Bradford Kelley, Jim Paretti and Eduardo Reyes Chavez say a new administration could lead to changes in AI compliance requirements for employers nationwide.

Law360

View (Subscription required)

Michael Lotito, Jim Paretti, and Shannon Meade discuss what a new administration will mean for employment law and employers.

American City Business Journals

View (Subscription required)

Michael Lotito, Jorge Lopez, Jim Paretti and Shannon Meade share their outlooks on the biggest changes that could be coming down the pike for HR after Election Day.

HR Executive

View

Alex MacDonald says the US Labor Department’s ability to use in-house judges to resolve claims may have to be addressed by the US Supreme Court because circuit splits threaten to limit the judges’ power. 

Bloomberg Law

View (Subscription required)

Sabine Vianden discusses the German Pay Transparency Act and how it can help solve the gender pay gap discrepancies in Germany.

International Employment Lawyer

View (Subscription required)

Bradford J. Kelley stresses to employers the importance of implementing safeguards when considering adopting AI technologies.

Thomson Reuters

View

Zoe Argento provides insight into Colorado’s AI law and the risks employers may have if they allow AI tools in the workplace. 

The Sum & Substance

View

Kelly M. Cardin provides insight about why New York City is expanding its sick leave law to let workers use it to care for pets and service animals.

Law360

View (Subscription required)

Ben Smith and Maya Beauville say the UK government's softened plan to grant employees the right to disconnect out of hours is unlikely to change the legal sector's entrenched long-hour culture anytime soon.

Law360

View (Subscription required)

Stephan Swinkels discusses a major reversal in reforms to Dutch tax law that would have impacted the recruitment and mobility of highly skilled foreign talent.

Global Mobility Lawyer

View (Subscription required)

Paul Piccigallo says the Second Circuit panel's unanimous ruling in Herrera v. Comme Des Garçons Ltd has resulted in the filing of fewer motions to dismiss at the initial responsive pleading stages in overtime lawsuits.

Law360 Employment Authority

View (Subscription required)

Joy Rosenquist says a new law enshrining the principle of intersectionality in California’s anti-discrimination statutes will have a substantial impact on equal pay litigation.

Law360 Employment Authority

View (Subscription required)

Ben Smith says Labour's plans to upgrade workers' rights would create extra red tape for employers. 

BBC

View

Erin Webber talks about how her father inspired her future career in labor and employment law and recalls her journey to become the Managing Director of Littler. 

MIZZOU Magazine

View

Alex MacDonald discusses his article “The Accidental Success of the NLRA: How a Law About Unions Achieved Its Goals by Giving Us Fewer Unions” on a podcast.

Labor Union News

Listen

Stephan Swinkels and Jan-Ove Becker discuss workplace issues that European employers are struggling with, including geopolitical events, political debates and LGBTQ+ rights. 

Human Resources Director Asia

View

Ben Smith discusses a UK proposal to abolish the two-year qualifying period for employees to bring an unfair dismissal claim against their employer.

Law 360

View (Subscription required)

Rebecca Goldstein and Terri Solomon comment on New York's Retail Worker Safety Act, which requires retail employers to adopt a violence prevention policy.

Law360 Employment Authority

View (Subscription required)

Deborah Margolis talks about the importance of creating effective GenAI policies.

Human Resources Director America

View

Bradford Kelley talks about how important it is for employers to create effective AI policies.

SHRM

View (Subscription required)

Stephan Swinkels and Deborah Margolis discuss key findings in Littler’s 2024 European Employer Survey Report and what they mean for employers.

The Global Legal Post

View (Subscription required)

In light of news that the EHRC legal support scheme funded only 27 race discrimination cases during 2022-23, Philip Cameron and Lisa Cameron say it’s important that legal support schemes continue to support litigants in employment discrimination cases.

Personnel Today

View

Stephan Swinkels discusses key findings in Littler’s 2024 European Employer Survey Report, including AI use and politically charged issues in the workplace.

Law360

View (Subscription required)

Stephan Swinkels, Jan-Ove Becker and Deborah Margolis discuss findings from Littler’s 2024 European Employer Survey Report.

International Employment Lawyer

View (Subscription required)

Tyler Sims discusses what General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo’s tough stance on stay or pay could mean for employers.

