The Phoenix ordinance creates the first heat protection scheme for workers in Arizona. Like most states, Arizona does not impose heat illness regulations statewide.
In Teamsters Local Union 987 of Alberta v Purolator Inc., 2024 CanLII 21937 (CA LA), an arbitrator dealt with a clash between the amount of leave days under a unionized employer’s collective agreements (CA) and the leave entitlements under the CLC.
On November 29, 2023, Prince Edward Island’s Bill 106, An Act to Amend the Employment Standards Act, received Royal Assent. Bill 106 will come into force on October 1, 2024.
The Court of Appeal for Ontario affirmed the lower court’s finding that an invalid without-cause termination clause in an employee’s employment agreement does not invalidate a fixed-term clause, and that a fixed-term clause is not a termination clause.
The Ontario Superior Court of Justice, Divisional Court rejected an employer’s argument that the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario lacked jurisdiction to hear its case.
On March 7, 2024, Mexico’s Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare published a Gender-Focused Protocol for Labor Inspections, designed as a tool for labor inspectors to assess employers’ compliance with the gender equality laws.
La Secretaría del STPS publicó un Protocolo para la Inspección Laboral con Perspectiva de Género, diseñado como una herramienta para que los inspectores laborales evalúen el cumplimiento de las leyes de igualdad de género por parte de los empleadores.
On March 29, 2024, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) published revisions to Statistical Policy Directive No. 15: Standards for Maintaining, Collecting, and Presenting Federal Data on Race and Ethnicity (SPD 15).
On March 1, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit clarified the rules that apply when employers distribute information and observe employees during union campaigns.
On April 1, 2024, the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) published its final rule clarifying that employees may designate a non-employee third party as their representative during an OSHA inspection.
