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Hiring & Firing › California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA)

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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... more +

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 -

Recent New York Legislation Highlights Tension Between Employee Privacy and Regulatory Compliance for Broker-Dealers and Advisers

Dechert LLP on 3/13/2024

As of today, March 12, 2024, a New York state statute, in certain circumstances, restricts employers “from requesting or requiring that an employee or applicant disclose any . . . means for accessing a personal account...more

CPRA Enforcement Activity Underway Despite Court Ruling to Delay

White & Case LLP on 8/16/2023

The California Attorney General's (the "Cal AG") office appears to be moving forward with enforcement activities, despite a recent court ruling delaying enforcement of CPRA regulations. In the past month, since the amendments...more

Top Workplace Law Stories You May Have Missed from June 2023

Fisher Phillips on 7/10/2023

It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, there have been an unprecedented number of changes for the past few years — and this past...more

Privacy Report: California Privacy Protection Agency Releases Draft CPRA Regulations

ArentFox Schiff on 6/8/2022

California Privacy Protection Agency Releases Draft CPRA Regulations - The California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) just released proposed California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) regulations. The regulations expand...more

The EU Is Preparing for Artificial Intelligence. What About the US?

Fox Rothschild LLP on 4/25/2022

The European Union is gearing up to regulate AI, but what is the U.S. doing? •There are new Federal algorithmic transparency bills being filed: •The Algorithmic Accountability Act of 2022, introduced by Senator Ron Wyden...more

NYC Places Groundbreaking Restrictions on AI Use in Hiring Practices

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 12/20/2021

In a groundbreaking move, likely to have significant impact on employee hiring and HR tech, the New York City Council has passed a measure (“the NYC measure”) that bans the use of automated decision-making tools to (1) screen...more

CPRA Update: How to Prepare for Privacy Compliance as an Employer

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP on 6/21/2021

Last year’s voter guide to California Proposition 24, the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), included a stark argument against enacting the privacy ballot initiative because it did not go far enough to protect employee...more

2016 California Labor and Employment Legislation Update: It’s Final!

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 10/4/2016

Seyfarth Synopsis: Employers in California: be aware and prepare for new laws increasing minimum wages and mandating overtime pay for agricultural employees; expanding the California Fair Pay Act to race and ethnicity and to...more

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