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As Hire Image reported, in June of this year, the Governor of Texas signed the Texas Regulatory Consistency Act, bringing about significant changes to local governance in Texas by amending many statutory codes, including the Labor Code, and asserting Texas’s “sovereign regulatory powers” in various areas. By doing so, it would limit the authority of …
Texas District Court Finds State Preemption Law Unconstitutional Read More »
Effective January 1, 2025: Illinois employers with 15 or more employees and employment agencies must include the pay scale and benefits for a specific job in all job postings. The employer must also “announce, post, or otherwise make known all opportunities for promotion to all current employees no later than the same calendar day that …
Illinois Mandates Pay Transparency in Job Postings Read More »
The EEOC recently filed a $365,000 Joint Settlement Agreement with a tutoring company based on claims that the company used hiring software that automatically rejected applicants based on their age. While the EEOC has repeatedly issued guidance regarding the use of artificial intelligence (“AI”) in the hiring process and made it clear that eradicating discrimination stemming …
EEOC Settles its First Discrimination Lawsuit Involving AI Read More »
Laclede County, Missouri deputies arrested a man with a lengthy criminal history for first-degree burglary recently. In fact, the man’s criminal history dates back over thirty years to 1990. The victim, who interrupted the burglary and called 911, was not hurt. But when authorities located him hours later, they saw him with a chainsaw near …
Effective July 1, 2024: Controllers, defined as organizations that engage in business in Texas or produce products or services that are consumed by the residents of Texas, process or engage in the sale of personal data, and are not defined by the United States Small Business Administration (SBA) as a small business, are required to: …
Effective July 1, 2024: Any person that conducts business in Oregon or provides products or services to Oregon residents and who, during a calendar year, controls or processes either: the personal data of at least 100,000 consumers or the personal data of at least 25,000 consumers, if they derive more than 25% of their annual …
Oregon Becomes Eleventh State to Pass Consumer Privacy Law Read More »
As Hire Image previously reported, there had been a massive federal takedown of a fraudulent nursing diploma scheme awarding at least 7,600 fake diplomas to students paying an estimated $114 million. Now, the former owner of the South Florida nursing school at the heart of the federal investigation will have to serve one year and …
Former Owner of Nursing Diploma Mill Sentenced to Prison Read More »
On August 1, 2023, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services will publish a revised version of Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification Form. This new form is in conjunction with the final rule issued that recognizes the end of temporary COVID-19 flexibilities as of July 31st and provides the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) with the authority …
Effective January 1, 2024: Hawaii employers with a minimum of 50 employees must provide job listings with an hourly rate or salary range that reasonably reflects the anticipated compensation. The disclosure requirement applies to new job listings but does not include internal transfers or promotions within the same employer. Additionally, it exempts public employee positions …
As Hire Image recently reported, employers may not refuse to hire a job applicant or discipline or discharge an employee because they engage in (or have engaged in) the use or enjoyment of “lawful consumable products,” as long as it takes place off the premises of the employer and during nonworking hours. “Lawful consumable products” …
Reminder to Minnesota Employers: New Marijuana Law Goes into Effect August 1st Read More »
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