?June 1 will mark the first anniversary of An Act Respecting French, the Official and Common Language of Quebec (the “Official and Common Language Act”), better known as Bill 96. On that date, new... Read more »
?Whether smartwatches, data glasses, gloves with sensors and scanners or fitness trackers for company health programs, wearables are becoming increasingly popular as digitalization progresses and offer employers an excellent opportunity to optimize... Read more »
?HR teams need to ask and answer many questions before setting policies to guide employees’ use of OpenAI’s ChatGPT and other generative artificial intelligence tools, legal experts say. The content-producing technology is... Read more »
?April is Autism Awareness Month, and with all the enthusiasm about diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) in the workplace, we need to call attention to one alarming statistic: There are 5 million... Read more »
?A majority of employers agree that modernizing the U.S. immigration system will boost economic growth, lessen labor shortages and ensure that the U.S. maintains a competitive edge in attracting and retaining global... Read more »
?There are myriad issues created during corporate mergers and acquisitions (M&As), and many affect foreign national staff’s legal presence and ability to work in the United States. Most employment-based nonimmigrant visas (NIVs)—unlike... Read more »
?Family-friendly employment experts in the United Kingdom say they are thrilled to hear the U.K. government will make a significant financial investment in the country’s child care sector in coming years, but... Read more »
?SHRM is urging the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to allow employers to continue using noncompete agreements with certain employees. Employers and trade groups flooded the FTC with almost 27,000 comments on its... Read more »
?Even before the pandemic began, media giant Thomson Reuters started what it called a shift toward flexibility after its employees called for more benefits to promote a better work/life balance. But that... Read more »
?When Spain passed a bill guaranteeing paid menstrual leave for women, headlines framed the impending change as straightforward. How the bill, which will begin to be enforced on June 1, is implemented... Read more »
