DACA Recipient Cannot Establish Alienage Discrimination
A summer intern applicant for ExxonMobil Corp. whose deportation was deferred under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program could not pursue an…
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Religious Exemption from COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate Would Cause Undue Hardship
The 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that seven health care workers’ claim that their employers violated federal law by denying them a religious exemption from…
Targeted UAW Strike Begins
A limited strike has begun against General Motors (GM), Ford Motor and Stellantis after the automakers and United Auto Workers (UAW) failed to reach a deal on a new…
New York State’s Pay Transparency Law Takes Effect Sept. 17
Under New York’s new law on pay transparency, effective Sept. 17, employers in the state with at least four workers must include an hourly rate, salary or pay range for…
California Fast Food Referendum Cancelled
A coalition of California businesses recently announced its agreement with labor unions to withdraw their referendum challenging Assembly Bill 257, also called the FAST…
SHRM, Other Organizations Join Education Department’s Student Debt Outreach Campaign
The U.S. Department of Education has launched a campaign to educate people about the Biden administration’s new student loan program, as well as other student loan…
Coworking Spaces Can Help Prevent Employee Loneliness, Isolation
Research shows that loneliness is a growing problem for working Americans, and the seismic shift toward working from home may be making the problem worse. The solution…
US Weekly Jobless Claims: 220,000
States reported that 220,000 workers filed for new unemployment benefits during the week ending Sept. 9, an increase of 3,000 from last week’s revised level. About 1.7…
UAE: New End-of-Service Benefits Scheme for Employees in the Private Sector Approved
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) cabinet recently approved a scheme for the establishment of savings and investment funds for employees primarily in the private sector,…
Employer that Failed to Countersign Arbitration Agreement Could Not Enforce It
An employer drafted an agreement to arbitrate and presented it to an employee who signed it and returned it, but the employer did not countersign it, and thus, the…