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Updated California FEHA Rules on AI and Equal Employment Practices

DCI Consulting on 7/30/2025

BLOG OVERVIEW: California's amendments to its FEHA are set to go into effect October 1, 2025. Employers will need to be aware of a number of changes that will impact them, including broader regulations on EEO compliance...more

Another Legal Challenge to an AI Interviewing Tool

Proskauer - Law and the Workplace on 4/30/2025

In the latest lawsuit of its kind, the American Civil Liberties Union recently filed a complaint with the Colorado Civil Rights Division and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) alleging an AI interviewing...more

From Hire to Retire: The Role of Background Checks Throughout the Employee Lifecycle

Mitratech Holdings, Inc on 4/24/2025

Explore how background checks play a crucial role throughout the entire employee lifecycle, from hiring to retirement. Learn how they mitigate risk, ensure compliance, and build a trustworthy workplace....more

Trump Revokes Executive Order 11246 Requiring Affirmative Action

Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP on 1/23/2025

On January 21, 2025, President Trump revoked Executive Order 11246, which has been in place since 1965. EO 11246 prohibited federal contractors from discriminating on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual...more

EEOC Sues Sam’s Club for Disability Discrimination

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 1/20/2025

Federal Agency Charges Retailer With Firing Employee After Refusing to Accommodate Her Disabilities - ATLANTA – Sam’s East, Inc. and Walmart Inc., which together operate a chain of warehouse club retail stores known as Sam’s...more

Top 10 Workplace Law Developments To Expect Under President Trump

Fisher Phillips on 11/7/2024

Now that we know Donald Trump will return to the White House as President, it’s time for employers to take a look at what they might expect during his second term in office. We have gathered insights from some of our firm’s...more

EEOC Sues Culver’s for Discriminating Against Transgender Employee and Retaliating Against Him and His Co-Workers

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 10/28/2024

Federal Agency Charges Fast Food Companies Subjected Transgender Manager to Misgendering and Deadnaming and Fired Him and Co-Workers for Complaining - CLARKSTON, Mich. – Five related entities operating Culver’s restaurants...more

EEOC Files Three Sexual Harassment Lawsuits

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 10/2/2024

Federal Suits Charge Employers Failed to Protect their Employees from Hostile Work Environments and Retaliated Against Those Who Complained - ST. LOUIS –The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed three...more

Navigating Artificial Intelligence in the Workplace

Bricker Graydon LLP on 7/26/2024

An employee time traveling to today’s workplace from the 1980s would be astounded at where we’ve arrived. While we don’t (yet!) have flying cars as imagined by many 1980’s sci-fi movies, the world of work is undergoing its...more

EEOC's Settlement Challenging Simple Algorithm Provides Warning for Employers Using Artificial Intelligence

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 8/23/2023

Seyfarth Synopsis: Recently, the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) filed a settlement agreement in a lawsuit that many are calling the EEOC’s “first-ever” artificial intelligence discrimination in hiring...more

Artificial Intelligence — From Risk to Reward: Key Questions to Address When Crafting Generative AI Usage Policies

Troutman Pepper Locke on 8/22/2023

Generative artificial intelligence (AI) has seemingly infiltrated every aspect of corporate America, and organizations’ legal, compliance, and human resources departments are understandably struggling to keep pace with its...more

Friend or Foe? Legal Risks Arising From ChatGPT and Other Generative AI Software

Bailey & Glasser, LLP on 6/29/2023

Recent breakthroughs in generative artificial intelligence (AI) have captured significant media attention. Developers argue that the technology, which learns from data to produce new text, visual, or audio content based on a...more

How AI and Automated Systems Use Can Lead to Discrimination in Hiring

Perkins Coie on 2/20/2023

Artificial Intelligence (AI) and automated systems can increase efficiency and help reduce human error. However, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the White House, and the Equal Employment Opportunity...more

Increased Federal Focus on Artificial Intelligence in Employee Selection

DCI Consulting on 1/27/2023

Recently, New York City’s law related to the use of automated employment decision tools (where hiring/promotion decisions involve algorithmically-driven mechanisms) has garnered much attention. Other local/state entities...more

The Use of Artificial Intelligence Tools in Employment Decisions Can Lead to Violations of the ADA and New York City Law

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati on 10/7/2022

Employers’ use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools in making hiring and other employment decisions is drawing increased scrutiny. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) published guidance on how employers’ use...more

Artificial Intelligence Briefing: FTC Holds Forum on Commercial Surveillance and Data Security

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP on 9/28/2022

Our latest briefing explores the recent FTC commercial surveillance and data security forum (including discussion on widespread use of AI and algorithms in advertising), California’s inquiry into potentially discriminatory...more

Lilly USA Sued by EEOC for Nationwide Age Discrimination

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 9/27/2022

Company Intentionally Failed to Hire Older Pharmaceutical Sales Representatives, Federal Agency Charges - INDIANAPOLIS – Lilly USA, LLC, a pharmaceutical corporation based in Indianapolis, Indiana, violated federal law by...more

NYC Artificial Intelligence Law on Employment Practices Takes Effect January 1, 2023

Flaster Greenberg PC on 9/23/2022

On November 10, 2021, the New York City Council passed Int. No. 1894-A Relating to Automated Employment Decision Tools. This law is effective as of January 1, 2023. As 2023 creeps closer, prudent NYC employers will take steps...more

New York City Will Soon Regulate Use of Artificial Intelligence in Employment Decisions

Benesch on 8/31/2022

On January 1, 2023, New York City employers will have to comply with a new law aimed at preventing bias in artificial intelligence hiring tools. These tools, which include algorithms and software geared towards finding...more

Navigating New York City's Artificial Intelligence Hiring Law

Venable LLP on 8/2/2022

Our Venable colleagues recently wrote on the proliferation of artificial intelligence in employer hiring practices and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's (EEOC) guidance relating to avoiding discriminating against...more

EEOC Issues Guidance Regarding How Employer Software and Artificial Intelligence May Discriminate Against Individuals With...

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 6/13/2022

On May 12, 2022, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) issued guidance addressing the application of the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) to employers utilizing software, algorithms, and artificial...more

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