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D&I Hits Its Stride

Aaron Crews discusses how employers are using data to move diversity and inclusion programs forward.

Human Resource Executive

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Big Law Innovators Tell How To Beat The Status Quo

Scott Rechtschaffen shares the thought process behind Littler's KnowledgeDesk, a system through which the firm's attorneys ask a question and human researchers find the answer.

Law360

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In the Rush to Big Data, Don't Ignore the Legal Risks

Aaron Crews and Marko Mrkonich co-authored this article that breaks down big data and explains how it can be used in the workplace.

TLNT

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Good Data Is The Foundation For Data-Driven People Management

Aaron Crews authored this article on how planning can help HR leverage big data and analytics to improve hiring, training and retention.

HR Technologist

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Littler Survey: Employers Reeling from Regulatory Shifts, New Forces Impacting Workplace

Littler attorneys comment on the results of Littler's Annual Employer Survey and analyze the impact that sweeping regulatory changes and other factors, including the #MeToo movement, have on employers.

General Counsel News

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Littler and Prime Policy Group Release Joint Report on the Impact of AI and Automation on the American Workforce

Report Explores the Myriad Issues Related to Technology-Induced Displacement of Employees (TIDE)




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How Can Artificial Intelligence Work for HR?

Aaron Crews explains the many ways AI can benefit employers.

SHRM Online

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Is your recruitment team ready for AI?

Aaron Crews discusses efficient ways to use AI in the workplace.

HR Dive

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Companies Are Warned About Compliance 'Minefields' for Pay Equity

Denise Visconti and Allan King urge employers to be vigilant regarding pay equity issues.

The National Law Journal

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Bloomberg Law’s VIDEO Coverage of the 2018 Littler Executive Employer Conference

Bloomberg Law’s® Daily Labor Report® news team at the Littler Executive Employer® Conference interviewed panelists about a broad spectrum of employment and labor topics addressing significant developments, emerging trends and challenges facing in-house counsel, employee relations professionals and human resources executives.




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Littler Survey Finds Employers Reeling from Regulatory Shifts and New Forces Impacting the Workplace

Seventh annual survey of more than 1,100 employers reveals how companies are responding to rapid social and political changes




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Littler Mendelson Takes Aim at Pay Inequity with New Software

Aaron Crews explains Littler's Pay Equity Assessment Tool.

Employee Benefit News

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Solving HR's Midlife Crisis: Using Human Skills to Lead Change

Aaron Crews is quoted regarding technology’s role in HR. 

HR Dive

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The Littler Annual Employer Survey 2018

Employers are feeling some regulatory relief following a year that brought several changes to workplace policy, but are also grappling with the uncertainty these shifts have created. Sweeping regulatory changes have left them to redesign policies and strategies that had only recently been updated, while simultaneously navigating a growing patchwork of employment laws as states and localities work to fill perceived policy vacuums at the federal level.




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In Their Words | Using Analytics and AI in Legal Practice

Lee Schreter discusses the impact of artificial intelligence and data analytics on the practice of law. 

Georgia State News

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Massachusetts Attorney General Publishes Long-Anticipated Guidance on the Revised Pay Equity Law

The Massachusetts Attorney General has recently published an Overview and Frequently Asked Questions (the “Overview”) regarding the amendment to the Massachusetts Equal Pay Act, set to take effect on July 1, 2018.  The Overview answers many questions that employers have been asking about this wide-ranging new law.  The Overview also confirms the importance of an employer self-evaluation, offering some direction on what types of evaluations are appropriate, and explaining how it could protect a company from liability under the law.

The New Equal Pay Act




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What's Next: Decrypting Iran | Phone Frisking | Legal Meltdown

Aaron Crews suggests how data could change business law.

Law.com

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4 Places BigLaw Is Putting Its Tech Budget Dollars

Scott Rechtschaffen talks about cybersecurity enhancements and the importance of investing in technology. 

Law360

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The Cybersecurity Law Report

Aaron Crews and Michael McGuire answer questions about cybersecurity, eDiscovery and other data topics.

The Cybersecurity Law Report

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Littler Expands Pay Equity Audit Capabilities with New Offering

The Littler Pay Equity Assessment™ Provides Enhanced Data Analytics to Help Employers Assess Risk and Proactively Identify Solutions




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Three Ways Data Can Improve Legal Operations

Scott Forman authored this article regarding big data, benchmarking, predictive modeling and trendspotting.

