California recently enacted Senate Bill 525, adding sections 1182.14 and 1182.15 to the California Labor Code and substantially raising the base minimum wage for health care workers.
The Government of British Columbia provides additional guidance on s. 2 of the province’s Pay Transparency Act, which requires employers to specify in all publicly advertised job opportunities the job’s expected salary or wage range.
The U.S. Department of State sent a Federal Register notice titled, “Pilot Program to Resume Renewal of H-1B Nonimmigrant Visas in the United States for Certain Qualified Noncitizens” to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs on October 17, 2023
Emily Linn talks with Breanne Martell about the amicus brief she assisted with to seek justice for a neurodiverse individual, Robert Leslie Roberson, who was convicted of murder based on science that has now been debunked.
Jenny Schwendemann and Dan Kim share their experience with Lavanga Wijekoon about their collaborative efforts with assisting immigrants from Afghanistan.
The Court of King’s Bench of Alberta dismissed an executive’s claim that he had been wrongfully dismissed from his employment, finding that his employment had been justly terminated for cause due to his misconduct and breach duties.
Governor Newsom signed Senate Bill 54, Fair Investment Practices by Investment Advisers, which requires venture capital firms to collect and report data on the demographic composition of the founding teams of the companies in which they invest.
The Department of Commerce has extended the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework to cover transfers of personal data from the UK (and Gibraltar) to the United States, in addition to transfers from the EU to the United States.
The Global Guide Quarterly (GGQ) is a newsletter Littler publishes on a quarterly basis to provide a general update on global labor and employment (L&E) law developments in key countries in the American, EMEA, and APAC regions.