Law360 Employment Authority

View (Subscription required)

Alex MacDonald says a California assembly bill unlawfully targets certain companies or groups of companies.

Law360 Employment Authority

View (Subscription required)

Marko Mrkonich says it’s important for companies to establish their AI compliance framework at the beginning, instead of after employees have already gotten used to deploying AI in certain ways.

Corporate Counsel

View (Subscription required)

Marko Mrkonich discusses findings in Littler’s AI C-Suite Survey Report that explains why it’s essential for employers to implement workplace generative AI policies.

Corporate Compliance Insights

View

Michael Lotito comments on states banning captive audience meetings.

Law360

View (Subscription required)

The Senate recessed, leaving two nominees key to the partisan balance on the National Labor Relations Board in limbo, and Michael Lotito says it’s a sign that their confirmations are not guaranteed.

Law360

View (Subscription required) 

Joycelyn Stevenson shares four key points employers should consider when it comes to politics at work.

Nashville Business Journal

View (Subscription required)

Bradford Kelley and James McGehee discuss the potential risks for employers when employees use social  media for political purposes.

Law360

View (Subscription required)

David Goldstein discusses how long employers should keep rejected job candidates’ records and says their ATS system for storing those records should be configured to comply with applicable laws.

HR Dive

View

Stephan Swinkels says some data breaches are inevitable and employers must move quickly to minimize the damage in the event of a breach.

International Employment Lawyer

View (Subscription required)

Philip L. Gordon says a new AI law in Colorado means that any employer doing business in the state with more than 50 employees will have specific obligations when AI is a factor in the decision-making processes that affect personnel.

HR Brew

View

Zoe Argento says more companies are using tools like artificial intelligence that incorporate biometric identifiers, and so new privacy laws are likely to apply to a larger swath of employers than might think they must comply with them. 

The Sum & Substance

View

In a significant decision focused on public employers, the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) recently held that Ontario public school boards are “government” and, as such, they are subject to the provisions of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (Charter), and their teachers are protected from unreasonable search and seizure in their places of employment. In York Region District School Board v.

Orly Henry says a recent BIPA amendment is an important change that will help protect businesses and help Illinois remain competitive in the global economy.

Law360

View (Subscription required)

On August 2, 2024, Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker signed into law Senate Bill 2979 (the “Amendment”), implementing long-awaited, highly anticipated reform to the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA). The Amendment is a milestone in the broader ongoing effort to resolve BIPA’s vague statutory language and courts’ expansive interpretations of the law, which have resulted in businesses across Illinois paying hundreds of millions of dollars to settle the 1,000+ BIPA class actions filed in state and federal courts to date.

Zoe Argento talks about the new compliance requirements for employers under Colorado’s biometric privacy law.

Law Week Colorado

View (Subscription required)

Thomas W. Carroll, Matt Freemann, David C. Gartenberg and Billie Jo M. Risheim provide an overview of the significant new laws passed during the 2024 legislative session that affect Colorado employers.

SHRM Online

View (Subscription required)

Rod M. Fliegel and Cirrus Jahangiri discuss what a recent court of appeal decision means for employers in California, who are often restricted from access to employees’ public records, including criminal history information.

SHRM Online

View (Subscription required)

Zoe M. Argento, Philip L. Gordon, Kwabena A. Appenteng, Orly Henry and Alyssa Daniels discuss the Biometric Amendment, an amendment to the Colorado Privacy Act that requires employers to obtain consent before collecting and using biometric information.

SHRM Online

View (Subscription required)

Hot off the press – here is Littler’s mid-year report!  As federal regulators, states and cities continue to pass new workplace regulations through the calendar year, we summarize each state’s notable labor and employment law updates. Some states, like Maryland, have at least a dozen new laws and regulations taking effect this summer, tackling everything from vaping at work to pay discrimination.  Other states have just one, such as the state of West Virginia, which now restrains employers from acting against employees who store firearms in their vehicles on company property.

Bradford Kelley, Kellen Shearin and Michael Lotito say employers must consider employees' rights — and limits on those rights — related to political speech and activities in the workplace.

Law360

View (Subscription required.)