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January 27, 2021

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion – The Emerging Chief Attraction in the C-Suite

Why the creation of this C-Suite position is gaining momentum right now and how it can make a strategic difference for organizations.

ASAP
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January 27, 2021

Alaska Legislature Eyes Minimum Wage, Pay Equity and Discrimination Law Changes

The Equal Pay and Living Wage Act, currently before the Alaska Legislature as Alaska Senate Bill 16, seeks several significant changes to Alaska’s minimum wage, pay equity and employment discrimination law.

ASAP
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January 26, 2021

Philadelphia Enacts Amendments to and Expands Coverage of its Background Screening Ordinances

On January 20, 2021, Mayor Jim Kenney signed three bills amending Philadelphia’s Fair Criminal Record Screening Standards (FCRSS) and credit ban ordinances.

ASAP
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January 26, 2021

The Emergency Pension Plan Relief Act Proposes Aid to Struggling Multiemployer Pension Plans

House Education and Labor Chairman Bobby Scott (D-VA) recently introduced legislation that seeks to provide aid to multiemployer pension plans (MEPs) facing insolvency.

Podcast
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January 26, 2021

A New Day in America: Candid COVID Conversations

This podcast recaps the 2020 landscape and takes a peek at some of the Biden administration’s new executive orders.

Insight
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January 26, 2021

Employment Law Implications of the New Anti-Money Laundering Act

When Congress overrode President Trump’s veto of the National Defense Authorization Act on January 1, 2021, it enacted the Anti-Money Laundering Act (AMLA), which was part of the defense authorization bill.

Insight
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January 25, 2021

Massachusetts Leave of Absence Obligations and the COVID-19 Pandemic

Massachusetts employers have faced numerous challenges in the past year with the COVID-19 pandemic.

Podcast
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January 25, 2021

Littler’s APAC Employment & Labor Law 2021: China, The New Civil Code and Personal Privacy at the Workplace

Shareholder Trent Sutton and Special Counsel Nancy Zhang discuss China’s new civil code and focus briefly on new personal privacy rights that could impact employee monitoring.

ASAP
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January 25, 2021

Expiration of State Preemption of Anti-Discrimination Ordinances Prompts North Carolina Counties and Cities to Enhance Protections at the Local Level

A vestige of the aftermath of North Carolina’s infamous 2016 “House Bill 2” (also known as “the Bathroom Bill”) expired on December 1, 2020, paving the way for local North Carolina governments to pass or reinstate anti-discrimination ordinances.

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January 25, 2021

Biden Revokes Trump Executive Order on Diversity and Inclusion, Adopts Policies “Advancing Racial Equity” and Extending LGBT Protections

President Biden signed a flurry of executive orders on January 20, 2021, his first day in office, a number of which rescinded or revised the prior administration’s executive orders and policies with regard to equity in the workplace.

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