cr Nevada Passes Legislation Creating Licensing Requirements for Earned Wage Access Providers By www.littler.com Published On :: Wed, 05 Jul 2023 17:54:36 +0000 On June 15, 2023, Nevada Governor Joe Lombardo signed SB 290, which requires early wage access (EWA) providers to obtain a license from the Commissioner of Financial Institutions. This is the first EWA law enacted by any state. Early Wage Access Generally Full Article
cr California Limits the Discretion Employers Have to Insist on a Driver’s License Even for Jobs that Require Driving for Work By www.littler.com Published On :: Mon, 30 Sep 2024 18:31:16 +0000 Starting in January 2025, California’s Fair Employment & Housing Act (FEHA) will prohibit employers from including a statement in a job advertisement, posting, application, or other material that an applicant must have a driver’s license unless the employer “reasonably” anticipates driving to be an essential job function that cannot be comparably performed by alternative means. The stated purpose of the new FEHA amendment is to help facilitate employment for non-drivers who rely on ride hails, public transportation, biking, and walking as their primary means of transportation. Full Article
cr California Limits Employers’ Discretion to Insist on a Driver’s License By www.littler.com Published On :: Wed, 16 Oct 2024 14:38:50 +0000 Rod M. Fliegel discusses California legislation that further amends the Fair Employment and Housing Act to prohibit discrimination in the hiring process based on the applicant’s lack of a driver’s license. SHRM View (Subscription required) Full Article
cr Congressional Democrats Want to Weaponize Federal Labor Law By www.littler.com Published On :: Tue, 21 Sep 2021 21:37:05 +0000 Michael Lotito writes about unions and their allies’ attempts to sneak parts of the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act into the budget bill. The Wall Street Journal View (Subscription required.) Full Article
cr Mediator Mark Rudy credits success to preparation, patience, persistence By www.littler.com Published On :: Wed, 27 Oct 2021 14:43:30 +0000 Keith A. Jacoby explains what makes Mark Rudy a good mediator. Daily Journal View (Subscription required.) Full Article
cr Congress Considers Banning Discretionary Clauses in ERISA Plans By www.littler.com Published On :: Thu, 19 May 2022 17:44:57 +0000 On May 12, 2022, the “Employee and Retiree Access to Justice Act” was introduced in the House of Representatives by Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA). Senator Tina Smith (D-MN) introduced a companion bill in the Senate. The bill seeks to ban arbitration and discretionary clauses in employer-sponsored benefit plans governed by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA). Full Article
cr Employers can count sick leave credits as paid medical leave days under CLC: arbitrator By www.littler.com Published On :: Tue, 12 Mar 2024 19:38:37 +0000 Rhonda Levy, Adrian Jakibchuk, Barry Kuretzky and George Vassos comment on an arbitrator’s ruling that federal employers can count employees’ sick leave credits as paid medical leave days under the Canada Labour Code (CLC) if their own program provides “a more favourable benefit” to workers. Human Resources Director Canada View Full Article
cr 4 Questions On Discrimination Attys' Minds In The New Year By www.littler.com Published On :: Tue, 17 Jan 2023 17:22:01 +0000 Alyesha Dotson says the Supreme Court’s upcoming decision on whether to overrule a 2003 decision that upheld affirmative action in student admissions won’t set new precedent for employers, but may have repercussions in how diversity, equity and inclusion programming is conducted moving forward. Law360 Employment Authority View (Subscription required.) Full Article
cr A Look at the Proliferation of New Legislation Addressing IE&D Across the Country By www.littler.com Published On :: Thu, 25 Apr 2024 20:22:54 +0000 There has been an explosion of inclusion, equity and diversity-based legislation over the last two years. Since 2023, dozens of “anti-IE&D” bills have been introduced and 12 have become law, attempting to restrict IE&D-related activities. At the same time, several jurisdictions have recently sought to introduce “pro-IE&D” bills that would require IE&D training and other IE&D-related activities. Full Article
