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.; Reuse Permission Diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs are successful when they are incentivized, as seen by the significant leap in hiring people of color at S&P 100 companies in 2021.

;Twenty-five states (plus the District of Columbia) have laws in effect that limit noncompete clauses in some form: California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Montana, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington and West Virginia.; “States across the country continue to pass new legislation further restricting — and, in some cases, banning — the use of noncompete clauses,” said James Barrett, a lawyer with Ogletree Deakins.

;Four states (California, Minnesota, North Dakota and Oklahoma) have laws banning noncompetes in all industries.; Much of this action is occurring because the FTC noncompete rule, for the most part, does not cover nonprofit entities (the FTC stance is that a nonprofit corporation is subject to the rule only if it is “organized to carry on business for its own profit or that of its members.”

Oakland Port Reopens After Trucker Protest of Gig Worker Law The Port of Oakland has resumed operations following a shutdown spurred by truckers protesting California’s Assembly Bill 5, the gig worker-related law that reclassified some independent contractors as employees.

The highest court in the land tends to follow a presumption of severability, said Lowe, which allows it to strike down one portion of a law as unconstitutional, but allows the remainder of the law to stay in place.

“Uber Appeal of California Gig Classification Law at 9th Circuit.”

Key findings from the March report include: ;Anxiety from growing U.S. influence. 86% of Europeans believe U.S. corporate culture is influencing European companies more than in previous years.; ;Threats to well-being. 78% worry that U.S. corporate practices could threaten strong labor laws, impacting work-life balance and holiday time — 76% believe adopting America’s “always-on” work culture would worsen their mental health.; ;Call to strengthen European labor laws. 68% support stronger labor protections in response to the increasing adoption of U.S.

The EU directive may serve as a guide for future pay transparency laws in the United States.

The draft law, as seen by Reuters , said the new laws could boost the number of workers from countries outside the European Union by 60,000 people a year.

Since then, nine other states — California, Connecticut, Illinois, Hawaii, Maryland, New York, Nevada, Rhode Island and Washington — have passed similar laws.