Today's General Counsel

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Curtailing Workplace Harassment … with a Robot?

Marko Mrkonich comments on the current capabilities of artificial intelligence in the workplace.

Workforce

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Unlocking the Power of Relational Data to Improve Collaboration

Zev Eigen authored an article covering the data science revolution in HR, as well as tools readily available to employers.

The Lawyer's Daily

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Can Data Solve Employers' Compensation Headache?

Zev Eigen comments on the value of data in making decisions on compensation.

HR Dive

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Opinion: Using Analytics to Close the Gender Pay Gap

Zev Eigen recommends that organizations regularly analyze data and policies to avoid compensation gaps between men and women.

Information Management

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Playing the numbers game: 21st Century law will be based on math and data analytics

Zev Eigen comments on the increasing importance and role of data analytics in the legal industry.

Financial Post

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Using Data to Help Close the Gender Wage Gap

Zev Eigen discusses how employers can utilize Big Data to help close the gender wage gap in their organizations.

SHRM Online

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HR Should Understand the Risks and Rewards of Using Data Analytics

Zev Eigen and Marko Mrkonich explore the benefits and potential risks of using data analytics to augment HR decision-making processes.

SHRM Online

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Are You Buying a Lawsuit with ‘Big Data’? HR Must Ask the Right Questions

During a presentation at the 2017 SHRM Employment Law and Legislative Conference, Marko Mrkonich, Zev Eigen and Corinn Jackson discussed the risks employers face when using data analytics.

HR Daily Advisor

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Data Security, Actual AI and Law’s Acceptance of Tech Spell the New Forefront of Law

Zev Eigen considers artificial intelligence and predictive coding to be tools in making better informed hiring decisions. 

Corporate Counsel

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New Illinois Child Labor Law Brings Enhanced Workplace Rules for Minors Under 16

Lavanga V. Wijekoon and Emily Linn examine a new Illinois law (SB 1782) that enhances restrictions on the employment of minors and imposes certain new civil and criminal penalties on violating employers.

SHRM

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EU Parliament Votes in Favor of the European Supply Chain Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD)

On Wednesday, April 24, 2024, the EU member states in the EU Parliament voted in favor of the European Supply Chain Directive (Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive – CSDDD). This is one of the final steps in a long legislative process. The vote had been delayed several times at the beginning of the year because some EU member states—including Germany—had announced that they would vote against the directive. The planned liability regime of the directive was a particular point of contention.

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The E.U. Advances a Watered-Down but Nonetheless Landmark Human Rights Draft Law – What This Means for Global Employers

  • The E.U. significantly advanced draft legislation requiring certain global employers to engage in wide-ranging human rights due diligence.
  • The scope of the law covers both E.U. and non-E.U. companies.
  • The draft law is expected to pass this summer, triggering E.U. Member States’ obligations to transpose it into local law. 




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Are employers required to conduct human rights due diligence in their global operations?

Are employers required to conduct human rights due diligence in their global operations?

The scope and scale of many employers’ global operations and their global supply chains are expanding. This expansion has led to a greater focus on the risk of corporate human rights abuses such as forced labor, child labor, and other forms of modern slavery.




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Germany: Update on the European Supply Chain Directive

On March 15, 2024, the EU member states voted in favor of the European Supply Chain Directive (Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive – CSDDD) in the EU Committee of Permanent Representatives (COREPER) after a long back-and-forth. The vote, originally scheduled for February 9, 2024, had been initially canceled and postponed indefinitely. The reason for this was that numerous member states – including Germany – had already announced their abstention from the vote in advance. The final version of the directive is less burdensome for companies compared to the previous draft.




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South Korea Proposes Mandatory Human Rights Due Diligence Obligations on Employers

  • South Korean lawmakers have proposed a bill imposing mandatory human rights and environmental due diligence obligations on employers.
  • If the bill is enacted, this law will be the first of its kind in Asia.
  • This bill emerges as global employers are currently complying with a patchwork of due diligence laws in Western countries.




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The CSDDD Effect: Assessing the Impact of the EU’s Impending Corporate Sustainability Mandate on Japanese Companies

Lavanga Wijekoon and Aki Tanaka explore the significant impact of the European Union’s expected Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) on global corporate responsibility, with a specific focus on its implications for Japanese companies.

