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July 29, 2024

2024 Summer Olympics Series: Spain

In 1984, just two years after the first democratic elections were held after almost 40 years of dictatorship, the Mayor of Barcelona proposed Barcelona as the host city for the 1992 Olympic Games.

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July 26, 2024

Pennsylvania Enacts Law Banning Certain Non-Compete Agreements with Healthcare Providers

On July 23, 2024, Pennsylvania enacted the Fair Contracting for Health Care Practitioners Act, which bans certain noncompete covenants, including patient nonsolicitation provisions, between an employer and health care practitioner.

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July 26, 2024

California’s Indoor Heat Illness Prevention Regulation Takes Immediate Effect

On July 24, 2024, California’s Department of Industrial Relations announced that the Indoor Heat Illness Prevention regulation, which the Cal/OSHA Standards Board unanimously approved on June 20, 2024, would take effect immediately.

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July 26, 2024

2024 Summer Olympics Series: France

The last time France hosted the Olympic Games was in 1924, and the most important change that has led to a victory for employees since then has been the inclusion of the right to strike in the French Constitution.

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July 25, 2024

California Supreme Court Upholds Proposition 22

After years of litigation, the California Supreme Court upheld Proposition 22, a voter-approved law allowing app-based drivers to work as independent contractors.

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July 25, 2024

2024 Summer Olympics Series: United States

The 2024 Summer Olympic Games begin July 26. To celebrate this international event, Littler offices around the globe will share key changes in labor and employment laws that have transpired since the last time their countries hosted the Olympic games.

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July 24, 2024

Pennsylvania Federal Court Declines to Block FTC’s Non-Compete Rule

On July 23, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania declined to block the FTC’s final rule that would cause most non-compete agreements, with few exceptions, to be unenforceable.

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July 24, 2024

Hair Style Discrimination Is Now Statutorily Prohibited in Puerto Rico

On July 24, 2024, the Governor of Puerto Rico, Hon. Pedro Pierluisi, signed into law Senate Bill 1282, the Law Against Discrimination Based on Hair Styles.

Global Guide Quarterly
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July 24, 2024

The Global Guide Quarterly (Quarter 2, 2024)

This quarter, the newsletter includes updates from 49 countries, featuring developments pertinent to various regional and industry-specific labor and employment issues.

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July 24, 2024

Fifth Circuit Scolds NLRB in Case about Employee Outbursts and Requires Board on Remand to Use Standard it Purported to Overrule

On July 9, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit took the latest step in a continuing controversy about when obscenity or other misconduct by a worker, while raising otherwise protected job complaints, justifies that worker’s termination.

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