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In this article, we have outlined our regular round-up of employment legislation updates which are important for employers and employees to consider. 1. Flexibility in background checks – Employment (Amendment) Act, 2022 The President has signed into law the Employment (Amendment) Act, 2022 (the Amendment Act) sponsored by Nominated Member of Parliament, Hon. Gideon Keter. The Amendment Act h...

Statewide Iowa — By an overwhelming margin of 73-to-17, the Iowa House has voted to make changes in Iowa’s popular Bottle Bill. The Senate passed similar, but not identical legislation last month. Representative Brian Lohse of Bondurant says it’s a watershed moment for the law that assesses a nickel deposit on containers of beer and pop, to encourage customers to recycle the empties and get t...

Senators passed a bill April 12 that provides a state income tax deduction to retired law enforcement officers and a full tuition waiver for other eligible officers. Sen. Eliot Bostar Under LB1273, introduced by Lincoln Sen. Eliot Bostar, a retired individual who was employed full time as a certified law enforcement officer for at least 20 years and who is at least 60 at the end of the taxabl...

Keypoint: The VCDPA is now finalized in advance of its January 1, 2023 effective date. On April 11, 2022, Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin signed three Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act (VCDPA) amendment bills into law. The three bills will go into effect July 1, 2022. With the signing of the bills, the VCDPA’s text is now finalized in advance of its January 1, 2023 effective date. As dis...

Credit: Forti Photography Joy. Competition. Compassion. Mindfulness. Those are the four values that Steve Kerr says define his approach to leadership and coaching. The Golden State Warriors head coach recounted the experiences that led him to adopt those four pillars in a wide-ranging discussion about basketball, leadership, and life with Eric Zilber ’22 and David Dapaah-Afriyie ’22 of the Ha...

Fultondale Police Chief Marcel Walker (Contributed) A veteran law enforcement official has been named as the new police chief in Fultondale. Chief Marcel Walker was sworn in Tuesday night after serving as the interim chief since early March. He replaces D.P. Smith who retired in November after 35 years in law enforcement, six of those as chief in Fultondale. Walker began his law enforcement c...

Officials say Lamar Eugene Cannady, who had an outstanding True Bill of Indictment for second-degree murder, was located in Ellenboro, North Carolina on April 12, 2022, where he was taken into custody without incident and transported to the Polk County Detention Center. (Courtesy: Rutherford County Sheriff's Office) RUTHERFORD COUNTY, N.C. (WLOS) — A man charged with second-degree murder is i...

Throughout his career of more than 30 years, Jude Law’s acting prowess has been recognized early on. Now with several major awards in film and theater already under his belt, the 49-year-old Academy Award nominee has little left to prove. Let’s dig into Jude Law’s net worth in 2022. Jude Law’s net worth in 2022 (Estimate): $75 million Jude Law’s net worth in 2022 is $75 million. This is acco...

Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt signed a bill into law on Tuesday that makes it a felony to perform an abortion, punishable by up to 10 years in prison, as part of an aggressive push in Republican-led states across the country to scale back abortion rights. The bill, which takes effect 90 days after the Legislature adjourns next month, makes an exception only for an abortion performed to save the l...

SYLVANIA, Ohio (WTVG) - Many different supplies from across the world have been collected to help people in Ukraine and now some very specialized equipment is coming from police departments in our area. Surplus gear like ballistic vests will soon be on the way. The call went out to police and sheriff departments across Ohio. If they had extra gear it could be sent to Ukraine. One of the place...