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Workspan Daily
01/29/2025
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Receiving late-night terminations on Monday, Jan. 27, were:
;Charlotte Burrows, who chaired the EEOC during the Biden administration and whose five-year term on the commission was scheduled to expire on July 1, 2028; and;
;Jocelyn Samuels, the Biden-era commission vice chair, who was confirmed to serve until July 1, 2026.;
EEOC general counsel Karla Gilbride, who was confirmed during the Biden administration for a four-year term ending in 2027, was also fired.
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Workspan Daily
06/13/2025
He stated, “There are many issues that require regulatory clarity and stability so that the system can function properly, including (1) modernizing
defined contribution plans to include alternative investments, such as private equity and
cryptocurrency ; (2) the consideration of ESG [ environmental, social and governance ] factors; (3) the
fiduciary rule as applied to [individual retirement account] rollovers; (4) mental health parity; (5) plan forfeitures; (6) pension risk transfers; (7) tobacco and vaccine surcharges and wellness programs; (8) managing pharmacy benefit managers and healthcare costs; and (9) cybersecurity to protect participants assets — just to name a few key issues.
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Workspan Daily
07/18/2025
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.
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Workspan Daily
11/26/2025
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Workspan Daily
10/11/2023
Under Massachusetts’ proposed legislation, employers with 100 or more full-time employees in Massachusetts that are subject to EEO-1 filing requirements must provide an industry-based “aggregate wage data report” as a supplement to their EEO-1 report.
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Workspan Daily
03/10/2023
The stages are: Nov. 1, 2023: BC Public Service Agency and Crown corporations with more than 1,000 employees (ICBC, BC Hydro, WorkSafeBC, BC Housing, BC Lottery Corporation and BC Transit);Nov. 1, 2024: all employers with 1,000 employees or more;Nov. 1, 2025: all employers with 300 employees or more;Nov. 1, 2026: all employers with 50 employees or more; The B.C. legislation also prevents employers in the province from asking prospective employees for pay history information, or from punishing employees who disclose their pay to co-workers or potential job applicants.
Workspan Daily
12/11/2024
Consider ways to best use: Employee surveys;Online feedback forms;1:1 meetings;Town hall team meetings;Virtual suggestion boxes; Sabas Lin, the chief technology officer at learning tool provider Knowee, recommended artificial intelligence (AI) when preparing an employee listening strategy toolset.
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Workspan Daily
07/10/2025
In an 8-1 decision (Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson dissented), the court sided for the plaintiff.
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Workspan Daily
10/10/2025
Stay on top of hot total rewards/HR news by also reading: Federal News Roundup for Oct. 10, 2025; ADP: Private-Sector Job Creation Slow, Pay Up 4.5% YOY
Private-sector employers in the U.S. shed 32,000 jobs in September and pay to their workers was up 4.5% year-over-year, according to two reports released Oct. 1 by payroll services firm ADP.
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Workspan Daily
12/05/2025
California: New Limits on Stay-or-Pay Contracts Start on Jan. 1
Effective Jan. 1, 2026,
California Assembly Bill 692 (AB 692) will limit an employer’s ability to impose repayment obligations for upfront sign-on and retention bonuses, as well as certain other “stay-or-pay” practices (such as tuition and loan assistance programs).
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