Heather Kramer

The California Consumer Protection Act (“CCPA”) was in effect for just over three months when the American economy stopped cold in the face of the COVID-19 global pandemic. Much effort was expended in the months before the January 1, 2020 effective date to ensure compliance with the CCPA which, like its European cousin, the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) aspires to protect data and personal information.

RESEARCH ARTICLE (Open Access) Heather Anu Kramer A D , Miranda H. Mockrin B , Patricia M. Alexandre C and Volker C. Radeloff A + Author Affiliations - Author Affiliations A SILVIS Lab, Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology, University of Wisconsin–Madison, 1630 Linden Drive, Madison, WI 53706, USA. B Northern Research Station, USDA Forest Service, 5523 Research Park Drive Suite, 350 Baltimore, MD 21228, USA.

On July 14, 2015 the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) announced that both it and the FAR Council have extended the notice and comment period for the proposed guidance and regulations implementing the Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces Executive Order (the “Order”). The public now has through August 11, 2015 to comment on the proposed guidance and regulations. This represents a 15-day extension on the notice and comment period, which was originally set to expire on July 27, 2015.