cr Canada Announces Increase in Off-campus Work Hours for Study Permit Holders By www.littler.com Published On :: Tue, 30 Apr 2024 19:07:02 +0000 On April 29, 2024, The Honourable Marc Miller, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, announced that effective the fall semester 2024, international students holding a valid study permit will be permitted to work up to 24 hours per week off campus during the school term. The current policy permits international students to work up to only 20 hours per week off campus during the school term. This change is designed to not only help students gain work experience and offset expenses, but also to address ongoing Canadian labour shortage needs. Full Article
cr More Workers Seek Mental Health Accommodations, Creating Vexing Legal, HR Decisions for Firms By www.littler.com Published On :: Thu, 09 May 2024 16:29:16 +0000 Devjani Mishra discusses findings from Littler’s 2024 Annual Employer Survey Report that show an increase in workplace requests for leaves of absence or other accommodations for mental health. Corporate Counsel View (Subscription required.) Full Article
cr Microdosing Psilocybin: Popular Drug Has Implications for the Workplace By www.littler.com Published On :: Wed, 09 Oct 2024 18:58:12 +0000 This Insight discusses what psilocybin is, how it is used, and various state and local laws that either decriminalize and/or legalize its use, or make the enforcement of its illegality a low priority. This Insight also addresses some steps employers can take if employees are “microdosing” psilocybin while at work. Full Article
cr Predictably Unpredictable – Navigating Fair Workweek Laws Across the United States By www.littler.com Published On :: Wed, 29 May 2024 16:09:11 +0000 Full Article
cr Mexico's Human Trafficking Law Reform: Are Employers at Risk of Criminal Sanctions for Scheduling Overtime? By www.littler.com Published On :: Tue, 16 Jul 2024 16:51:49 +0000 Full Article
cr Are Outside HR Professionals Necessary in Discrimination Cases? By www.littler.com Published On :: Tue, 07 Mar 2017 18:10:46 +0000 Mark Phillis discusses the practice of looking to HR professionals to testify in court and conduct workplace investigations. Bloomberg BNA Human Resources Report View Article Full Article
cr California Restricts Employer’s Ability to Make Decisions Based on an Individual’s Criminal History By www.littler.com Published On :: Wed, 01 Nov 2017 17:37:12 +0000 Full Article
cr Navigating Montana’s Laws Regarding Vaccination Status and Discrimination and WDEA Claims By www.littler.com Published On :: Wed, 08 Sep 2021 22:33:29 +0000 Full Article
cr A Growing Trend: Treating Wage Theft as a Criminal Offense By www.littler.com Published On :: Wed, 29 Sep 2021 16:37:03 +0000 As prosecutors and states have ramped up the criminal prosecution of wage theft and other employment law violations, Jacqueline Kalk explains why this isn’t always necessary. Law360 Employment Authority View (Subscription required.) Full Article
cr The Labor Dept. Wants to Revise a Trump-Era Policy on Handling of Discrimination Claims Against Contractors By www.littler.com Published On :: Wed, 30 Mar 2022 19:23:41 +0000 David Goldstein talks about some differences as the Labor Department proposes changes to a Trump-era rule that it says “undermined” how it handles and resolves discrimination claims by federal contractors. Government Executive View Full Article
cr Court finds employers' discretion in awarding bonuses must be exercised fairly By www.littler.com Published On :: Wed, 14 Sep 2022 17:23:20 +0000 Rhonda B. Levy and George Vassos discuss an Ontario Court of Appeal decision that puts employers on notice that their discretion in awarding bonuses is not unconstrained and must be exercised fairly and reasonably. Human Resources Director Canada View (Subscription required.) Full Article
cr Littler Appoints New Firm Leaders Across Various U.S. Offices By www.littler.com Published On :: Wed, 24 Jul 2024 14:57:40 +0000 (July 24, 2024) – Littler, the world’s largest employment and labor law practice representing management, has named new office managing shareholders (OMS) in Indianapolis; Denver; Portland, Oregon; San Diego and San Jose. Full Article
cr Littler Adds Unfair Competition and Trade Secrets Litigator Phillip Antablin in Los Angeles By www.littler.com Published On :: Mon, 19 Aug 2024 16:24:52 +0000 LOS ANGELES (August 19, 2024) – Littler, the world’s largest employment and labor law practice representing management, has added Phillip Antablin as a shareholder in its Century City office in Los Angeles. Antablin previously served as Senior Counsel at Epstein Becker Green. Full Article
