?In the final hours of the 2023 legislative session, the New York Legislature passed the Clean Slate Act. If signed by Gov. Kathy Hochul, it will provide for the automatic sealing of... Read more »
?Federal and state laws regarding antitrust concerns and whistleblowing have evolved in recent years, so it’s important for HR professionals to stay up-to-date on legal compliance. “Keep yourself safe,” Christine Walters, an... Read more »
?Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., informed Amazon CEO Andy Jassy on June 20 that the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP), which Sanders chairs, has begun an investigation into the... Read more »
?After months of uncertainty, the rulemaking process for the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), the first-ever comprehensive U.S. data privacy law applicable to HR data, concluded on March 29. California employers can... Read more »
?Past is often prologue, to paraphrase Shakespeare, so employers should verify the past employment of those they’re interested in hiring, particularly since organizations might be liable if they hire someone who later... Read more »
?More than 325,000 Teamsters union members at United Parcel Service (UPS) voted on June 16 to strike if no agreement is reached with the company by the time the current contract ends... Read more »
?Due to new rights granted under the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) and the Providing Urgent Maternal Protections for Nursing Mothers Act (PUMP Act), employers must display a new version of workplace... Read more »
?Takeaway: It is increasingly critical for employers to implement policies governing social media posts by their employees to protect the institution’s legitimate business interests. ?Offensive social media posts lacked a sufficient connection... Read more »
?An employee’s vague claims of discriminatory conduct toward himself and others are insufficient to prove either discrimination or retaliation, a federal district court ruled. The court granted the employer’s motion for summary... Read more »
?With employers relying more often on artificial intelligence (AI) to help hire new workers, states have begun implementing new laws and regulations to govern how employers can deploy such tools. “You can... Read more »
