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P rotest ers reported many of the same workplace safety issues at their stores.

States with current pay equity and pay transparency laws on the books include California, Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Oregon and Washington.

.” — Rosalyn Carter According to a 2024 survey by financial analytics and information firm S&P Global, 48 million Americans are caregivers to an adult family member or friend, with a majority (61%) also holding down jobs.

The group is likely to face pushback, as Musk has previously indicated his displeasure with unions, referring to them as “ another corporation ,” and if workers at the California plant unionized, they would lose stock options .

They may feel like they are in a holding pattern until the sale goes through, which could lead to reduced productivity and morale.

Employer View Currently, there are three states with laws banning noncompetes — California, North Dakota and Oklahoma.

Law firm Ogletree Deakins, in a post on its website , stated, “The GC’s memo is not law because the GC does not have the authority to ‘make’ law.

;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 at Ogletree Deakins.

.; EU member states have until June 7, 2026, to implement the directive into their own national laws.

Companies should start to collect CAP data for compensation peer groups and understand how the information could fit into existing frameworks for assessing alignment of pay and performance.