for companies. Todd Keebaugh, executive VP of strategy and general counsel at Eliassen Group ... New technologies, including AI, are creating legal compliance challenges for compan...
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