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;Employers have a role to play.

According to the press release , the guidelines: ;Outline specific types of agreements or business practices that may violate the antitrust laws, such as the use of noncompetes or the sharing of information about wages among employers that compete for workers.; ;Outline agreements and other activities that may lead to criminal liability, including agreements to fix wages or agreements not to poach employees.; ;Explain that false claims about workers’ potential earnings may violate federal law.; ;Provide information about how to report potential antitrust violations to the FTC and DOJ.; “The antitrust laws protect all Americans, including workers, from illegal monopolization, collusion and unfair methods of competition,” FTC chair Lina M.

Law firms advise Virginia employers to review and update their noncompete agreements to ensure compliance with the new law.

Perhaps most notable for total rewards professionals are the: ;Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), which enforces federal laws that prohibit employment discrimination in numerous areas (e.g., hiring, firing, promotions, harassment, training, wages, benefits).; ;National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), which enforces the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), conducts elections to determine union representation and investigates allegations of unfair labor practices (e.g., wages, pay rates, working hours, work conditions).; ;Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), which was created by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to encourage the continuation and maintenance of voluntary private defined benefit pension plans, provide timely and uninterrupted payment of pension benefits, and monitor pension insurance premiums.

Christine Hendrickson, vice president of strategic initiatives at Syndio, called the EU directive the “ new global high-water mark ” for pay or workplace-equity laws and advised U.S. employers to take note.

“Clearly there is still a long way to go when it comes to active communication with employers,” she said, adding that for employers who already have started a more proactive communications strategy, they need to ensure that it goes beyond mere awareness of support.

According to employment law firm Ogletree Deakins , Missouri voters passed a ballot measure on Nov. 5, 2024, raising the state’s minimum wage as of Jan. 1, 2025, and requiring employers to provide earned paid sick time as of May 1.

Basically, it seeks to enforce EO 14330 as law.

The research found utilization of a number of benefits and rewards programs, such as telemedicine services, increasing in 2020, offered by 94% of employers last year, compared to 88% in 2019. 94% of employers increased the utilization of a number of benefits and rewards programs, such as telemedicine services, in 2020.

Among survey respondents, 45% trust employers to provide quality, affordable health insurance coverage.