In the latest legislative session Texas lawmakers enacted a number of critical changes to the state's longstanding legal framework for workplace sexual harassment claims.
On July 29, 2021, the Department of Labor ("DOL") announced that it will rescind a Trump administration rule that limited the circumstances in which multiple employers could be deemed "joint" employers of the same employee.
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Q: I heard that companies entering into commercial contracts in
Pennsylvania can no longer restrict each other from hiring their
employees. Is that true?
A: On April 29, the Supreme Court of
Pennsylvania held in
Pittsburgh Logistics Systems,
Inc. v. Beemac Trucking LLC, et. al. that a no-hire
provision (commonly referred to as a “no-poach”
provision) in a service contract between two business entities was
unenforceable as an impermissible restraint of trade because it was
overbroad and created a likelihood of harm to nonparties to the
The Tripartite Alliance Limited (TAL), an organisation that oversees the Tripartite Alliance for Fair and Progressive Employment Practices (TAFEP), was fined $29,000 for data breach due to an incident of data hacked and accessed in 2020.
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On May 28, President Biden released his $6 trillion budget proposal for the 2022
fiscal year. While final spending decisions are decided by
Congress, the president s budget submission typically provides
a general idea of where the administration s priorities lie.
President Biden s budget includes two major proposals:
the American Jobs Plan, which calls for new
spending on infrastructure projects, and the American Families
Plan, which calls for additional aid to low- and middle-income
families.
In addition to the labor and employment initiatives within these
proposals, the president s budget includes funding boosts to