cr Litigation Strategies to Defend Against Claims of AI Discrimination By www.littler.com Published On :: Wed, 06 Nov 2024 20:46:28 +0000 Full Article
cr High Court to Review Standard Applied to ‘Reverse Discrimination’ Cases By www.littler.com Published On :: Thu, 07 Nov 2024 14:46:32 +0000 Alyesha Asghar and Julian G.G. Wolfson explain “background circumstances,” which are required as evidence in cases of reverse discrimination, and the implications for employers and IE&D. Wolters Kluwer View (Subscription required) Full Article
cr Crash Course in U.S. Employment Law: How a Multinational Based Outside the United States Can Avoid Big Mistakes Managing a U.S. Workforce By www.littler.com Published On :: Wed, 20 Mar 2024 20:24:07 +0000 Multinationals based outside the United States that enter the U.S. market and employ U.S. staff tend to encounter hurdles, and to make mistakes, because the U.S system of labor/employment regulation is of a fundamentally different character from those of every other country in the world. Full Article
cr China’s New Cross-Border Data Transfer Rules Substantially Reduce Compliance Burdens for Multinational Employers By www.littler.com Published On :: Wed, 27 Mar 2024 20:33:12 +0000 Multinational employers operating in China have been waiting since September 2023 for the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) to finalize proposed revisions to its complex and burdensome rules for cross-border data transfers. Relief arrived on March 22, 2024, when the CAC published the “Provisions on Promoting and Regulating Cross-border Data Flows” (the “Approved Provisions”), which went into effect on the same day. Full Article
cr Employers Expect Increased Regulatory Enforcement Amid Legislative Slowdown in Election Year, Littler Survey Finds By www.littler.com Published On :: Mon, 06 May 2024 14:12:33 +0000 (May 8, 2024) – In an election year that could significantly impact the future of employment and labor law, U.S. employers expect heightened regulatory enforcement as they navigate a host of workplace issues, including the disruptive impact of artificial intelligence (AI) and managing divisive political beliefs among employees. Full Article
cr Colorado’s Landmark AI Legislation Would Create Significant Compliance Burden for Employers Using AI Tools By www.littler.com Published On :: Thu, 16 May 2024 21:09:22 +0000 UPDATE: On May 17, 2024, Colorado Governor Jared Polis signed Senate Bill 24-205 into law, although not without reservations. Governor Polis sent a letter to the members of the Colorado General Assembly encouraging them to reconsider and amend aspects of Senate Bill 24-205 before it takes effect on February 1, 2026. Full Article
cr EHRC race discrimination fund supported 27 cases in 2022/23 By www.littler.com Published On :: Wed, 16 Oct 2024 14:32:13 +0000 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 Full Article
cr ETSI completed its first remote Mission Critical Plugtests event By www.etsi.org Published On :: Thu, 28 Apr 2022 06:05:48 GMT ETSI completed its first remote Mission Critical Plugtests event Sophia Antipolis, 11 February 2019 ETSI has just ended its third MCX Plugtests, which is the first remote PlugtestsTM within the MCX Plugtests programme, from 3 Dec 2018 until 31 Jan 2019. Read More... Full Article
cr ETSI new upcoming mission critical Plugtests event By www.etsi.org Published On :: Wed, 18 Sep 2019 09:24:56 GMT ETSI new upcoming mission critical Plugtests event Sophia Antipolis, 18 September 2019 ETSI, in partnership with ERILLISVERKOT (State Security Networks Group Finland) and the support of TCCA and the European Commission, organizes the fourth MCX Plugtests event which will take place from 23 to 27 September 2019 at the Savonia University of Applied Sciences, KUOPIO, FINLAND. Read More... Full Article
cr Mission Critical Implementations tested during the fourth ETSI MCX Plugtests By www.etsi.org Published On :: Thu, 28 Apr 2022 06:11:15 GMT Mission Critical Implementations tested during the fourth ETSI MCX Plugtests Sophia Antipolis, 30 September 2019 The 4th ETSI MCX PlugtestsTM have concluded with a success rate of 95% of the executed tests in the validation of 3GPP mission critical services vendor interoperability. Read More... Full Article
