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Ensure your organization complies with child-labor laws

10/28/2024
Recent data from the U.S. Department of Labor reveals a troubling spike in child-labor violations among U.S. employers. In fiscal year 2023, the DOL concluded 955 investigations that found child-labor violations, a 14% increase from the previous year.

Drug-free policy vs. legal marijuana: Call your lawyer!

10/25/2024
Can employers refuse to hire them or fire casual marijuana smokers if they test positive on a blood test? That’s the conundrum an Illinois employer recently faced when it wanted to enforce a zero-tolerance policy against drug users, including users of marijuana.

DOL offers a framework for AI hiring decisions

10/21/2024
In conjunction with the Partnership on Employment & Accessible Technology, the Department of Labor’s Office of Disability Employment Policy has a new publication and associated tools, AI & Inclusive Hiring Framework, both of which are geared toward hiring employees with disabilities.

Fed agencies by the numbers for FY 2024

10/15/2024
The EEOC, National Labor Relations Board and OSHA have released new statistics on their activities during federal fiscal year 2024, which ran from Oct. 1, 2023, to Sept. 30, 2024.

Ban numerical goals, quotas from efforts to diversify

10/15/2024
Studies show that employers with diverse workforces outperform homogenous organizations on such important measures as innovation, revenue and profitability. However, employers intent on fostering diversity must do it in a way that doesn’t discriminate against any specific group of applicants or employees.

Survey: HR admin takes away from employee-focused work

10/15/2024
HR managers spend 12 hours per week on average on payroll and benefits-related administrative tasks. In fact, 27% of them say they spend 20 hours or more every week, according to a poll by the Payroll Integrations software firm.

Gallup throws cold water on the AI revolution

10/15/2024
Artificial intelligence has been touted as the biggest technology breakthrough in years, destined to transform how companies design and deliver products and services, and how employees perform their jobs. But a new Gallup poll reveals that just one in 10 U.S. workers uses AI at least weekly.

Honesty: An absolute necessity in litigation

10/10/2024
When a judge or jury finds your client dishonest, they’ve decided your fate. If that dishonesty involves lying to the court, your client may never get the chance to face a jury.

Fewer federal AI regulations may cause more problems for employers

10/10/2024
When the Supreme Court recently made it more difficult for federal agencies to pass regulations interpreting the laws agencies enforce, many employers believed the ruling might free them from new and burdensome regulations. By leaving little room for agency interpretations of sometimes vague statutory language, there theoretically would be fewer such rules to follow. That may be true, but there’s a huge downside.

Top trend from Littler’s Workplace Institute report

10/10/2024
Congress is no longer the biggest driver of new laws impacting employers. Other than the passage of the Pregnant Worker Fairness Act and the Pump Act, major new employment laws have been happening at the state and local levels. This adds to the complexity for employers who operate in more than one location.