Tag: legislation

April 11, 2024

As most employers with employees working in California or assigned to a California location know, and as we reported in “Big Brother Just Got Bigger: Expanded Pay Data Reporting Expected to Hit the Golden State,” 2022 legislation obligated employers with […]

April 2, 2024

Recently, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders introduced proposed legislation that would reduce the standard workweek in the United States from 40 to 32 hours. The Bill, titled the “Thirty-Two Hour Workweek Act” (the Act), would amend Section 7 of the Fair […]

July 17, 2023

As House Republicans are teeing up a tax package for a floor vote (pending some issues over SALT relief that we’ll get to in a bit), proponents of restoring the expanded Child Tax Credit and immediate deductions for research and […]

January 30, 2023

The United States is gearing up for another noteworthy year in data privacy and cybersecurity. 2023 will likely be a year of transition as certain data privacy laws come into effect. As concerns around data protection and cybersecurity continue to […]

January 26, 2023

New York and Massachusetts are the latest states to introduce tax legislation targeting digital advertising and data collection. Like the similar bills introduced earlier in Connecticut, New York, and Indiana, proposals similar to these latest New York and Massachusetts bills […]

January 20, 2023

Connecticut recently proposed legislation (Proposed H.B. No. 5243) that would “require employers to disclose salary ranges in all job postings.” In 2021, Connecticut was one of the first states to enact a pay transparency law requiring employers to disclose to […]

June 22, 2021

Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte signed legislation on May 18 that will provide protections for off-duty use of marijuana starting on Jan. 1, 2022. Montana citizens voted to legalize recreational marijuana in November 2020. The ballot initiative did not provide employment-related […]

April 13, 2021

Law firms are getting involved in the controversy over voting restrictions, already passed in Georgia and under consideration in Texas. Leaders of 62 of the nation’s top 100 law firms have signed a statement denouncing voting restrictions, as have 19 […]

June 19, 2020

US senators on Tuesday introduced legislation that would reform the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) aircraft certification process. The Aircraft Safety and Reform Act of 2020 would give the FAA more authority over the aircraft certification process. The bill, the first […]

March 1, 2019

The US House of Representatives on Thursday approved further legislation to broaden federal gun control measures. The new bill, titled Enhanced Background Checks Act of 2019, attempts to address the “Charleston loophole” in the Brady Bill. Currently, this loophole permits […]

February 16, 2016

The US Senate [official website] on Thursday approved [vote count] legislation that will place a permanent ban on states taxing Internet access. The Senate, by a vote of 75-20, passed the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 [materials]. […]