Institute for Security and Development Policy

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DOL Issues Guidance on the Child Labor “Hot Goods” Prohibition

  • Reiterating its commitment to combatting oppressive child labor, the DOL will “[use] all appropriate enforcement tools, including the hot goods provision of section 212(a)” to curtail child labor violations.




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DOL Issues Annual Report on Child Labor with Emphasis on Enforcement

  • The DOL continues to focus on enforcement of child labor violations, with special attention to supply chain violations, including through subcontractors and staffing agencies.
  • Recent publicity on this issue has highlighted how dangerous forms of child labor, and in particular child labor involving young migrants, should encourage companies to assess whether and to what extent their U.S. operations should be analyzed for these concerns.




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Employers Rapidly Implement Japan’s Guidelines on Business & Human Rights

  • Japan is one of the first non-Western countries to adopt a legal framework on business and human rights, which will likely influence other countries in the APAC region, as well as the overall Western focus of BHR developments. 




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Texas Governor Signs Preemption Bill, CROWN Act, and Other Legislation into Law

The Texas legislature meets only for approximately six months every other year. This session, many bills signed into law impact employers. This article summarizes some of these new laws and how they impact employment operations in the State of Texas.

State Preemption of Conflicting Local Laws (AKA the “Death Star Law”)




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Canada Passes Modern Slavery Act

On May 11, 2023, Canada passed An Act to enact Fighting Against Forced Labour and Child Labour in Supply Chains Act and to amend the Customs Tariff (the “Act”). As we reported previously, the Act will create supply chain transparency and reporting obligations for certain companies as part of Canada’s efforts to fight against forced labour and child labour in Canadian supply chains.




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Business and Human Rights for Small Companies – What is the Impact of the German Supply Chain Due Diligence Act on the Supplier Side?

  • The new German Supply Chain Due Diligence Act imposes new obligations on larger companies, which must, among other things, check their entire supply chain for violations of human rights and environmental concerns.
  • Companies that are not yet directly covered by the scope of application—i.e., suppliers—are also indirectly affected, as they are subject to comparable obligations.




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Temporary foreign worker awarded $300,000 for workplace abuse, but denied tort of labour trafficking

Rhonda Levy comments on an Ontario Supreme Court ruling in which the court struck down a claim made by a temporary foreign worker seeking damages against his employer for the statutory tort of human trafficking.

Law Times

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Ontario, Canada Court Addresses Statutory Tort of Human Trafficking in Labour Context

  • Temporary foreign worker made a claim for damages against employer for the statutory tort of human trafficking under the Prevention of and Remedies for Human Trafficking Act.




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New York to Require Human Trafficking Recognition Training for Certain Hospitality Employees

New York State Governor Kathy Hochul recently signed into law eight pieces of legislation designed to combat human trafficking. These laws require many hospitality industry employers to provide specific anti-human-trafficking awareness training to employees. They also require certain hospitality and transportation industry employers to post information regarding services available to human trafficking victims.




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Dealing with human rights complaints in unionized workplaces

Rhonda B. Levy and Douglas Sanderson examine The Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario preliminary hearing to determine whether allegations made under the Human Rights Code fell within the exclusive jurisdiction of a labour arbitrator, or whether the Tribunal had concurrent jurisdiction over employment-related human rights matters in a unionized workplace. 

Human Resources Director Canada




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Canada’s Proposed Modern Slavery Act Would Impose Significant Annual Reporting Obligations on Certain Private-Sector Entities

  • Bill S-211 would enact the Modern Slavery Act, which would require covered employers to report annually on efforts to combat forced and child labour.
  • If the Modern Slavery Act receives Royal Assent in 2022, it will take effect January 1, 2023, and employer reporting requirements will commence May 31, 2023.
  • Non-Canadian entities that do business in Canada and meet the size and activity requirements might be subject to this law.




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Recent Human Rights Due Diligence Law Developments in the European Union, Switzerland, and Japan

National and supranational legislatures continue to develop laws requiring employers to conduct due diligence of their operations and those of their business partners in order to address human rights risks such as forced labor and child labor.  Recently, the European Union (EU), Switzerland, and Japan have rolled out such laws, described below:

EU’s Corporate Due Diligence and Corporate Accountability Directive




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An application for refugee status may prevent you from starting work

Karolina Schiffter discusses whether Ukrainian citizens who claim refugee status can work in Poland.

Gazeta Prawna

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