Legal, Legislative & Regulatory News
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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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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Iowa House backs travel nurse pay cap amid concerns - 2/29/2024
The Iowa House of Representatives voted to set pay limits for temporary nursing staff working in Iowa hospitals and nursing homes. The bill was passed on an 80-17 vote, according to legislative ... travel nursing, wages, regulatory
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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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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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Healthcare staffing firm to pay $950,000 over ‘booking fee’ allegations - 7/10/2023
Legal, regulatory, healthcare staffing
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NLRB delays effective date of joint-employer rule to February 26 - 11/20/2023
had been scheduled to take effect Dec. 26.
The extension of the effective date is needed to facilitate the resolution of legal challenges with respect to the rule, according to the board. It will only ... joint employment, regulatory
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San Francisco sues Qwick alleging independent contractor misclassification - 8/31/2023
-of-house workers — including servers, bartenders, dishwashers, cooks and event staff.
San Francisco’s city attorney says it’s legal for staffing firms to supply those workers on a W-2 basis, but Qwick provides them ... Regulatory, independent contractor
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Congressional Republicans target new independent contractor rule - 3/07/2024
said in a press release the final rule is modeled after California’s AB 5 law and would cost millions of independent contractors their livelihoods.
“Our legislation under the Congressional Review Act ... Misclassification, independent contractor, regulatory
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US representatives make second call for probe of employer-of-record provider - 7/27/2023
reporting. The company also said it was not contacted by legislators to verify information.
The letter follows an announcement earlier this month by California state Sen. Stephen Padilla, D-San Diego ... Regulatory, independent contractor
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