The ongoing proliferation of state and local efforts to regulate artificial intelligence technology in the workplace isn't likely to let up, requiring employers to stay on top of an expanding patchwork of compliance obligations, the Society for Human Resource Management's chief administrative officer told Law360 in an exclusive interview.
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SHRM Official Flags Compliance Hurdles As States Act On AI

By Vin Gurrieri

The ongoing proliferation of state and local efforts to regulate artificial intelligence technology in the workplace isn't likely to let up, requiring employers to stay on top of an expanding patchwork of compliance obligations, the Society for Human Resource Management's chief administrative officer told Law360 in an exclusive interview.

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Black Nurse's Bias Suit Prematurely Tossed, 5th Circ. Says

By Grace Elletson

The Fifth Circuit revived part of a Black nurse's discrimination suit Tuesday after finding a lower court was too quick to nix claims that she faced racist harassment on the job, highlighting evidence that she faced frequent racially disparaging remarks from her fellow nurses.

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NYC School Worker Attacked By Parent Wins $2M ADA Verdict

By Grace Elletson

The New York City Department of Education owes a former employee nearly $2 million in damages, a New York federal jury concluded, after crediting her disability discrimination claims that she was blocked from attending physical therapy appointments to treat injuries caused by a violent parent.

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6th Circ. Won't Disrupt Professor's Pregnancy Bias Verdict

By Patrick Hoff

The Sixth Circuit refused Tuesday to upend a $205,000 verdict in favor of a former Michigan Technological University accounting professor who said she was given a lower raise because she took maternity leave, saying a reasonable jury could conclude the dean improperly considered her pregnancy.

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2nd Circ. Backs Avangrid's Defeat Of Worker's Age Bias Suit

By Grace Elletson

The Second Circuit declined Tuesday to revive an Avangrid Management Co. worker's suit claiming the utility business wouldn't promote her because of her age, ruling she lacked evidence that hiring managers knew how old she was when deciding what candidate was the best fit.

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FCC's Carr Calls Policy Against DEI 'Right Thing To Do'

By Christopher Cole

Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr has told Congress that tanking diversity, equity and inclusion programs across the telecom industry is not only justified but also a policy where Americans find more "common ground" than many lawmakers realize.

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RACE

11th Circ. Won't Reopen White Ex-Postmaster's Race Bias Suit

By Patrick Hoff

The Eleventh Circuit upheld the U.S. Postal Service's win over a white former Georgia postmaster's lawsuit alleging she was suspended for complaining that a Black mail carrier had threatened her, finding the bulk of her claims were filed too late.

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Mich. Appeals Court Backs Detroit In Ex-Officer's Bias Suit

By Melanie Dorsey

A former Detroit police officer failed to get his bias, retaliation and hostile work environment suit revived, as a Michigan appeals court found he had not shown that his firing was tied to his Nigerian national origin, race or sex. 

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GENDER

Brief

Doctor's Equal Pay Claim Against Cancer Center Gets Tossed

By MJ Koo

A federal judge has tossed a former cancer physician's federal equal pay claim against a cancer center in Buffalo, New York, accepting a magistrate judge's recommendation that she failed to show male comparators performed substantially equal work.

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RETALIATION

BioNTech Accused Of Firing Nurse Over Drug Trial Concerns

By Abigail Harrison

A former senior clinical trial manager at BioNTech US Inc. told a North Carolina federal court Monday that she was wrongfully fired after complaining to higher-ups about an "epidemic of safety issues and protocol deviations" in clinical trials.

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FordHarrison

Littler Mendelson

Phillips Lytle

Plunkett Cooney

Runyan Law Group

Savage Turner

Sterling Employment Law

Stranch Jennings

Strianese Huckert

Wigdor LLP

Willinger Willinger

COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Avangrid Inc.

Meta Platforms Inc.

Michigan Technological University

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Federal Communications Commission

Food and Drug Administration

New York City Department of Education

U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Georgia

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina

U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York

U.S. Postal Service