Large employers in New York City will soon be required to submit pay and demographic information to the city, after the New York City Council voted to enact a pay data reporting law over a mayoral veto.
A federal district court has temporarily blocked the New York law allowing the state Public Employee Relations Board to assert jurisdiction over private-sector labor issues, preventing potential conflicts between federal and state-level decisions.
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro signed a bill into law that protects hair textures and hairstyles tied to racial and cultural identity from discrimination in the workplace.
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