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AI and Employment

When evaluating where artificial intelligence has had the most impact, many think of their personal use of AI or the integration of AI into many consumer applications. The use of AI in the employment context is on the back...more

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Capitol Gains: California's Legislative Highlights for 2025

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California’s legislature covered a wide array of labor and employment law topics in the 2024 legislative session. The laws discussed below were signed into law by Governor Newsom and will become effective on January 1, 2025,...more

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Illinois Employment Law Updates: AI Restrictions, New Protected Classes, and More

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The Illinois General Assembly and Governor JB Pritzker have been busy in 2024, enacting significant changes to existing statutes like the Illinois Human Rights Act (the “IHRA”), the Personnel Records Review Act (the “PRRA”),...more

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EntertainHR: Baby Reindeer and Employee Protections for Victims of Stalking or Domestic Violence

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Baby Reindeer on Netflix is the dark, fictionalized account of how one man’s stalker forever changed his life. It tells the story of a struggling London comedian, Donny Dunn, who meets a woman, named Martha, in a pub where he...more

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This Too Shall Pass: and Then What? Part 2 - Legal Considerations for Return-to-Work Decision-Making

In our first piece in this returning to work series, we examined the logistical issues associated with returning employees to work. In this latest segment, we will address the legal considerations underpinning the...more

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EEOC Issues ADA and Title VII Guidance for Employers on COVID-19

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) recently hosted a webinar in which the agency answered questions about the applicability of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Title VII to COVID-19-related...more

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COSTA RICA: COVID-19 (Coronavirus) – Employer FAQs

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Given COVID-19’s rapid spread and implications, employers are confronting difficult questions regarding how to handle safety and health rules, travel restrictions, privacy of employees’ health information, compensation, and...more

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GERMANY: COVID-19 (Coronavirus) – Employer FAQs

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The spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) across the globe remains a significant concern in the workplace. Employers are confronting difficult questions regarding how to handle safety and health rules, travel...more

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Confronting COVID-19 in the Workplace

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Employers are faced with critical questions and important legal obligations as they address Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) matters in the workplace. While it is impossible to address all potential legal issues in a single client...more

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COLOMBIA: COVID-19 (Coronavirus) – Employer FAQs

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On March 11, 2020, Colombia’s Health Ministry declared that every person arriving from China, Spain, Italy and France must self-isolate for 14 days from the date of their arrival in Colombia....more

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Responding to the Coronavirus Outbreak: Ten Questions and Answers for Employers

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The disease caused by the novel coronavirus, known as COVID-19, has been rapidly spreading around the world, including recently in the United States. The most recent guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and...more

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There’s Guidance for That: EEOC Reminds Employers of Pandemic Guidance As Coronavirus Threat Grows

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The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) released a news alert yesterday addressing the impact of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Rehabilitation Act on employers’ responses to a potential...more

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Modifications to CCPA Proposed Regulations Released by California Attorney General

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On February 7, 2020, and again on February 10, 2020, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra released modified proposed regulations (“Modified Proposed Regulations”) to the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018, Cal....more

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New Laws for California Employers in 2020

The California Legislature and Governor Newsom have passed a sizable list of new laws governing the workplace in 2020. Employers are, once again, advised to evaluate their workplace rules and practices to insure they keep...more

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Illinois Amends Recreational Cannabis Law To Protect Drug Testing By Employers

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Earlier this month, Governor Pritzker signed into law SB 1557, revising the Recreational Cannabis Law to expand permissible marijuana testing and related adverse action....more

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New York State Enacts Law to Protect Employees’ Reproductive Health Decisions

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has signed into law a bill which, effective immediately, prohibits employers from accessing information on employees’ or dependents’ reproductive health without prior consent....more

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New York State Bans Discrimination Based on Reproductive Health Decision Making

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As of November 8, 2019, New York State prohibits employment discrimination based on an employee’s or a dependent’s “reproductive health decision making.” The New York State Legislature passed the bill in January 2019, and...more

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Shock and Awe! California Employers Face Onslaught of New Regulations

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With the usual flurry of activity at the end of the legislative session, California has enacted a slew of bills with labor and employment ramifications....more

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California Consumer Privacy Act: The Challenge Ahead – CCPA and Employee Data

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This is the seventh installment in Hogan Lovells’ series on the California Consumer Privacy Act. The application of the California Consumer Protection Act of 2018 (“CCPA”) to employee data has been the subject of much...more

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Neo-Nazi in Your Workplace? Tread Carefully Before Taking Action

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We live in an unfortunate time in which white nationalists and neo-Nazis are receiving a great amount of publicity. In the aftermath of this month’s events in Charlottesville, Virginia we are likely to see additional rallies,...more

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Sometimes You Just Cannot Make This Stuff Up

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Warning: The following is true. Some readers may find the content disturbing. Reader discretion is advised. We have previously stated, although in somewhat tongue-in-cheek fashion, that labor and employment is the “TMZ”...more

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