cr ETSI launches remote Plugtests Programme for Mission Critical Services to accelerate adoption and interoperability By www.etsi.org Published On :: Thu, 28 Apr 2022 06:18:00 GMT ETSI launches remote PlugtestsTM Programme for Mission Critical Services to accelerate adoption and interoperability Sophia Antipolis, 28 April 2020 To accelerate Mission Critical Services (MCS) adoption and interoperability, a key enabler to MCS deployment, ETSI is running an innovative MCX PlugtestsTM Programme. Testing sessions will also benefit from the latest ETSI specification, ETSI TS 103 564, on Plugtests scenarios for Mission Critical Services. Read More... Full Article
cr ETSI increases outreach to the research community to accelerate innovation and standards cooperation By www.etsi.org Published On :: Tue, 16 Jun 2020 08:28:47 GMT ETSI increases outreach to the research community to accelerate innovation and standards cooperation Sophia Antipolis, 16 June 2020 Engaging with Standards at the appropriate stages of research and innovation cycles is crucial to the development of new and evolved technologies. Identifying research topics for standardization at an early stage ensures that the requisite standards will be available to the industry when they are needed to support the relevant new technologies and products as they go to market. Currently ETSI’s research and academic membership includes over 120 organizations, including public and private research institutes and universities from Europe and beyond. ETSI seeks to expand the existing research and academic community as well as reinforce the links with European research projects and platforms in order to build an active community of research and industrial partners, working towards a shared goal. Read More... Full Article
cr ETSI Mission Critical Plugtests to drive Future Railway Mobile Communication System By www.etsi.org Published On :: Thu, 28 Apr 2022 06:24:33 GMT ETSI Mission Critical Plugtests to drive Future Railway Mobile Communication System Sophia Antipolis, 10 September 2020 ETSI, with the support of the European Commission, EFTA, TCCA and UIC, is organizing its fifth MCX PlugtestsTM event. The remote-only event will take place from 21 September to 2 October 2020. Pre-testing started on 31 August to debug any connectivity issues before the main event. Read More... Full Article
cr ETSI Mission Critical Plugtests event achieves a 95% interoperability success rate By www.etsi.org Published On :: Thu, 28 Apr 2022 06:26:09 GMT ETSI Mission Critical Plugtests event achieves a 95% interoperability success rate Sophia Antipolis, 2 November 2020 ETSI is pleased to announce it has now released the Report of its fifth MCX PlugtestsTM remote event that took place from 21 September to 2 October 2020. Results of the testing sessions outline an interoperability rate of 95%, giving industry a reliable set of standards for successful implementations. Highlights of this event included initial railway-oriented capabilities in 3GPP Release-15, such as functional aliases, multi-talker, helping Future Railway Mobile Communication System (FRMCS) move forward. 173 delegates from all over the world executed around 1350 test cases in 169 test sessions, interoperability results were reported in the ETSI Test reporting tool. Around fifty new test cases were developed for this event and will be added to ETSI TS 103 564. Read More... Full Article
cr ETSI releases the first Group Report on Encrypted Traffic Integration, protecting end users from malicious attacks By www.etsi.org Published On :: Wed, 01 Sep 2021 08:43:38 GMT ETSI releases the first Group Report on Encrypted Traffic Integration, protecting end users from malicious attacks Sophia Antipolis, 1 September 2021 ETSI’s Industry Specification Group on Encrypted Traffic Integration (ISG ETI) has concluded the early part of its work, by identifying problems arising from pervasive encrypted traffic in communications networks. Read More... Full Article
cr ETSI releases two Technical Reports to support US NIST standards for post-quantum cryptography By www.etsi.org Published On :: Wed, 06 Oct 2021 13:28:24 GMT ETSI releases two Technical Reports to support US NIST standards for post-quantum cryptography Sophia Antipolis, 6 October 2021 In 2016 the US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announced their intention to develop new standards for post-quantum cryptography. They subsequently initiated a competition-like standardization process with a call for proposals for quantum-safe digital signatures, public-key encryption schemes, and key encapsulation mechanisms. NIST have stated that they intend to select quantum-safe schemes for standardization at the end of the current, third round of evaluation. Read More... Full Article
