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• Governor Newsom recently signed into law legislation directing the California Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board, by March 1, 2027, to amend existing standards to require hospitals to implement weapons detection screening policies.
• The standards will also require

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• Employees in Minnesota are permitted time off to vote without loss of wages or incurring any penalty for their absences.
• Employees in Iowa and South Dakota receive two consecutive hours of paid voting leave if they do not

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• The mother of a top-rated high school football prospect has sued the North Carolina State Board of Education and North Carolina Department of Public Instruction on his behalf over the state’s name, image, and likeness (NIL) prohibitions for

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• The FTC is appealing a Florida federal court’s preliminary injunction blocking its noncompete ban.
• The appeal comes after a Texas federal court, in a separate case, blocked the FTC’s rule on a nationwide basis, while a Pennsylvania federal

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• Employers have legitimate and substantial business interests in restricting employee use of recording devices in the workplace to protect privacy and trade secrets.
• Employers may want to consider policies that prohibit or restrict making recordings in the workplace.

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• The FDIC approved a new final rule revising regulations to align with changes made by the Fair Hiring in Banking Act in December 2022.
• The law eased restrictions Section 19 placed on financial institutions hiring job candidates with

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Gone Till November. This week, the U.S. Congress—once again—agreed to a continuing resolution (CR) to avoid a shutdown of the federal government. Funding for the government was set to expire at 11:59 p.m. on September 30, 2024, but pursuant to…