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Part 3: No Time to Hire: Will Agentic AI Transform the Workplace?

DLA Piper on 7/29/2025

The advent of agentic AI is widely predicted to have a significant impact on the workforce, with it automating tasks currently performed by humans once believed to be beyond automation. This will lead to humans working...more

AI at Work: Tips on Battling Bias

Ius Laboris on 6/12/2025

The use of workplace artificial intelligence (‘AI’) is becoming increasingly commonplace for employers in Germany. It can bring significant benefits to HR by increasing efficiency and saving costs. However, it is essential...more

EU Pay Transparency Directive: Updates on Implementation Across Member States

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 5/21/2025

The European Union’s pay transparency directive (Directive (EU) 2023/970), adopted in June 2023, is landmark legislation aimed at addressing pay discrimination and closing the gender pay gap across the European Union. With a...more

EBA publishes report on remuneration and gender pay gap for financial institutions

A&O Shearman on 4/23/2025

The European Banking Authority (EBA) has issued its latest report on remuneration and gender pay gap benchmarking for institutions and investment firms, together with a press release. The report covers information on...more

Automated Hiring Tools: Are My Hiring Practices Subject to AI Regulation?

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 4/21/2025

As companies increasingly leverage automated technologies in their recruiting and hiring processes, legislators and regulators are increasingly focused on establishing guardrails to ensure fairness. As a result, companies...more

The Future of DEI – the International Perspective

King & Spalding on 4/14/2025

The backlash against DEI – Will the rest of the world follow the Trump administration’s lead? In recent alerts, we have outlined the DEI agenda of the second Trump Administration. Though this agenda leaves “DEI” largely...more

Client Alert: What Businesses Operating in the United Kingdom and Europe Need to Know About DEI

Jenner & Block on 4/3/2025

In today's increasingly diverse and interconnected business environment, companies that operate on an international scale have often looked to implement policies – including those relating to diversity, equity, and inclusion...more

Crowned With Curls : Intersectionality and Women of Colour in the Workplace

Ius Laboris on 4/1/2025

March is a month dedicated to a number of social issues relating to diversity, inclusion and human rights. They include International Women’s Day, Black History Month and Zero Discrimination Day: all of which are moments to...more

EU Pay Transparency Directive in Poland: What Does Pay Equality Mean for Employers and Employees?

Littler on 3/21/2025

The EU directive on pay transparency raises many concerns, primarily because its implementation may complicate Polish laws, which so far have not regulated the issue of pay equality in the same way that gender pay has long...more

EU Pay Transparency Directive: The Current Status and How To Prepare

Morgan Lewis on 3/12/2025

EU member states have until 7 June 2026 to implement the EU Pay Transparency Directive (the Directive) into their domestic law. This LawFlash summarises the Directive’s key requirements, considers the current implementation...more

Gender Discrimination in Company Pension Schemes in Germany: Need for Action and Cost Risks

Littler on 3/4/2025

The EU Pay Transparency Directive imposes a need for companies in the European Union to take action. Employee comparison groups must be established to identify potential gender pay gaps. Employees are granted extensive and...more

International Women's Day – Accelerate Action: Advancing Women in Leadership

Littler on 2/27/2025

International Women’s Day (IWD) falls on the March 8th each year. This year’s campaign theme, “Accelerate Action,” highlights the urgent need for progress as data from the World Economic Forum predicts that, at the current...more

Trump Rolls Back DEI in the US – Should UK Employers Change Course?

Littler on 2/4/2025

Almost immediately after taking the presidential oath of office, President Trump sprang into action, signing multiple executive orders that address diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs and policies. This included...more

Key employment law changes post elections: Insights from our global experts

A&O Shearman on 12/12/2024

Major employment law developments following recent elections - U.K. - The Employment Rights Bill is huge and all-encompassing and is likely, in time, to shift workplace dynamics. While it’s described as “pro-worker and...more

Sensitivity, inclusivity, and the intergenerational workplace - The Visionaries

IR Global on 11/12/2024

Q1 What is recognised as ‘transgressive behaviour’ in the US – and is it in line with global ‘standards’? Transgressive behaviour, more commonly known in California and the United States as inappropriate workplace...more

Summary of 2024 Amendments to the Equality Act 2010

A&O Shearman on 1/30/2024

We are kicking off 2024 with an examination, over a series of blog posts, of some important developments in equality and discrimination law, including legislative changes, updated EHRC guidance on employer duties to take...more

Posted Text of EU AI Act Demonstrates Momentum Towards Final Adoption

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 1/29/2024

Seyfarth Synopsis: The draft text of the EU AI Act has been unofficially posted online, showing that there has been significant momentum towards the Act’s final passage. Under the posted draft of the Act, the provisions...more

The Netherlands: Monitoring Discrimination When Recruiting and Selecting Employees

Littler on 6/9/2022

Equal opportunity in the job market is not yet a given for everyone in the Netherlands; discrimination when recruiting and selecting new employees still occurs. The bill to oversee equal opportunities for recruitment and...more

July 2020: The Top 17 Labor And Employment Law Stories

Fisher Phillips on 8/4/2020

It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, there have been an unprecedented number of changes for the past few years—and this past month...more

Skadden's 2020 Insights

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 1/30/2020

Despite political and economic uncertainties, markets and deal activity were resilient in 2019, and strong fundamentals remain in place heading into 2020. Companies continue to face a challenging litigation and enforcement...more

A Comprehensive Whistleblower Protection for the EU

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer on 11/15/2019

On April 23, Kramer Levin reported on the European Parliament’s approved proposal for the adoption of a whistleblower protection directive. On Oct. 7, the Directive on protection of persons reporting breaches of Union law...more

Employment Flash - July 2019

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 8/1/2019

This edition of Employment Flash looks at developments in labor and employment law, including a Supreme Court ruling that Title VII’s charge-filing requirement is nonjurisdictional and new state legislation in New York,...more

Web Exclusive: March 2018: The Top 13 Labor And Employment Law Stories

Fisher Phillips on 4/10/2018

It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, there were an unprecedented number of changes all through 2017. And if the first three months...more

Employment News - October 2017

Hogan Lovells on 10/3/2017

Border crossing – wide approach to reinstatement - In Dafiaghor-Olomu v Community Integrated Care the EAT found that re-employment might be practicable even though an employer no longer had a place of business in Scotland....more

Compliance News Flash

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP on 8/7/2017

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP is pleased to provide you with the Compliance News Flash, brought to you each Friday. This weekly update is your source for timely background screening and immigration-related news that is important...more

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