cr ETSI NFV Release 5 kicks off with increased support for cloud-enabled deployments By www.etsi.org Published On :: Thu, 28 Apr 2022 13:52:56 GMT ETSI NFV Release 5 kicks off with increased support for cloud-enabled deployments Sophia Antipolis, 9 November 2021 The ETSI Industry Specification Group (ISG) for Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) has started working on its next specification release, known as "Release 5”, officially kicking off the new Release technical work after their September meeting. The Release 5 work program is expected to drive ETSI NFV’s work into two main directions: consolidating the NFV framework and expanding its applicability and functionality set. On the one hand, some aspects of the NFV concepts and functionalities that have been addressed in previous Releases, but need additional work, will be further developed in Release 5. For instance, based on development, deployment experience and feedback collected during testing events such as the “NFV/MEC Plugtests”, additional work on VNF configuration was deemed necessary. Another example is the more detailed specification work related to fault management modelling which aims at further defining faults and alarms information to improve interoperability during network operations, in particular for root cause analysis and fault resolution in multi-vendor environments. Read More... Full Article
cr ETSI Encrypted Traffic Integration group extends term to work on cryptographic and key management models By www.etsi.org Published On :: Tue, 02 Aug 2022 09:52:42 GMT ETSI Encrypted Traffic Integration group extends term to work on cryptographic and key management models Sophia Antipolis, 2 August 2022 ETSI has recently extended the term of its Industry Specification Group Encrypted Traffic Integration (ISG ETI) for a two-year period through to mid-2024 to work on specific cryptographic and key management models. Read More... Full Article
cr ETSI Secures Critical Infrastructures against Cyber Quantum Attacks with new TETRA Algorithms By www.etsi.org Published On :: Mon, 07 Nov 2022 17:51:09 GMT ETSI Secures Critical Infrastructures against Cyber Quantum Attacks with new TETRA Algorithms Sophia Antipolis, 8 November 2022 With the world facing growing challenges including the war in Europe and a global energy crisis, it is essential that the mission- and business-critical communications networks used by the public safety, critical infrastructure and utilities sectors (including transportation, electricity, natural gas and water plants) are secured against third-party attacks, to protect communications and sensitive data. With more than 120 countries using dedicated TETRA (Terrestrial Trunked Radio) networks for these critical services, work has been undertaken to ensure the ETSI TETRA technology standard remains robust in the face of evolving threats. Read More... Full Article
cr ETSI Mission Critical testing event reports a 96% success rate By www.etsi.org Published On :: Fri, 16 Dec 2022 13:00:57 GMT ETSI Mission Critical testing event reports a 96% success rate Sophia Antipolis, 16 December 2022 The capabilities of Mission Critical Push-to-Talk (MCPTT), Mission Critical Data (MCData) and Mission Critical Video (MCVideo) – together abbreviated as MCX services – were tested during the seventh MCX Plugtests™ from 07 November to 11 November 2022 at the University of Malaga (UMA). The MCX ETSI Plugtests series is the first independent testing of public safety and other mission critical services over LTE and 5G networks. Read More... Full Article
cr ETSI Quantum-Safe Cryptography event: a success 10 years later! By www.etsi.org Published On :: Thu, 16 Feb 2023 09:56:38 GMT Sophia Antipolis, 16 February 2023 The 9th face-to-face ETSI-IQC Quantum-Safe Cryptography event this week attracted a large audience of nearly 200 people from Europe, North America and Asia, bringing together industry, academia and government. The event was kicked off by ETSI Director-General Luis Jorge Romero, who gave an overview of the quantum-safe standardization journey since the first workshop in 2013 and reiterated ETSI’s continued support for this important global effort. Read More... Full Article
