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December 5, 2022

New Laws Extend Employment Authorization Eligibility Granted to Refugees/Parolees to Certain Individuals from Afghanistan and Ukraine

Recent laws enable eligible parolees and their qualifying family members from Afghanistan and Ukraine to be employment authorized incident to their “parole” status effective November 21, 2022.

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December 2, 2022

Littler World Cup Matchups Part 5: Whistleblower Protections

Welcome back to our World Cup series, where we compare various aspects of labor and employment law in some of the participating countries. This week we tackle whistleblower protections in the workplace.

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December 2, 2022

Mexico Increases the General Minimum Wage

On Dec. 1, 2022, the National Minimum Wage Commission agreed to increase Mexico’s general minimum wage to $207.44 Mexican pesos per day, and to $312.41 Mexican pesos per day in the Free Economic Zone of the Northern Border, effective Jan. 1, 2023.

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December 2, 2022

México aumenta el Salario Mínimo General

El 01 de diciembre de 2022, la Comisión Nacional de Salarios Mínimos (CONASAMI), acordó aumentar el salario mínimo general a $207.44 pesos diarios y $312.41 pesos por día en la Zona Libre de la Frontera Norte, a partir del 1 de enero de 2023.

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December 1, 2022

Treasury Department Issues Guidance on the Inflation Reduction Act’s Prevailing Wage and Apprenticeship Requirements

On November 30, 2022, the U.S. Treasury Department published in the Federal Register its guidance on the Inflation Reduction Act’s (IRA) new prevailing wage and apprenticeship requirements.

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December 1, 2022

Immigration in the UK: Reform of Employers’ Reporting Duties and Immigration Skills Charge Exemptions

The UK Home Office has published figures showing a large increase in work visas in the past year: 248,919 in the year ending September 2022 (up 82% from the pre-pandemic year ending December 2019).

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November 30, 2022

Ontario, Canada: Appellate Court Set Aside Decisions that Quashed OLRB Determinations on “Related Employers” Declarations for Failure to Apply Proper Standard

The Ontario Court of Appeal overturned two Divisional Court decisions, finding the lower court failed to apply the required Vavilov standard of review to the OLRB’s determination that various companies were “related employers.”

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November 30, 2022

UK Autumn Statement Round-up

UK Chancellor Jeremy Hunt delivered the Autumn Statement (Medium-term Fiscal Plan) on November 17, 2022.

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November 30, 2022

UK: New Bill Could Mean Employers Are Liable for Third-Party Harassment

The UK Government is supporting The Worker Protection (Amendment of Equality Act 2010) Bill to significantly expand employers’ liability for harassment in the workplace.

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November 29, 2022

An Employer’s Guide to New York State’s New Lawful Absence Law

On November 21, 2022, New York State Governor Kathy Hochul signed into law Bill A8092B (the “lawful absence law”), which prohibit employers from disciplining employees who take legally protected time off from work.

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