Employment and Labor

On March 13, 2023, Illinois Gov. J. B. Pritzker signed into law expansive paid leave entitlements for Illinois employees. The Paid Leave for All Workers Act (PLFAW Act) requires covered employers to establish a...

Artificial intelligence (AI) is everywhere—from chatbots that answer questions, draft essays and write code, to virtual assistants and self-driving cars. In the workplace, it is estimated that 99% of Fortune 500 companies use AI...

By law enacted in 2018, New York State employers are required to provide all employees with annual sexual harassment training and to adopt a sexual harassment prevention policy that meets or exceeds specified minimum...

Electronic communications are an indispensable component of business in today’s world. Every day, employees send emails, text messages and instant messages by the thousands through their corporate email systems and devices, not only for...

Following a wave of pay transparency laws across the nation, California recently enacted Senate Bill (SB) 1162, which imposes several obligations on California employers, including disclosure of pay ranges and certain pay data reporting...

Earlier this month, the New York City Department of Consumer and Worker Protection published its Final Rule implementing provisions of the New York City Administrative Code (the Code) relating to the use of Automated...

The U.K. government has announced a number of measures intended to reform employment laws post-Brexit. These are potentially important changes that would impact the law relating to non-competition clauses, holiday time and Transfer of...

Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, requires federal government contractors to invite applicants and employees to self-identify as “an individual with a disability,” as defined. The Office of Federal Contract...