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Advance DEIA Goals Through Data-Driven Decisions

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easily adopted NCARB’s proposed accommodations, but for the state boards that were hesitant or had legislative hurdles, NCARB worked to circulate its research and partnered with peer organizations to get the message out. “For example, the New York State licensing board didn’t allow language accommodations,” Matthew said.

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3 ways to prepare your organization for the labor union comeback

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Workers in New York voted to form the first union at Amazon in the U.S. , For example, with the help of Aptify, The Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) automated processes to synchronize employment records, reconcile monthly dues bills, and provide accurate and timely bills. The union membership rate declined by 0.5 Get the kit.

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Proposed In-Flight Electronics Standards Land at FAA

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But even if adopted, the proposed standards wouldn’t allow every device to be used. The proposal. Use of certain classes of devices—laptops, for example—still wouldn’t be allowed during takeoffs and landings, and phones would have to remain in airplane mode. Here’s what could be coming. unanswered Questions.

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Associations at Odds Over Proposed Massachusetts Ban on Noncompete Clauses

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The noncompete clause—a common contractual tool employers use to prevent competitors from poaching their employees—is drawing new attention in the Bay State. Deval Patrick (D) proposed legislation in April that would ban the practice of keeping employees from working for a competitor under most circumstances. Massachusetts Gov.

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What Associations Should Know About California’s AB 5

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Last week, the primary author of AB 5, Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez, added amendments to AB 1850 , a proposed update to AB 5 that would revoke the law’s most controversial elements related to freelance writers. Bills pending in New York and New Jersey may replicate the three-prong test. No More Gray Areas.

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Inclusion May Be Key to Ending High Employee Turnover

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Hiring and training staff only to lose them after short periods is a significant problem in the nonprofit sector, notes Kim Brimhall, assistant professor of social work at Binghamton University, State University of New York. What did you think of the proposal?”. Any examples you’d like to share?

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A Matter of Ownership: A Modest Proposal for Copyright on Social Media

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“This ruling is important because far too often we find that photographers don’t have the power to stand up to those that infringe with impunity,” the NPPA’s Mickey Osterreicher told The New York Times. But an argument I ran across on the technology forum Hacker News got me thinking bigger-picture about all this.