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• The 2024 EEO-1 data collection is set to open on May 20, 2025, and close at 11:00 p.m. (EDT) on June 24, 2025.
• The EEOC said the collection period will not extend beyond the deadline.
• There is a

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• The DOJ’s new Civil Rights Fraud Initiative treats violations of civil rights laws by federal fund recipients including contractors and grantees as potential fraud under the False Claims Act, exposing employers to treble damages and whistleblower lawsuits.
• Executive

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• North Carolina is one of several states that have specific workplace violence prevention laws.
• North Carolina’s Workplace Violence Prevention Act, N.C. Gen. Stat. Chapter 95, Article 23 (WVPA) allows employers to pursue certain protections on behalf of their

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• Kansas recently enacted a law to make certain written agreements not to solicit customers or employees “conclusively presumed” to be enforceable.
• The legislation applies to nonsolicitation agreements between businesses and their owners, which are limited to four years

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Republican Legislators Push Ahead With Agenda. This week, the U.S. House of Representatives’ Committee on Ways and Means advanced—on a party-line 26–19 vote—a tax reform package that included Republicans’ top fiscal priorities. The bill makes permanent many provisions of the…

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• The revisions to Section 3395, the outdoor heat illness prevention regulation, provide greater details and requirements for acclimatization. The same changes are intended for Section 3396, the indoor heat illness prevention regulation.
• Both the indoor and outdoor heat

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