human resources

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NLRB Puts New Limits On Severance Agreements

With only one dissent, the National Labor Relations Board, in McLaren Macomb, held that employers cannot offer severance agreements that include broad confidentiality and […]

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Whipsaw Continues For CA Mandatory Arbitration Law

The circuitous path of a controversial California law – one that’s regarded as a boon by labor rights advocates and is favored by most […]

Hearing Loss Widespread Among American Workers

Many companies should be heeding the regulations published in OSHA’s General Industry (29 CFR 1910.95) and Construction (29 CFR 1926.52 and 29 CFR 1926.101), […]

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Party Hangover: Potential Executive Liability In McDonald’s Case

A judge in Delaware’s Court of Chancery has refused to dismiss a shareholder derivative lawsuit alleging that a former HR executive breached his fiduciary […]

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Proposed Framework To Address AI Risk Released By NIST

The initial version of its Artificial Intelligence Risk Management Framework (AI RMF 1.0) has been released by the National Institute of Standards and Technology […]

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The New DOJ Incentives To “Self-Disclose”

In highly publicized remarks that he delivered at his alma mater, Georgetown Law, the DOJ official in charge of the criminal division was emphatic […]

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Corporate DEI Programs Under Attack

Corporate diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs have been targeted by lawsuits for years, but plaintiff strategies have evolved, says a post from law […]

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Twenty-Five State AGs Sue To Block ESG “Green” Rule

A lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Amarillo, Texas, by 25 red state attorneys general is attempting to block a federal rule that […]

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Heads-Up On Preparing H-1B Petitions

Organized as a list of top five mistakes, a guide from law firm Amundsen Davis concludes with this plea: “If you plan to file […]

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Mayer Brown Preview: Technology, Privacy, Cybersecurity & IP (Europe And The US)

A look at the year ahead compiled by a group of Mayer Brown attorneys, many of them from the firm’s London office. The focus […]