cr Linux Foundation and ETSI Further Collaborate to Drive Harmonization Across Open Source and Open Standards By www.etsi.org Published On :: Tue, 19 Sep 2023 15:48:05 GMT BILBAO, Spain—Open Source Summit Europe, 19 September 2023 The Linux Foundation, the nonprofit organization focused on fostering innovation through open source, and ETSI, the independent organization providing global standards for ICT services across all sectors of industry, today announced expanded collaboration. While the two organizations have been working together for years, the 2019 formal Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) recently has been updated and expanded. Read More... Full Article
cr ETSI mission-critical Plugtests event tests direct-mode communication By www.etsi.org Published On :: Mon, 16 Oct 2023 07:08:15 GMT Sophia Antipolis, 16 October 2023 The ETSI’s 8th MCX (mission-critical) Plugtests event concluded last week at the University of Malaga. The event received support from the European Union (EU), the Critical Communications Association (TCCA), the European Free Trade Association (EFTA), EUTC (European Utilities Telecom Council) and the International Union of Railways (UIC). Read More... Full Article
cr ETSI Releases TETRA Algorithms to Public Domain, maintaining the highest security for its critical communication standard By www.etsi.org Published On :: Wed, 15 Nov 2023 09:23:53 GMT Sophia Antipolis, 14 November 2023 ETSI is happy to announce that at a meeting in October of its technical committee in charge of the TETRA standard (TCCE), a full consensus was reached to make the primitives of all TETRA Air Interface cryptographic algorithms available to the public domain. Read More... Full Article
cr ETSI Mission Critical testing event reports a 95% success rate By www.etsi.org Published On :: Wed, 22 Nov 2023 09:34:28 GMT Sophia Antipolis, 22 November 2023 The Report of the eight MCX Plugtests™ event that took place from 9 October to 13 October 2023 at University of Malaga (UMA) is now available. The Report shows a success rate of 95% interoperability of the 3GPP mission critical services executed tests. Read More... Full Article
cr Aiming high: ETSI Conference on Non-Terrestrial Networks underlines critical role of NTN in realizing tomorrow’s global 6G vision By www.etsi.org Published On :: Tue, 16 Apr 2024 08:12:24 GMT Sophia Antipolis, 15 April 2024 This year’s first ETSI Conference on Non-Terrestrial Networks has stressed the importance of technical standardization in delivering a fully connected planet via NTN, a key element of tomorrow’s global 6G networks. Held from 3-4 April 2024 at ETSI’s Sophia Antipolis headquarters, the event was co-organized with the European Space Agency (ESA), the 6G Smart Networks and Services Industry Association (6G-IA) and the Smart Networks and Services Joint Undertaking (SNS JU). Titled ‘Non-Terrestrial Networks, a Native Component of 6G’, the 2-day conference attracted over 200 participants from 25 countries, including experts in standardization and research as well as industrial representation from the mobile, satellite and wider space industries. Delegates shared perspectives on NTN use cases, candidate technology solutions, current research status and standardization roadmaps. Day one sessions focused on the opportunities and challenges of integrating terrestrial and non-terrestrial networks within tomorrow’s global communications landscape. The second day afforded a deep dive into numerous cutting-edge NTN and 6G research & development initiatives in Europe and around the world. Read More... Full Article
cr Preparing for a secure future: industry and business share plans for quantum era at 10th ETSI/IQC Quantum-Safe Cryptography Conference By www.etsi.org Published On :: Mon, 08 Jul 2024 08:56:55 GMT Sophia Antipolis, 24 May 2024 Speakers at the 10th ETSI/IQC Quantum Safe Cryptography Conference have called on organizations to prepare their cybersecurity infrastructures to address the challenges of a post-quantum world. Organized by ETSI and the Institute for Quantum Computing, this year’s conference was hosted from 14-16 May by the Centre for Quantum Technologies (CQT), National University of Singapore (NUS), in partnership with the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) and the Cyber Security Agency (CSA) of Singapore. The event attracted an impressive 235 onsite delegates from 27 countries, reflecting fast-growing interest worldwide in the critical importance of quantum-safe cryptography in today’s cybersecurity strategies. Read More... Full Article
cr Pigmentocracy By nationalhumanitiescenter.org Published On :: Thu, 21 May 2009 12:32:43 -0400 New essay by Trudier Harris added to Freedom's Story: Teaching African American Literature and History, TeacherServe from the National Humanities Center. Full Article
