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Republican Legislators Push Ahead With Agenda. This week, the U.S. House of Representatives’ Committee on Ways and Means advanced—on a party-line 26–19 vote—a tax reform package that included Republicans’ top fiscal priorities. The bill makes permanent many provisions of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act and includes other measures, such as an expansion of…

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  • The revisions to Section 3395, the outdoor heat illness prevention regulation, provide greater details and requirements for acclimatization. The same changes are intended for Section 3396, the indoor heat illness prevention regulation.
  • Both the indoor and outdoor heat draft revisions would require that the plan be distributed to new employees upon hire, during

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  • Maryland employers must comply with Maryland Occupational Safety and Health’s (MOSH) new heat-related illness prevention standard.
  • The MOSH standard has been criticized for its vagueness and the burden it places on employers, leading to potential confusion and inconsistent enforcement.
  • The Supreme Court’s decision in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo may limit MOSH’s ability

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  • Washington Governor Ferguson has signed the state’s new “Mini-WARN Act” law, requiring notice before closing certain business sites or conducting a mass RIF.
  • The Washington law requires more notice than what is required under federal law and has specific protections for employees taking state mandated paid family or medical leave.

The law, Senate…

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  • A federal district court recently vacated parts of the EEOC’s guidance related to workplace harassment of LGBTQ+ employees.
  • Despite the Supreme Court’s holding in Bostock that discrimination based on sex in hiring or firing decisions violates Title VII’s prohibition on sex discrimination, the district court vacated the guidance based on the guidance’s “expanded”

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  • The OMB approved the EEOC’s proposed 2024 instruction booklet on EEO-1 data collection on May 12, 2025.
  • The approved 2024 instruction booklet states that the data collection period will open on May 20, 2025, and close at 11:00 p.m. (EDT) on June 24, 2025.
  • The approved 2024 instruction booklet removes the option to

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  • On May 12, 2025, Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem announced the termination of TPS for Afghanistan, effective July 14, 2025, as part of the administration’s efforts to reduce immigration benefits.
  • DHS deemed that the TPS designation, initially granted in 2022 due to the Taliban takeover, was now unnecessary because returning Afghan nationals

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  • A bill in the New York State Assembly would prohibit employers from inquiring about applicants’ salary expectations.
  • The bill also would prohibit employers from refusing to interview, hire, or promote workers based on their stated salary expectations.
  • New York law already prohibits employers from asking for an applicant’s salary history.

The bill,…