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Practical pieces about employment law trends and how companies can stay compliant with quickly changing regulations and case law. A recent focus is how Legal should handle #MeToo and accusations of harassment and discrimination.
By Maria Dinzeo | April 18, 2024
AI researcher Viviane Ghaderi says Amazon pressured her to quit after she disclosed her pregnancy and fired her while she had discrimination and retaliation claims pending with the company.
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By Colleen Murphy | April 18, 2024
"There were pay equity statutes before there were pay transparency requirements which I think are sleeping giants," Christopher T. Wall of Stoel Rives, said. "There is a ton of exposure that, I think, people both on the plaintiff side and on the employer side, are not totally tuned in to. It is good to take stock of pay discrepancies that may exist and to fix those issues. That also helps protect your business from catastrophic liability."
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By Lisa A. Zaccardelli and Janelle A. Pelli | April 17, 2024
On March 12, New York joined over 25 other states in protecting the privacy of its citizens with a new law that restricts employers from accessing…
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By Riley Brennan | April 17, 2024
Artificial intelligence researcher Viviane Ghaderi alleges that she was directed to ignore Amazon.com Service's internal copyright policies conveyed by legal, "in pursuit of better results because 'everyone else'—i.e., other AI companies—'is doing it,'" the complaint said.
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By Riley Brennan | April 17, 2024
Viviane Ghaderi alleges she was directed to ignore Amazon's internal copyright policies conveyed by legal, "in pursuit of better results because 'everyone else'—i.e., other AI companies—'is doing it.'"
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By Jimmy Hoover | April 17, 2024
"To make out a Title VII discrimination claim, a transferee must show some harm respecting an identifiable term or condition of employment," Justice Elena Kagan wrote for the court. "What the transferee does not have to show, according to the relevant text, is that the harm incurred was 'significant.'"
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By Keith A. Markel, Alana Mildner Smolow and Kayla N. West | April 17, 2024
Recent headlines demonstrate that New York is taking wage theft very seriously. In March 2024, the owner and a manager of Grimaldi's Pizzeria were indicted for the crime of scheme to defraud in the first degree as well as several counts of failure to pay wages in violation of New York Labor Law.
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By Maria Dinzeo | April 16, 2024
"If I wanted to stay in-house, I would have stayed at Mary Kay. What I wanted was a different challenge," retired Mary Kay legal chief Julia Simon told Law.com on her return to private practice in April. "The idea of bringing my broad knowledge and skills back to private practice and to a top tier trial firm was compelling."
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By Marc Lieberstein and Brodie D. Erwin | April 16, 2024
This past March, the Supreme Court allowed a proposed class action challenging McDonald's use of no-poach provisions in its franchise agreements to move forward, and denied McDonald's petition to review a ruling from the Seventh Circuit that revived the case last summer.
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By Christopher M. Pardo, Robert T. Quackenboss and Alyson M. Brown | April 16, 2024
On March 12, New York's Governor Kathy Hochul signed a bill into law that effectively prohibits employers from accessing employees' or job applicants' personal social media accounts. New York employers should evaluate their current application processes and social media policies to ensure compliance with the new law.
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