On December 10, 2021, New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced that face masks must be worn in all indoor public spaces in New York State, effective December 13, 2021.
A female applicant applies for a job that was widely advertised. During her interview she insists on being paid $100,000. The employer agrees, although it employs a male doing substantially similar work for $125,000. Does this violate the EPA?
On December 7, 2021, a federal court in Georgia issued an order enjoining the president, the Safer Federal Workforce Task Force, and 18 executive agencies and departments from enforcing the vaccine mandate that was established for federal contractors.
On December 3, 2021, the Fourth Circuit rejected the notion that under the federal Equal Pay Act, equality should be assessed based on total compensation, holding instead that equality must be satisfied regarding each component of compensation.
On Monday, December 6, 2021, New York City announced a first-in-the-nation vaccine mandate for private-sector employers, which must now require vaccinations for all employees who work in person in the city.
On November 18, 2021, the Biden administration resurrected an executive order first issued by President Obama that the Trump administration had subsequently rescinded.
On December 1, 2021, the National Minimum Wage Commission agreed to increase Mexico’s general minimum wage to $172.87 Mexican pesos per day, and $260.34 Mexican pesos per day in the Free Economic Zone of the Northern Border, effective January 1, 2022.
El 01 de diciembre de 2021, la Comisión Nacional de Salarios Mínimos (CONASAMI), acordó aumentar el salario mínimo general a $172.87 pesos diarios y $260.34 pesos por día en la Zona Libre de la Frontera Norte, a partir del 1 de enero de 2022.
