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Hiring & Firing refers to the process of recruiting, interviewing and offering employment and the process of evaluating performance and dismissing employees. Hiring & Firing is a highly regulated area and can create tremendous liability for employers who fail to properly adhere to acceptable employment practices. Some of the potential pitfalls in this area stem from discriminatory hiring practices, improper performance evaluations, and retaliatory firings. less -

Pumping the Brakes: New York Seeks to Curb AI Acceleration in Labor Market

Epstein Becker & Green on 7/12/2024

The past several years have witnessed a notable uptick in workplace artificial intelligence related legislation and agency enforcement attention, specifically focused on the infusion of AI or so-called automated...more

What Employers Need to Know About Colorado’s New AI Law

Husch Blackwell LLP on 6/19/2024

Colorado recently became the first state to regulate the use of high-risk artificial intelligence (AI) systems to prevent algorithmic discrimination by developers and deployers of AI systems. The Colorado AI Act is broad in...more

European Parliament Adopts Artificial Intelligence Act

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 3/29/2024

On March 13, 2024, European Union policymakers finally passed the long anticipated Artificial Intelligence Act (AI Act), the world’s first comprehensive artificial intelligence (AI) legislation, providing employers with...more

Navigating AI in the Workplace and Recruitment

Mayer Brown on 3/22/2024

In recent years, we have seen an increase in employers using artificial intelligence (AI) in the workplace, whether to assist with decision-making and staff management across the life-cycle of the employment relationship or...more

[Event] 2023 Labor & Employment Conference - October 4th, Chicago, IL

Clark Hill PLC on 9/11/2023

This program is designed to ensure that you and your business stay prepared and in compliance with new developments in federal and Illinois labor and employment laws. You'll gain invaluable insights on a range of topics...more

Friend or Foe? Legal Risks Arising From ChatGPT and Other Generative AI Software

Bailey & Glasser, LLP on 6/29/2023

Recent breakthroughs in generative artificial intelligence (AI) have captured significant media attention. Developers argue that the technology, which learns from data to produce new text, visual, or audio content based on a...more

ICE Announces July and August Deadlines for Employers: Preparing for the DHS Planned Sunset of the COVID Pandemic Remote I-9...

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 5/26/2023

The Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”) announced on May 4, 2023 a planned end to the COVID-19 remote I-9 flexibility. The flexibility ends on July 31 and prior pandemic I-9s must be remediated by Aug 30, 2023. Therefore,...more

Using AI in Human Resources: Benefits and Risks

Gould + Ratner LLP on 5/9/2023

Artificial intelligence (AI) is already a key feature in many people’s lives, including at work. While some AI platforms have been around for years, highly advanced intelligence platforms, such as ChatGPT, could become...more

Addressing Today’s Problem and Avoiding Tomorrow’s Tragedy: Employer Tactics for Responding to and Preventing Workplace Violence.

Frantz Ward LLP on 1/25/2023

On November 22, 2022, a Virginia Walmart employee reportedly opened fire in a staff break room, killing six co-workers and injuring several others. On January 23, 2023, a California mushroom farm employee shot and killed...more

6 Proactive Tips to Address Employee Defection Concerns Before a Crisis Unfolds

Fisher Phillips on 1/20/2023

It is often said that the best defense is a good offense. That is certainly true if you are an employer conducting a risk assessment of potential employee defections that could expose your company to losses of valuable...more

Workflow of the Week: Streamlining Risk Assessment in Partner Onboarding

Mitratech Holdings, Inc on 9/27/2022

Making it faster, easier, and more reliable to assess risk in partner onboarding and relationships with workflow automation. Partner relationships help increase a vendor’s reach and allow them to meet the demand for their...more

[Event] Shutdowns Turnarounds Superconference - December 7th - 8th, Alberta, Canada

American Conference Institute (ACI) on 11/24/2021

Canada’s leading event for the turnaround community is returning to Calgary! Focusing on the most pressing issues affecting the industry The Canadian Institute’s 20th Annual Shutdowns Turnarounds Superconference ensures you...more

Who Are You? Assessing Employee Skill Sets Through Personality Tests

Fisher Phillips on 8/3/2020

In Leaders Eat Last, Simon Sinek says “The ability of a group of people to do remarkable things hinges on how well those people pull together as a team.” And anyone who has managed employees can appreciate that varying...more

Equality in Credit Decisions - Does "Sex" include Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity?

