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Chris Ma: New York business group resigned to potential employers need to offer Salary information in job ads Statewide calls on Gov. Kathy Hochul to amend the Pay Transparency Bill instead of vetoing it.
If Hochul signed the bill (S9427), the state would join Colorado, Washington, and New York City in requiring a salary amount or range on job postings. The New York City law will take effect on his November 1st, and the statewide law will take effect next year, 270 days after Hochul’s signature. The California legislature passed a similar bill in August and sent it to the governor of California.
Wage transparency measures Addressing the pay gap It often affects women and workers of color.Just Marked Pay Equity Advocate equal pay day for black women Sept. 21 – Estimated date the average black woman will have to work at 2021 wage levels to keep up with the average white male worker.
of New York Business Council To Hochul (D) Tweak bill to get ahead of local wage transparency ordinancesexcept for New York City, said Frank Carbein, director of the council’s human resource center.
“We don’t want a patchwork of different laws across the state. That’s the main change we need right now,” he said.
New York law allows the governor to amend a bill before it is signed, in which case the bill becomes law, provided the legislature approves her changes in the next legislature.
The Business Council has “philosophical concerns” that the measure will harm business growth and jobs in New York, but it does not encourage or expect Ho-chul to refuse, Carbein said. said. The council previously persuaded Congress to remove the proposed requirement. Job ad includes description of employee benefits likewise.
another business advocacy group, new york city partnershipis asking Hochol to amend the bill to clarify that New York businesses are not required to include salary information in out-of-state remote job advertisements, said the partnership’s president and CEO. CEO Kathryn S. Wilde said.
“Congress made the big changes we wanted before it passed,” said Wilde.
The spread of pay disclosure measures across the United States could increase the likelihood of wage discrimination lawsuits.But supporters of the law say the goal is not to see more companies sued, but to give them Incentives to review and adjust pay practices Seher Khawaja, a senior attorney at the women’s legal advocacy group Legal Momentum, said she urged Hochul to sign the bill without amendment.
Relaxing wage secrecy will benefit businesses as well as workers, she said.
“Salary disclosure makes employers more attractive and trustworthy to workers and helps bring in talent,” Khawaja said. Reduce time wasted by people applying for jobs Only to find out later, the payment range is too low. “Now you really have no clue. In the ballpark? You don’t know, and it seems silly.”
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A “Hiring” sign outside a Home Depot store in New York on Thursday, February 17, 2022.
Photographer: Gina Moon/Bloomberg
Robert Iafora: in the meantime
Last week, a federal judge in Louisiana permanently blocked vaccination requirements for staff, contractors and volunteers at Head Start, a federal program that provides educational and related services to children from low-income families. This order is effective in 24 states, including Florida, Ohio, and Georgia.
Also last week, a federal appeals judge pointed to Biden’s recent allegations. “Pandemic is over” During oral arguments regarding vaccine mandates for federal contractors.
Legal challenges are hampering the Biden administration’s efforts to boost vaccination coverage. in the United States, 67% of the population is ‘fully vaccinated’ 32.5% are receiving boosters, according to Bloomberg’s Vaccine Tracker.
The administration rescinded the shot-or-test rule for large employers after the U.S. Supreme Court effectively killed it with a preliminary injunction. It has similarly refused to suspend the vaccine mandate, but a judge is considering a petition to bring the matter back next semester.
Several courts have blocked vaccine mandates for federal contractors, making orders valid in more than 20 states. The issue has permeated circuit courts, including the entire Fifth Circuit, for example, considering whether to lift the injunction against federal worker vaccination requirements. The court heard oral arguments earlier this month.
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Federal judges, especially those appointed by President Donald Trump, have been more hostile to federal vaccine regulations compared to other types of vaccination requirements.
“Challenges to state and private employer mandates have consistently been lost, and challenges to the federal government continue to be won,” said Dorit Rice, a professor at the University of California, Hastings School of Law who specializes in vaccine policy. said. ‘There is a big division’
Judicial skepticism of federal vaccine requirements the wider tendency of courts to limit the powers of federal agencies, Reiss said.
In blocking OSHA’s injection-versus-test rule, the Supreme Court ruled that Congress must speak clearly “principles of major issues” if it were to authorize agencies to regulate issues of critical importance. relied on
U.S. District Judge
The doctrine of the main question ranges from that used by the Supreme Court once every five years to “Swiss army knife” for courts to limit agency powers, Wendy Palmett, a law professor who directs the Center for Health Policy and Law at Northeastern University, said:
Like other judges, Doughty emphasized the “interest of liberty” in a way that strengthened the power of the court, even though the case did not involve constitutionally protected rights, she said. Stated.
“It’s trending. It’s going viral,” Parmet said. “Performative federalism, two-steps of false freedom are becoming the talk of TikTok.”
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