California Just Fired the Robo Boss

California employers can use AI to help make employment decisions, but starting next year, they cannot let the algorithm do the firing. Governor Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 947 on September 30, creating what supporters have dubbed the “No Robo Bosses Act.” The new...

Accommodation Requests: Mistakes Employers Keep Making

California employers have discussed disability accommodation for decades, yet these claims remain easy to create accidentally—not because employers usually refuse accommodation outright, but because they skip steps, move too quickly, ask the wrong questions, rely too...

Privilege Isn’t Automatic: What HR Needs to Know Before Hitting “Send”

Human resources professionals are often the first people to recognize when an ordinary workplace issue is becoming a legal one. An employee mentions retaliation. A leave request gets complicated. A termination suddenly feels risky. A wage-and-hour issue surfaces. Or a...
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