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Posted July 11, 2019

Minnesota DOLI Updates FAQs and Wage Theft Notice Example

Employers are now required to comply with the civil provisions of Minnesota’s new Wage Theft Statute, which went into effect last week on July 1. This week, the Minnesota Department of Labor & Industry (DOLI) updated its Wage Theft Q&A, which has now grown to 45 questions, and its Employee Wage Notice example.

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Posted June 11, 2019 with Tags , ,

AI & “Algorithmic Bias” in Hiring

As this Harvard Business Review article thoughtfully explores, artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to decrease gender bias in hiring if it is properly trained and used...or to replicate existing workplace biases if it is not. With more employers using AI and other big data solutions in hiring, lawmakers and enforcement agencies, as well as plaintiffs' law firms, are increasingly focused on issues of “algorithmic bias.”

Posted May 15, 2019 with Tags

Colorado Joins Ranks of States Adopting Equal Pay Statutes

No area of labor and employment law has seen more state attention in the last two years than pay equity. California, New York, Massachusetts, and Maryland have passed legislation facilitating equal pay litigation and imposing additional regulatory requirements upon employers. 2019 promises to continue that trend.

Posted May 15, 2015

Communicable Diseases: What’s an Employer to Do?

In the past year, communicable disease outbreaks have dominated the headlines. Ebola arrived in the United States last fall; measles resurged this winter; and this year's influenza strains were some of deadliest in recent memory.

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