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AI in the Workplace: Navigating the Legal Minefield in the Digital Gold Rush

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Artificial intelligence is transforming the workplace — but the law is struggling to keep up. In industries like steel and manufacturing, where efficiency, safety, and workforce management are paramount, the adoption of AI...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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New Hampshire “Guns at Work” Law Takes Effect January 1: What Employers Need to Know + Your 5-Step Action Plan

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Many New Hampshire employers will soon be required to allow employees to keep loaded guns in their cars parked at work, and all employers in the state will soon need to comply with new employee privacy protections regarding...more

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Comprehensive FAQs For Employers on Hurricanes and Other Workplace Disasters: 2024 Edition

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This detailed set of Frequently Asked Questions, fully updated for 2024, addresses the workplace-related issues facing employers in the wake of hurricane-related disasters. In addition to legal obligations you need to...more

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Workplace Law Forecast 2023 - Legal predictions to help you prepare for the coming year in workplace law

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It’s never easy to make accurate predictions about what we might expect to see in the workplace in the coming year. After all: - At the start of 2020, no one could have predicted COVID-19. - None of us had heard the phrase...more

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Comprehensive FAQs For Employers on Hurricanes and Other Workplace Disasters: 2022 Edition

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This detailed set of Frequently Asked Questions, fully updated for 2022, addresses the workplace-related issues facing employers in the wake of hurricane-related disasters. In addition to legal obligations you need to...more

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EEOC Conciliation Agreement Highlights Employer Compliance Obligations Under GINA Regarding COVID-19 Policies

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In a press release issued on July 6, 2022, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced that it had reached an agreement to resolve findings that Tampa Bay-based medical practice Brandon Dermatology had...more

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Ontario’s Bill 88 Would Establish Electronic Monitoring Policies, Create Rights for Workers on Digital Platforms, and Require...

On February 28, 2022, the Government of Ontario introduced Bill 88, the Working for Workers Act, 2022. Bill 88 would enact the Digital Platform Workers’ Rights Act, 2022, which would establish rights for workers who offer...more

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#WorkforceWednesday: Year in Review and a Look Ahead to 2022 - Employment Law This Week®

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This week, we’re recapping some of the biggest changes that impacted employers in 2021. We also look ahead to what’s in store in the new year. A Shift in Labor Policy and Enforcement The Biden administration is ushering in...more

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[Ongoing Program] Navigating a Forever Changed Post-Pandemic Workplace - February 8th, 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm ET

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Please join us for BakerHostetler’s The ‘New’ Normal: The State of Labor Relations and Employment Law Master Class. Our 9th Annual Master Class will be virtual again this year, as it was last year, due to the continuation of...more

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#WorkforceWednesday: Employee Privacy and COVID-19, CMS Vaccine Mandate on Hold, Independent Contractor Classification -...

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This week, we look at complying with the rules that require employers to keep employee COVID-19 vaccination and testing information confidential. HIPAA, Employee Privacy Protections, and COVID-19 (see video attached) ...more

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An Employer’s Guide to Navigating Third-Party Vaccine Mandates on Visitors, Vendors, and More

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As employers implement their own internal COVID-19 protocols and procedures, many have the additional burden of complying with third-party vaccine policies or enforcing their own vaccine policies upon non-employees such as...more

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Employee COVID Vaccination Status: You Asked. They Answered. Now What?

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As employers make plans to modify pandemic-related work-from-home arrangements and require employees to come into the workplace, many have wrestled with “the vaccination status question.” Should employers ask employees...more

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Dear Littler: May We Ask Our Employees About Their COVID-19 Vaccination Status?

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Dear Littler: We are a retail chain on the West Coast and are almost back to pre-COVID-19 operational levels. Now that vaccines are widely available, we’re hoping our workforce (and the public!) will soon be fully vaccinated....more

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‘Do the Best’ But Mind the Myriad Laws: Grappling With COVID Vaccination Issues

Report on Patient Privacy 21, no. 6 (June 2021) - ...So begins the provocative lawsuit filed against Methodist Hospital System in Houston by 117 employees who do not want to be vaccinated against COVID-19. Despite the...more

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COVID-19 Vaccination and related employment law issues

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With the gradual lessening of locally acquired cases of COVID-19, on 28 April 2021, the Government announced measures to relax restrictions in respect of the operation of restaurants and other premises. While catering...more

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[Webinar] Hit Me with Your Best Shot: What Employers Need to Know Before Implementing a COVID Vaccine Initiative in the Workplace...

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With COVID-19 vaccines now widely available, many employers are thinking about having their employees return to the workplace. In order to facilitate this return safely and in the interest of employee health, some employers...more

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Your Employees Are Vaccinated – Now What?

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COVID-19 vaccinations passed the 200-million mark in the United States last week, which means certain workforces might have the majority of employees fully vaccinated. In recent months, we’ve discussed guidance from the EEOC...more

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Datenschutzrechtliche Anforderungen an Impfvorhaben von Arbeitgebern

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Unternehmen haben aus mehreren Gründen ein Interesse an einer zügigen Impfung ihrer Belegschaft gegen das Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. Neben arbeitsrechtlichen und haftungsrechtlichen Fragen (siehe hierzu unsere Beiträge zur...more

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Global Strategies for COVID-19 Vaccinations in the Workplace: 7 FAQs for Multinational Employers

COVID-19 continues to cause significant restrictions in many areas around the world, including workplaces: Employees are working in remote settings, they no longer share tools and supplies, partitions separate workspaces,...more

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#WorkforceWednesday: 2020 in Review and What's to Come in 2021

It's our first #WorkforceWednesday of 2021! The past year tested our resilience, and COVID-19 forced everyone to think creatively and adapt quickly. Nowhere was that seen more clearly than in the workplace. Workplace Safety...more

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The Crystal Ball Says These 6 Issues Will Demand The Attention Of Healthcare Employers During Biden Administration’s First Year

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We have already taken a broad look at workplace law developments likely to emerge under Joe Biden’s administration, unless the political landscape shifts suddenly and dramatically. The healthcare industry is of course already...more

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[Virtual Event] Hinshaw’s 25th Annual Labor & Employment Seminar - October 26th - 30th, 10:00 am - 11:00 am PT

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Join us for Hinshaw's 25th Annual Labor & Employment Seminar, for a week of practical and engaging virtual programming. We are offering the seminar free of charge this year, allowing unprecedented access for those who may...more

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Flu Season And Possible COVID-19 Vaccine Will Shine A Spotlight On Workplace Vaccination Policies

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As the flu season approaches and the COVID-19 pandemic continues, employers’ mandatory vaccination policies may soon become more important than ever. For several reasons, those policies will also attract unprecedented...more

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[Webinar] Return to Work Virtual Toolkit for Employers | Off-Duty Conduct: COVID-19 Parties and Social Media Ranting—What’s an...

The COVID-19 pandemic has put unprecedented strain on organizations of all sizes across all industries. The uncertainty of the “new normal” is forcing employers all over the world to consider various new policies as workers...more

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