WPI Report
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August 3, 2016

Workplace Policy Institute Insider Report — August 2016

The August edition of the Insider Report compares the Democratic and Republican Party platforms, highlights recently enacted state legislation, and discusses new ballot initiatives that will be in the hands of voters on November 8.

ASAP
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August 3, 2016

Venezuela: New Emergency Program Forces Employers to Supply their Workforce, on Demand, to Benefit State-Owned Entities

Venezuela has established a forced labor program, which will require public and private sector employers to supply their workers as “temporary loans” to State-owned companies to boost economic development in essential industries.

ASAP
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August 3, 2016

Venezuela: Nuevo Programa de Emergencia Obliga a los Patronos a Proporcionar Trabajadores a Empresas Estatales

Venezuela ha publicado en la Gaceta Oficial un programa de trabajo forzoso, que exige a los patronos del sector público y privado proporcionar trabajadores a empresas estatales, como una especie de “préstamo temporal.”

ASAP
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August 1, 2016

Non-Competes to Stay in Massachusetts…For Now

This morning, Massachusetts woke up to what is becoming a regular occurrence: the legislature was unable to pass a bill limiting the use of non-competition agreements in the Commonwealth, although it came the closest it has in years.

Insight
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July 28, 2016

Massachusetts Adds Teeth to Equal Pay Obligations

The Massachusetts Legislature has passed the Act to Establish Pay Equity—a bill that, when enacted, will be one of the most expansive equal pay laws in the Nation.

Insight
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July 28, 2016

Pokémon Go Back to Work!

Pokémon Go has taken the United States and the rest of the world by storm. One of the less-discussed impacts of the game is the effect on the workplace and how employers can respond.

ASAP
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July 28, 2016

Certificados de incapacidad por maternidad: Nuevas normas operativas para su expedición

Recientemente, el Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social publicó a través de su página de internet la Circular 10/10 por medio de la cual se dieron a conocer nuevas normas operativas para la expedición de certificados de incapacidad por maternidad.

Insight
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July 28, 2016

NLRB Requires Specificity in Management-Rights Clauses

The NLRB has held that an employer must meet a very high level of specificity in a management-rights clause before the Board will find that the union unequivocally waived its right to bargain over the action in question.

Insight
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July 28, 2016

Supreme Court of Canada Holds Private-Sector Federal Employers Must Have Just Cause to Dismiss Non-Managerial Employees

The Supreme Court of Canada's recent decision in Wilson v. Atomic Energy confirms that private-sector federal employers must have just cause to dismiss non-managerial employees.

ASAP
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July 28, 2016

Mexico: New Maternity Leave Regulations

The Mexican Social Security Institute (“Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social") recently published Circular 10/16 to announce new regulations for the issuance of maternity leave certificates.

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