Since shelter-in-place and self-isolation orders have become the norm around the country, more employers are utilizing video interview tools in lieu of interviewing candidates in person. These tools allow HR and hiring teams...more
New York City is considering proposed legislation that would regulate the use of artificial intelligence in hiring.
If passed, the new law would (effective January 1, 2022) require that, in order to sell an “automated...more
3/6/2020
/ Anti-Discrimination Policies ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Human Resources Professionals ,
Interviews ,
Job Applicants ,
Notice Requirements ,
Proposed Legislation ,
State Labor Laws
The rising tide of state pay equity legislation shows no sign of abating, with several new laws set to become effective in 2020 and 2021. Many of these laws differ from the federal Equal Pay Act by defining comparable work...more
Approximately two years ago, a number of employers received charges of discrimination alleging that they discriminated against applicants by restricting the recipients of employment advertisements on Facebook. The EEOC just...more
Plaintiffs’ wage-and-hour class action lawyers are constantly looking for new groups of employees whom they can claim are inappropriately classified as exempt. In previous decades, plaintiffs’ lawyers focused on mortgage...more
Wage-and-hour class litigation tends to come in waves. In 2019, we are seeing another wave gather on the horizon: misclassification collective actions alleging that companies have improperly classified at-the-elbow (“ATE”)...more
5/21/2019
/ Arbitration Agreements ,
Class Action ,
Class Action Arbitration Waivers ,
Defense Strategies ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Indemnification ,
Independent Contractors ,
Limited Liability Company (LLC) ,
Misclassification ,
Non-Compete Agreements ,
Third-Party Service Provider ,
Wage and Hour
The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on January 23, 2019, that assertions of age discrimination arising from facially neutral hiring policies can be brought only by a company’s employees, not by job applicants. In Kleber v....more
A little over a year ago, three major employers—T-Mobile, Amazon, and Cox Communications—were sued for allegedly discriminating on the basis of age in the way they recruited new employees via Facebook. The plaintiffs’ lawyers...more
1/21/2019
/ Age Discrimination ,
Amazon ,
Class Action ,
Communication Workers of America ,
Cox Communications ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Litigation ,
Facebook ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Job Ads ,
Online Advertisements ,
Recruitment Policies ,
Social Networks ,
T-Mobile