General Issues At Work (Podcast)

Maintaining meaningful human oversight, understanding how systems reach recommendations and reviewing consequential employment decisions are critical steps for manufacturers relying on AI as a decision-support tool.

AI’s greatest near-term impact in many healthcare organizations may be in administration, particularly as financial pressures persist and experienced employees continue to be difficult to recruit and retain in the industry.

Florida's 2025 McDaniels decision and permitless concealed-carry law have fundamentally altered the state's firearms landscape, creating new challenges for private employers navigating the intersection of constitutional rights, workplace safety, and property control. How can businesses protect their employees and customers while complying with evolving legal requirements around open carry, parking lot protections, and firearm restrictions?

The California Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board has approved significant revisions to California’s workplace first aid requirements for both construction and general industry. For general industry employers, the most notable change is the elimination of the longstanding requirement that first aid kit contents be approved by a consulting physician. Instead, employers may now comply by providing a first aid kit meeting ANSI/ISEA Z308.1-2021 Class A requirements.

On September 9, 2026, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed Senate Bill 3460 into law, which adds a new Section 210-b to the New York Labor Law, establishing employee rights to access, obtain a copy of...

On September 9, 2026, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed Senate Bill S.3460 into law, expanding the rights for New York employees to access and respond to information contained in their personnel files.

New York recently enacted a law that, among other things, requires employers to provide current and former employees with a copy of their personnel records upon the employee’s request.

The National Labor Relations Board's Division of Advice recently issued a memorandum concluding that a major software company lawfully terminated employees who organized a Gaza war protest at company headquarters. The Division determined that the protest lacked sufficient connection to workplace conditions to qualify as protected concerted activity under federal labor law, despite employee claims that the company's Israeli government contracts affected their working environment.

California's amended anti-TRAP law (AB 1697) postpones enforcement of restrictions on training repayment and stay-or-pay provisions until January 2027, while introducing new exceptions for financial services recruiting payments and PTO advances. Despite the delayed effective date, employers that already invested in compliance efforts face renewed strategic...

The US Department of Labor has issued new guidance establishing a streamlined framework for enforcing mental health parity requirements under MHPAEA, focusing enforcement on three priority areas while maintaining nonenforcement of controversial 2024 rule provisions. This guidance aims to reduce compliance burdens on plan sponsors while ensuring participants maintain access to mental health and substance use disorder benefits comparable to medical and surgical coverage.