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2017 West Virginia Legislative Update For Employers
Prior to its March 25, 2025 deadline, the Connecticut General Assembly’s Labor and Public Employees Committee likely finished up its work for this legislative session and approved a final flurry of bills that would generally...more
We have written about the General Assembly’s Labor and Public Employees Committee’s final flurry of activity approving and advancing bills out of committee. In addition to the bills that we have already summarized, here is a...more
The 2021 Regular Session of the Connecticut General Assembly concluded on June 9, 2021. While not as groundbreaking as the last full legislative session in 2019, important bills regarding public sector union rights, racial...more
Following its initial action; https://workingtogether.pullcomblog.com/archives/latest-developments-from-the-connecticut-general-assembly-the-labor-and-public-employees-committee-begins-to-speak-3/; the General Assembly’s...more
After several weeks of tense negotiations and legislative twists and turns, President Biden’s latest COVID-19 stimulus package – the American Rescue Plan – has been passed by Congress and will become law once the president...more
Minimum Wage Increase Booted From Stimulus Package. Even before members of the U.S. House of Representatives could vote on their $1.9 trillion stimulus package, the parliamentarian of the U.S. Senate had ruled that the...more
In the early morning hours of Saturday, February 27, the U.S. House of Representatives passed President Biden’s $1.9 trillion latest COVID-19 stimulus bill, containing a slew of employment-related initiatives that could have...more
House committees drafted and passed their portions of the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package that Democrats are preparing to pass through budget reconciliation. The reconciliation process will allow Democrats to pass the...more
On January 14, 2021, President-elect Joseph R. Biden, Jr. released his administration’s plan for additional COVID-19 economic relief. The $1.9 trillion package includes a range of measures to address the continued...more
Join us as we count down and recap some of the big developments in 2020, impart some critical public service announcements, and share a few predictions about what 2021 may hold for employers! This podcast is made available...more
In Washington: The federal government’s role in physically distributing COVID-19 vaccines remains unclear. President Trump said last month that the military would distribute vaccines. But a spokesman for Operation Warp...more
In Washington - Senate Republicans plan to introduce their “skinny” version of coronavirus relief legislation as early as Tuesday. The 169-page draft bill provides US$300 in weekly unemployment insurance benefits through...more
In Washington - Negotiations on the next COVID-19 relief bill continued behind closed doors Wednesday in meetings between Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, House Speaker Nancy...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: On August 10, 2018, Governor Phil Murphy signed a law that would permit striking workers to collect unemployment benefits in New Jersey. The law covers any claim for a period of unemployment commencing on...more
As discussed in a prior article, unsuccessful bills proposed in the California legislature in 2017 can carry over into the 2018 session. State lawmakers may revive measures that did not make it through both chambers of the...more
U.S. Department of Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta made the news again this week due to his remarks on the ever-growing gig economy and the need for increased legislative attention on this topic. As we discussed in an...more
A Higher Minimum Wage in Certain Counties - On March 14, 2016, a bill (A3471) was introduced that would require all employers in Essex, Hudson, Camden, Mercer, and Middlesex counties to pay their employees at least...more