March 12 Marks Equal Pay Day
From today’s CNN News: March 12 marks Equal Pay Day in the United States, a symbolic date representing the number of days women have to work into the current year…
Overturning Roe V. Wade—What Workers Need To Know
From today’s Forbes Magazine: The U.S. Supreme Court recently decided the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization case (Dobbs). If you’re not familiar with that case’s name, you’re probably familiar…
How Dobbs Threatens to Torpedo Privacy Rights in the US
From today’s Wired Magazine: A READER OF the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization could understandably conclude that the Constitution’s protection of privacy was a relatively…
How Does New Mexico’s Paid Sick Leave Law Work?
From today’s Albuquerque Journal: New Mexico’s new Healthy Workplaces Act takes effect July 1 and will impact thousands of businesses and employees around the state. Here are answers to some…
US Soccer Agrees to Equal Pay Deal
From today’s CNN Online: The United States Soccer Federation (USSF), the United States Women’s National Team Players Association (USWNTPA) and the United States National Soccer Team Players Association (USNSTPA) have…
Are You Happy? Your Boss Is Asking
From today’s New York Times: Garry Ridge, who runs the chemical company WD-40, has a leadership style guided by two sources — Aristotle, and the BlackRock chief executive Larry Fink.…
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U.S. Civil Rights Enforcers Warn Employers Against Biased AI
From today’s Seattle Times: The federal government said Thursday that artificial intelligence technology to screen new job candidates or monitor worker productivity can unfairly discriminate against people with disabilities, sending…
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How You Can Protect Your Digital Privacy When and If Roe v. Wade Falls
From today’s Wired: A LEAKED UNITED States Supreme Court draft opinion published by Politico on Monday and soon after authenticated by Chief Justice John Roberts is a blaring signal that…
The Age of Anti-Ambition: As 25 million Leave Jobs, it’s More than Burnout
From today’s New York Times: I used to think of my job as existing in its own little Busytown — as in the Richard Scarry books, where there’s a small,…
The Legal Perils of Workplace Romance
From today’s San Diego Union-Tribune: Happy Valentine’s Day. Last February, the Society of Human Resource Management (SHRM) released a survey that found over a third of American workers have been,…