Automation Systems, Unions

Employers Take Note: Hollywood Writers' Agreement Addresses AI's Disruption of the Workplace

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 10/9/2023

The Hollywood writers' strike ended last Tuesday with an agreement to manage the disruption caused by automation – a framework that likely will be repeated in other workplaces....more

Warehouses and Distributions Centers Turn to Automation in Response to Ongoing Labor Shortage

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 9/12/2022

More than 43 million Americans quit their jobs in 2021, according to The Washington Post. This mass exodus has put a particular strain on operators of warehouses, distribution centers, and 3PL providers who have been forced...more

Automation as Response to Labor Shortage: Considerations for Manufacturing Industry

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 7/6/2022

The move toward automation was underway in the manufacturing industry well before the current labor shortage triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, employee departures and the wage increases in an effort to retain and...more

Self-Driving Trucks and Labor Law—A Look Ahead

Littler on 12/7/2018

Welcome to the future: The year is 2020 and an organized—i.e., unionized trucking company—“L2M2” has announced it is acquiring a convoy of autonomously powered—i.e., “self-driving”—transportation vehicles....more

The Transformation of the Workplace Through Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, and Automation: Employment and Labor Law Issues,...

Littler on 8/5/2016

The twin forces of technology and globalization are reinventing and redefining the workplace and the way work is performed. The workplace automation of the last century is rapidly being augmented and replaced by intelligent...more

Employment Law Navigator – Week in Review: July 2016 #2

Zelle LLP on 7/11/2016

Last week, former FOX News anchor Gretchen Carlson filed a sexual harassment suit against her boss, Roger Ailes. Ms. Carlson’s complaint makes a number of allegations, including quid pro quo harassment, and was filed against...more