Hudson Cook, LLP on 7/31/2020

In June of this year, the United States Supreme Court held that an employer who fires an employee for being gay or transgender violates the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ("Title VII"). Title VII prohibits employers from refusing...more

Current Trends In Combating Weight Discrimination In The Workplace

Fisher Phillips on 5/21/2020

Employers everywhere should be well-versed in the main federal civil rights laws, offering protection to your employees and applicants from workplace discrimination based on age, disability, sex, gender, religion, race, and...more

AI, Automation, & Wearable Technology: Modern Tools in the Modern Workplace

Verrill on 2/20/2020

On Thursday, January 30, members of Verrill’s Labor & Employment Group and Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation Group conducted a full-day seminar on employment law topics to prepare HR professionals, managers, and...more

[Podcast]: Reductions in Force

Proskauer - Law and the Workplace on 1/9/2020

In this episode of The Proskauer Brief, partners Harris Mufson and Evandro Gigante discuss considerations and best practices associated with reductions in force. Companies that make a business decision to reduce its staffing...more

California Bill AB5 Will Rewrite the Rules for Independent Contractors

Polsinelli on 9/18/2019

On September 10, 2019, the California Senate passed AB5, a sweeping bill to control the use of independent contractors in the nation’s largest state. With the California Assembly concurring in the Senate’s amendments to the...more

California Assembly Bill Five Excepts Certain Categories Of Workers From Independent Contractor Classification Overhaul

Coblentz Patch Duffy & Bass on 9/18/2019

Last week, the California Legislature passed Assembly Bill (AB) 5, a new law related to an issue that is critically important to California employers and service providers—whether a worker is classified as an employee or an...more

California Adopts Strict Independent Contractor Test in New Bill

Troutman Pepper on 9/18/2019

On September 11, the California Assembly passed AB 5, a bill that codifies and expands the application of the strict independent contractor test (the “ABC test”) set forth in last year’s decision of the California Supreme...more

AB 5: The Great California Employment Experiment—A Littler Workplace Policy Institute Report

Littler on 8/9/2019

Assembly Bill (AB) 5, currently pending in the California legislature, would impose the “ABC” test on California businesses and workers, dramatically altering the legal standards applied in evaluating whether a worker is an...more

New York State Expands Equal Pay Legislation

Stokes Wagner on 7/18/2019

On July 10, 2019, Governor Cuomo signed two new bills that expand New York State’s equal pay Labor Law § 194. These new bills specifically (1) expand the scope of New York State’s equal pay law to all protected classes and...more

California Legislature Moves to Codify Dynamex

Stoel Rives - World of Employment on 6/7/2019

With its decision last year in Dynamex, the California Supreme Court fundamentally changed the test for determining whether workers are properly classified as either employees or independent contractors. Specifically, and as...more

Ninth Circuit Expands Reach of Dynamex, Holding ABC Test Retroactive

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 5/10/2019

Seyfarth Synopsis: In 2018 the California Supreme Court issued its radical Dynamex decision, discussed in our One Minute Memo here. Now the Ninth Circuit has piled on, holding in Vazquez v. Jan-Pro Franchising, International,...more

Ninth Circuit Applies Dynamex Retroactively

FordHarrison on 5/9/2019

In 2018, the California Supreme Court adopted the “ABC test” for determining whether workers are independent contractors under California wage orders (the Dynamex decision). For a discussion of that decision....more

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