EEOC issues guidance on use of AI in hiring: Employment & Labor Insider
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued some helpful guidance on Friday related to employers’ use of artificial intelligence and algorithms and the Americans with Disabilities Act. The Guidance purports to relate to all aspects of employment, but it’s really focused on hiring. The guidance is short and easy to read, even if you’re tech-challenged, as […]
Buffalo shooting: Biden rebukes 'poison' of white supremacy
The suspect in a mass shooting in New York belongs to “a hateful minority”, the president said. Source link Ethan WollI’m a wellbeing and health author and blogger with an interest in food, wellness, and making every second count. Life is an excursion. Consistently is another potential chance to observe your equilibrium and deal with […]
Treasury Department Proposes Non-Loan Status for Earned Wage Access
In March, U.S. Department of Treasury issued its annual General Explanations of the Administration’s Revenue Proposals, commonly known as the “Green Book.” Among other revenue proposals, the Treasury addressed the treatment of on-demand pay arrangements or earned wage access (EWA) programs, which have risen in popularity in recent years (previously discussed in our Labor and […]
Federal Contractors: Register and Certify Your Affirmative Action Programs by June 30, 2022 (US)
The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) will soon require federal contractors to use a Contractor Portal to register and certify that they have their required Affirmative Action Programs (AAP) in place. The portal launched February 1, 2022. Registration began on February 15 and certification began on March 31. Who will be required to use […]
Buffalo shooting: Gunman deliberately sought black victims – mayor
Questions are being asked about how the suspect carried out the attack when he was known to authorities. Source link Ethan WollI’m a wellbeing and health author and blogger with an interest in food, wellness, and making every second count. Life is an excursion. Consistently is another potential chance to observe your equilibrium and deal […]
Proposed new EU regulatory regime for Artificial Intelligence – more relevant to HR than you might think (UK)
For the last year or so the EU Commission has been working on the world’s first serious attempt to create a regulatory framework around the use of AI, the Artificial Intelligence Act. The Proposal itself runs to over 100 pages of dense type and no pictures, so is a fairly off-putting read at first look. […]
“And the nominations are…” — Global Edge up for more silverware in top client service awards
Back in November last year I wrote a series of posts here on all the whizzy new features offered by our updated international employment law resource, Global Edge 2.0. Since then (I claim only substantial credit for this), the thing has just flown out of the door. Recent client feedback on it has included these […]
Shireen Abu Aqla: Violence at Al Jazeera reporter’s funeral in Jerusalem
This seemed to go on for around 10 minutes, as we sought a safe route back towards the car park. After we came out, the coffin left in the hearse through the gates. And now videos have emerged showing what happened while people were rushing inside – Israeli police beating and kicking the pallbearers, who […]
“Bald” insult is sexual harassment, UK tribunal says: Employment & Labor Insider
A tribunal in the United Kingdom has reportedly ruled that insulting a man for being bald is sexual harassment. “YESSSSSSSSS!” According to news reports, the tribunal was made up of three bald men. (Should they have recused themselves?) Electrician Tony Finn alleged that, during an argument with his (male) supervisor in 2019, the supervisor called […]
Worker status questions – bringing the outside in (UK)
A basic principle of good employment law, you would think, should be that you can tell an employer when you are caught by it and when you are not. An early fail then for the rules around worker status, in particular following the EAT’s recent decision in Johnson –v- Transopco UK Limited, which appears to […]
