Employers are increasingly using Automated Decision Systems (“ADS”) – tools powered by Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) and algorithms – to streamline recruitment and manage the employee lifecycle. Uses so far include
Continue Reading California to Regulate Use of AI in Employment Starting October 1, 2025You are invited! On April 23, 2025, from Noon to 1:00 p.m. PST, our team will present a free webinar explaining how employers can prepare for surprise visits by U.S.
Continue Reading Hot Topics Webinar: Managing ICE and DEI in Your Workplace!Key parts of President Donald Trump’s executive orders seeking to end diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives (DEI) in the workplace were recently ruled unconstitutional by a federal court in Maryland.
Continue Reading Trump’s Orders Limiting DEI Programs in the Workplace are Enjoined in PartThe prospect of large-scale, unannounced ICE raids on workplaces is upon us with the launch of the second Trump administration. What employers need to know now is outlined HERE by
Continue Reading Employers: Prepare Now for Workplace Immigration RaidsOne instance of a coworker directing the “N-word” to a Black employee can rise to the level of being so severe as to make for a racially hostile work environment
Continue Reading One Use of the “N-word” Lands an Employer in a Jury Trial – Lessons to LearnElection 2024 is here and now is the time for employers in California to refresh themselves on the voting leave and posting requirements they must follow:
– Employers must allow
Continue Reading Time Off to Vote and Notice Requirements are Upon UsStarting September 3, 2024, employers must comply with involved new requirements if they wish to consider criminal backgrounds in making hiring or promotional decisions for positions that will perform work
Continue Reading New Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance Imposes Obligations on EmployersAn important new discovery tool – demands for disclosure — are available for use in California state court employment lawsuits filed from January 1, 2024, and later. The demands significantly
Continue Reading Employers Must Adapt to New Demands for Disclosure in California Employment LawsuitsBeginning New Year’s Day 2024, employers are required to give all non-exempt new hires working in California a new form of Wage Theft Prevention Act Notice containing new information. Employers
Continue Reading Employers Must Give New Hires Expanded Wage Theft Notice
No later than July 1, 2024, covered California employers must implement extensive workplace violence prevention plans (WVPP) and deliver specified training to employees under new legislation signed by Governor Gavin
Continue Reading Prepare Early for California’s New Workplace Violence Prevention Requirements