El pasado 5 de diciembre las Comisiones Unidas de Educación y la de Estudios Legislativos del Senado de la República emitieron el proyecto de decreto que reforma disposiciones de la Ley General de Educación y Ley Federal del Trabajo
Ayer, el presidente Andrés Manuel López Obrador anunció un acuerdo con el sector empresarial y el Banco de México para aumentar el salario mínimo a $102.68 pesos diarios, a partir del 1 de enero de 2019, lo que representa un aumento del 16.21%.
On December 17, 2018, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador announced an agreement with the business sector and the Bank of Mexico to increase the minimum wage.
The NLRB recently issued a new Strategic Plan, extended the comment period on its proposed joint-employer rule, and announced the appointment of Fred B. Jacob as NLRB Solicitor.
On December 14, 2018, a Texas federal court declared the entire Affordable Care Act (ACA) unconstitutional. Despite this broad holding (and clickbait headlines), employers should not expect to see any significant changes to the ACA in the near future.
On December 7, 2018, the New York Department of Labor (NYDOL) proposed a new set of “predictable scheduling” regulations in an effort to discourage on-call shifts and require employers to pay employees for cancelled shifts.
Suffolk County, New York has passed a law making it unlawful for employers and employment agencies with four or more employees to inquire about a job applicant’s salary history or otherwise to rely on such information in setting a new employee’s pay.
The German federal government has announced a sweeping new initiative with the stated goal of making “Germany and Europe the worldwide leader in the field of artificial intelligence.”
In an important update to Australia’s safety laws, the federal government has introduced a definition of “catastrophic injury” under the workers' compensation scheme, altering certain employer duties when responding to employee filings.
