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Statehouse Shift Ahead for Earned Wage Access? In recent years earned wage access apps, which allow workers to obtain access to their earnings before they receive their paychecks, have exploded in popularity...
SD to Consider App- and Device-Based Age Verification Legislation in 2025 The South Dakota Legislature’s Study Committee on Artificial Intelligence and Regulation of Internet Access by Minors voted...
CA Prohibits ‘Captive Audience’ Meetings California Gov. Newsom (D) signed a bill (SB 399) prohibiting businesses from requiring employees to attend employer-sponsored meetings concerning...
CA Enacts Guardrails for Use of AI in Healthcare California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signed a pair of bills making the state one of the first to establish guardrails for the use of artificial intelligence...
From Concord, New Hampshire to Sacramento, California and the overwhelming majority of state capitols in between, artificial intelligence has been one of the hottest topics in state legislatures this year...
California Gov. Newsom (D) signed a bill (SB 399) prohibiting businesses from requiring employees to attend employer-sponsored meetings concerning religious or political matters. The measure was one of nearly a dozen introduced this year targeting such “captive audience” meetings, which are sometimes used to deliver anti-union messaging. (SACRAMENTO BEE, LEXISNEXIS STATE NET)
The International Longshoremen’s Association suspended its strike for better wages after reaching a tentative agreement with the U.S. Maritime Alliance, which represents ports and shipping companies. The strike of 45,000 East and Gulf coast dockworkers—their first large-scale walkout in 50 years—had stopped the flow of about half of the nation’s ocean shipping. (ASSOCIATED PRESS, REUTERS)
—Compiled by SNCJ Managing Editor KOREY CLARK
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