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• The MDHR conducts audits (including on-site visits) of workforce certificate holders’ efforts to comply with the MHRA and contractors’ compliance plans.
• The MDHR is likely to conduct audits of workforce certificate holders at least once during each four-year

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• Minneapolis employers must not discriminate on the basis of an individual’s height, weight, justice-impacted status, or housing status, unless there is a bona fide occupational qualification or other exception.
• Minneapolis employers must provide reasonable accommodations to individuals with

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• Tennessee amended its student-athlete NIL statute to allow unlimited NIL compensation for Tennessee student-athletes, unless prohibited by federal law, a valid court order, or determined to be exempt from antitrust law.
• The student-athlete NIL statute may conflict with

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• Diversity Visa (DV) Lottery entrants may want to verify their selection status through the official Entrant Status Check webpage.
• Selection in the DV Lottery does not guarantee a visa due to the limited number of available visas.
• Fraudulent

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• Secretary Chavez-DeRemer testified before the House Committee on Education and the Workforce on June 5, 2025, about the Trump administration’s proposed 2026 budget cuts for the DOL, including significant reductions for OSHA and MSHA.
• The proposed budget aims

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• NIOSH layoffs, including the entire team of heat experts, are expected to impact OSHA’s rulemaking process.
• Without NIOSH’s heat experts, OSHA may struggle to defend the proposed heat safety standard against industry challenges.
• The OSHA hearing on the

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