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January 10, 2022

México: Incremento al valor de la Unidad de Medida y Actualización (UMA) para el 2022

El 7 de enero de 2022, el Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía (INEGI) publicó los nuevos valores para la Unidad de Medida y Actualización (en adelante “UMA”) que entrará en vigor el 1 de febrero de 2022.

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January 7, 2022

Analyzing and Responding to the Minnesota Attorney General’s Investigations into Employer Pay Practices

The Minnesota Supreme Court recently reaffirmed the Minnesota attorney general’s broad power to investigate Wage Theft Act and alleged pay practice violations.

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January 6, 2022

Colorado Criminalizes Certain Restrictive Covenants

Through one sentence in a 304-page bill enacted in 2021, SB 21-271 criminalized violations of Colorado’s restrictive-covenant statute, section 8-2-113, C.R.S. Effective March 1, 2022, violations of section 8-2-113 are a Class 2 Misdemeanor.

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January 5, 2022

“Open for Business”: New York City’s Mayor Signs Executive Order to Help Small Businesses

New York City Mayor Eric Adams on Tuesday, January 4, 2022, signed an executive order intended to support small businesses amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

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January 5, 2022

The New Telework Regime in Portugal: 50 Questions & Answers

Portugal recently approved significant changes to the country’s telework regime. Law N° 83/2021 took effect on January 1, 2022.

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January 5, 2022

U.S. Supreme Court to Hear Oral Argument on OSHA ETS, Medicare/Medicaid Vaccination Mandates on Friday, January 7, 2022

On Friday, January 7, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral argument regarding two of the Biden administration’s most contentious COVID-19 workplace health and safety policies.

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January 5, 2022

A Blizzard of Activity from Minnesota OSHA in the New Year

On January 3, 2022, Minnesota OSHA adopted federal OSHA’s COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing Emergency Standard (ETS) by reference in the State Register.

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January 4, 2022

Ontario, Canada Temporarily Reverts to Step Two of Roadmap to Reopen with Modifications

In response to the recent rapid increase in COVID-19 hospitalizations caused by the highly transmissible nature of the Omicron variant, Ontario announced that it is temporarily moving back to Step Two of its Roadmap to Reopen with modifications.

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January 4, 2022

Portland, Maine City Council Ends Hourly Hazard Pay and Enacts Indoor Mask Mandate

At their first meeting of the new year, city councilors in Portland, Maine repealed a COVID-19 emergency order that had been in place since March of 2020, thereby terminating a short-lived hazard pay provision.

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January 4, 2022

This Won’t Hurt a Bit: Employee Temperature and Health Screenings – A List of Statewide Orders

Employee health screening steps, including temperature checks, have become common. This post covers measures that require employers to take employees’ temperatures and/or conduct other screening procedures.

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