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A resign-to-run law is a law that requires the current holder of an office to resign from that office before they can run for another office. This is distinct from a dual mandate prohibition, where a person has to resign from their old office to assume the new office, rather than to run for the new office.
Government leave policy is established by public law. [89] Employees working for private companies operate under different rules, and if state laws require time for employee breaks and meals, restricting employee movement could be an arrest in some areas. Due to unequal protection, government employees are at greater risk of serious abuse by ...
In the United States, smoker protection laws are state statutes that prevent employers from discriminating against employees for using tobacco products. Currently twenty-nine states and the District of Columbia have such laws. Although laws vary from state to state, employers are generally prohibited from either refusing to hire or firing an ...
New workplace laws taking effect in January strengthening employees' health, safety and wage protections and ban corporate muzzling of discrimination victims. But many more mandates tagged "job ...
Alaska Constitution, Article I, §3 (1972, protecting equality on the basis of "race, color, creed, sex or national origin") Anti-Discrimination Act of 1945; CROWN Act (2022; only for public education) Arkansas CROWN Act (2023, only for public education) California: California Constitution, Article I, §8 (1879)
Another law prohibits employers from discriminating against employees for cannabis use, off the job and away from work. New California laws will protect workers who use marijuana off-the-job Skip ...
The Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act of 1988 (the "WARN Act") is a U.S. labor law that protects employees, their families, and communities by requiring most employers with 100 or more employees to provide notification 60 calendar days in advance of planned closings and mass layoffs of employees. [1]
A study by researchers at Harvard and UC San Francisco found that 91% of California service sector workers surveyed experienced at least one labor violation in the last year.