Thursday night, Governor DeSantis signed a Florida bill barring local governments from requiring heat protection for outdoor workers.
WASHINGTON (OSV News) — Final regulations for the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act will grant workers protections for time off and other job accommodations for pregnancy-related medical conditions like miscarriage, stillbirth and lactation — but also for abortion, which was opposed by many of the bill’s supporters. The regulations govern the implementation of the bipartisan legislation […] The post Pregnant Workers Fairness Act’s final regulations to protect mothers, but accommodate abortion first...
At the end of 2023, four environmental groups sued the National Park Service and invoked the Wilderness Act to stop the replanting of trees following a catastrophic wildfire in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks. Around the same time, the National Park Service announced that it aimed to invoke the Wilderness Act to limit the use of fixed anchors on Yosemite’s iconic big wall climbs. How did a law created 60 years ago to protect nature in undeveloped areas come to do something else...
A personal support worker in Oakville has been charged with assault after the family of a youth contacted police following a series of recent incidents. The alleged assaults happened at the victim’s home while they were in the care of the accused, Halton Regional Police Service (HRPS) said in a news release. Police said that they launched an investigation into the complaint earlier this month. On April 19, a suspect was arrested and charged with two counts of assault and one count of...
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COLUMBUS – State Representatives Tim Barhorst (R-Ft. Loramie) and Brian Stewart (R-Ashville) convened a press conference at the State Capitol to introduce House Bill 505, known as the Community Pharmacy Protection Act. The proposed legislation aims to address concerns surrounding pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) practices and their impact on prescription drug access in Ohio. A […]
While the DOLE has an advisory for safety measures against heat stress, labor groups report exposed workers experiencing heat stroke, dehydration, and other heat-related ailments
The Biden administration inserted abortion-related accommodations Monday into regulations governing the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, even though lawmakers said the law specifically excluded any reference to abortion at its passage in 2022.
Owner of X has used social media platform to bash judge in charge of investigations into former presidentThousands of diehard supporters of Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro have hit the streets of Rio to champion their embattled leader and celebrate the new hero of their far-right movement: Elon Musk.The tech billionaire has spent recent weeks using his social network X to bash Bolsonaro’s arch-enemy, the supreme court judge Alexandre de Moraes. Moraes is responsible for several...
The rule includes abortion and contraception expressly among the things it deems qualify for coverage by employers, mentioning the word 'abortion' 348 times.
Workers are entitled to time off and other job accommodations for abortions under the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, according to finalized federal regulations published Monday.
A bill imposing harsher punishments on those convicted of human trafficking in Alabama has been signed into law.