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• The AI Act’s risk-based approach subjects AI applications to four different levels of restrictions and requirements, including “unacceptable risk,” which are banned; “high risk”; “limited risk”; and “minimal risk.”
• The AI Act treats the use of AI in

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• The White House published an updated SPD 15 with revisions to the race and ethnicity data collection standards for federal agencies.
• The revisions change the race and ethnicity inquiry by making it one question and encouraging respondents to

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• Mexico’s Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare (Secretaría del Trabajo y Previsión Social) (SLSW) recently enabled a module on the REPSE website in order to renew licenses for providers of outsourced specialized services.
• REPSE license holders have three

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• The California Department of Industrial Relations has published guidance regarding the state law increasing the minimum wage for fast food workers that more specifically defines fast food restaurants.
• The state has published an updated minimum wage poster that

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• OFCCP announced that the national annual veteran hiring benchmark is 5.2 percent, beginning March 31, 2024, down from the benchmark of 5.4 percent, which was in place from March 31, 2023, to March 30, 2024.
• OFCCP also offers

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• Governor Jay Inslee signed legislation that updates and clarifies Washington’s law regarding restrictive covenants.
• The legislation provides that a “noncompetition covenant” “includes an agreement that directly or indirectly prohibits the acceptance or transaction of business with a customer.”

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• A new area of claims against employers that inquiries in employment physicals violate state and federal laws protecting the privacy of genetic information is raising new concerns for employers.
• Employers that require physicals may want to consider reviewing

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