BOP Newsletter

BOP Newsletter

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2025

What’s New

Texas Overhauls Non-Compete Rules for Physicians and Healthcare Practitioners

Oregon Amends Law to Further Restrict Age-Related Inquiries

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2024

Tidbits

Fourth Circuit Upholds $9.3 Million Judgment Against Medical Staffing Agency Over Worker ‘Independent Contractor’ Misclassification

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2025

Q & A

Q: I extended an offer to a protected class – she is pregnant – and I am considering rescinding the offer, not for that reason, just that I might have a more qualified candidate. What do I need to consider here?

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2025

What’s New

Rhode Island Bans Hairstyle Discrimination
Effective July 1, 2025, the definition of race under Rhode Island Fair Employment Practices Act (FEPA) is amended to include traits historically associated with race, including hair texture and protective hairstyles. The FEPA applies to employers with four or more employees.

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2025

Did You Know?

Did you know Colorado Updated their Anti-Discrimination Law?

Did you know the California Civil Rights Department published a “Survivors of Violence and Family Members of Victims Right to Leave & Accommodations Notice”?

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2025

Did You Know?

Did you know that a recent federal court decision may require Pennsylvania employers to pay employees for walking to the time clock?

Did you know New Jersey treats commissions as wages?

The new law expands workplace protections in Section 112 of the Utah Antidiscrimination Act by prohibiting employers from making employees engage in “religiously objectionable expression” that the employee reasonably believes would burden or offend the “employee’s sincerely held religious beliefs.”

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2024

Tidbits

Help! A former employee posted negative comments about me and my business on Google, and I don’t know what to do!

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2025

Q & A

Q: I extended an offer to a protected class – she is pregnant – and I am considering rescinding the offer, not for that reason, just that I might have a more qualified candidate. What do I need to consider here?

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