The U.S. Department of Labor on Thursday unveiled the final version of a rule rescinding decades-old regulations that imposed nondiscrimination and affirmative action requirements on federal contractors, erasing the remnants of a 1960s executive order that President Donald Trump nixed.
California’s proposed rule addressing the state’s Private Attorneys General Act, New Jersey’s recent codification of an independent contractor test and Virginia’s upcoming sick leave law make those three states places to watch for recent wage and hour activity. Here, Law360 explores those three states that are seeing activity.
A bill to require companies to disclose when and how artificial intelligence plays a significant role in large layoffs took a step toward becoming law in California, as did a measure that would bring menopause and related conditions under Golden State anti-discrimination law's definition of "sex." Here, Law360 looks at four notable state-level legislative developments so far in August.