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4 Ways Emerging AI Tools Can Trip Up Employers

As employers' uses of artificial intelligence tools expand beyond the hiring context, fresh legal and compliance challenges are emerging, according to attorneys who advise businesses. Here are four potential pitfalls to watch out for when using emerging AI tools.

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UMass Hospital Co. Beats Ex-VP's COVID Vaccine Firing Claim

A jury cleared a central Massachusetts hospital system of liability for terminating a compliance officer who refused a COVID-19 shot, finding Tuesday she failed to show a sincere religious belief against vaccination.

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Election Reforms Key As Teamsters Monitorship Winds Down

A court order winding down a long-standing monitorship marks the end of an era for the Teamsters as it transitions to an entirely internal discipline system, though experts said the order's preservation of direct elections keeps intact a key factor that kept organized crime's influence out of the union.

Expert Analysis

Tips From Apex Ruling On Handling Workers' Public Criticism

Allegra Lawrence-Hardy, Lisa Haldar and Michelle McClafferty

A National Labor Relations Board judge’s recent finding that Apex Fintech Services illegally reined in an employee... (more story)

Risk Considerations As EEOC Moves To Ax Data Reports

Vanessa Johannes and Katelynn Williams

While the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's recent proposal to rescind requirements for workforce dem... (more story)

9th Circ. Ruling Raises Bar For Arbitration Pacts Via Email

Julia Jordan, Diane McGimsey and Ann-Elizabeth Ostrager

The Ninth Circuit's recent holding in Rickes v. Thermo Fisher that the mere delivery of an email doesn't establish... (more story)

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Amtrak, Union Say Conductor Can't Reopen Settled Bias Suit

A train conductor should not be allowed to reopen a case accusing Amtrak and her union of teaming up to prevent her from advancing in union leadership, the railroad and union argued, asking a Connecticut feder... (more story)

Shippers Take NLRB Work Transfer Dispute To DC Circuit

A Southern California port employer and its subsidiaries urged the D.C. Circuit to review a National Labor Relations Board decision finding that the employer unlawfully transferred union work without negotiati... (more story)

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NLRB Says Grocer Can't Use Constitution To Duck Bargaining

The National Labor Relations Board's constitutional flaws don't excuse an employer's refusal to bargain with a certified union, the agency told the Fifth Circuit on Tuesday, saying the court's endorsement of c... (more story)

Pitt Beats Gender, Race Bias Claims In Prof's Discipline Suit

A federal judge granted the University of Pittsburgh summary judgment Tuesday for most of the claims brought by a business school professor who said he was disciplined and denied an appeal over sexual harassment complaints.

BAE Systems Fights $16.2M Pension Withdrawal Bill

BAE Systems Inc. has asked a D.C. federal court to vacate an arbitrator's award ordering it to pay an International Association of Machinists pension fund roughly $16.2 million, claiming the calculation of the... (more story)

Jackson Lewis Launches AI Practice Group, Resource Hub

Management-side labor and employment firm Jackson Lewis PC announced Monday that it has launched an artificial intelligence and innovation group to help clients navigate an evolving legal and regulatory landscape.

NLRB Tells 3rd Circ. Bottling Co.'s Sticker Order Was Illegal

The Third Circuit should affirm the National Labor Relations Board's finding that a beverage-bottling company violated labor law by ordering a worker to remove a union sticker, the agency argued, saying no evi... (more story)

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Weinstein Sentenced To 15 Years After NY Trials

A New York state judge on Wednesday sentenced Harvey Weinstein to 15 years for sexually assaulting "Project Runway" production assistant Miriam Haley, following a series of trials against the already-imprisone... (more story)

Michigan School District Denies Race Bias In COVID Stipends

When a Michigan school district distributed federal COVID grant stipends only to white school administrators, Black administrators were excluded not because of their race, but because they worked at a high sch... (more story)

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Mail Delivery Co. Strikes Deal In EEOC Sunday Work Suit

A mail delivery contractor agreed to pay $60,000 to end a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit claiming the business demanded a Christian employee work on Sundays, even though he complained those ... (more story)

EEOC Beats NM School Board's Bid To Halt Native Bias Probe

A district court judge has dismissed a New Mexico school board's challenge against the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission for lack of subject matter jurisdiction over the agency's bid for subpoenas as par... (more story)

NJ Prosecutor's Office Claims Immunity In Video-Sharing Case

A New Jersey county prosecutor's office urged a state court to toss a suspended police officer's suit alleging it improperly shared a video of her meeting with its investigators about gender discrimination and... (more story)

Rutgers Calls Changes To Ex-Dean's Whistleblower Suit Futile

Rutgers University is urging a New Jersey federal court to reject a former Rutgers Law School assistant dean's second bid to amend his suit alleging he was fired after he complained about unlawful discriminati... (more story)

Md. Looks To Tackle 'Federal Gap' On AI And Workplace Bias

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore pitched a broad plan Tuesday to regulate artificial intelligence that included a directive for state agencies to issue guidance to address a dearth of clarity on the interplay between A... (more story)

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$6M Bloomberg Wage Deal Snubs Valuable Claims, Atty Says

A proposed $6 million wage settlement by Michael Bloomberg's 2020 presidential campaign should not be allowed to wipe out potentially valuable contract claims in separate suits for "zero consideration," the at... (more story)

Health Workers Win OK Of $4M Deal In Time-Rounding Suit

Workers at an Indiana hospital network secured final approval of a $4 million settlement to resolve their claims that the company systematically shaved time from their pay through a biased rounding system, wit... (more story)

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'Chicago Fire' Production Co. Doesn't Pay Properly, Suit Says

The production company behind "Chicago Fire" has been hit with a proposed collective wage lawsuit in Illinois federal court claiming the company keeps intentionally inaccurate records and illegally fails to pa... (more story)

Baker Law Group Hit With Wage Suit In Colorado

A former paralegal and law clerk at Baker Law Group PLLC claimed in Colorado federal court Monday that the firm misclassified administrative staff, failed to pay for nonbillable work hours, and changed or dele... (more story)

Ex-Nuclear Power Workers Ask To Amend Wage-Fixing Suit

Former nuclear plant workers are asking a Maryland federal court to let them refile a proposed class action, saying they have new, direct evidence that companies worked together to fix wages in the nuclear energy industry.

Gov't Contractor Sued Over Cutting Analyst's $250K Pay Offer

A disabled veteran sued government contractor CACI International Inc. over an alleged "bait and switch," saying she was hired to work as an intelligence analyst with the promise of a $250,000 salary that was l... (more story)

Oil Field Workers Settle 15-Year Safety Gear Suit For $1.9M

Oil field workers who spent more than a decade fighting a Pennsylvania drilling company over unpaid overtime have agreed to settle their claims for $1.9 million in federal court, bringing to a close a lawsuit ... (more story)