As federal courts grow increasingly skeptical of agencies' statutory interpretations, inviting review even of established policies, a new challenge has been brought against long-standing National Labor Relations Board precedent holding that unions are only required to win majorities of workers who vote in order to win representation elections.
Restaurants are expected to continue facing wage and hour lawsuits by workers with specialized roles, such as sous chefs, sushi chefs, sommeliers and oyster shuckers, panelists said at the New York City Bar Association's gathering of hospitality lawyers, adding that the analysis in such litigation remains case by case.
Several recently signed California laws imposing new rules on companies that use artificial intelligence to manage their workforces include broad concepts that experts said could give the statutes wider reach than employers may be anticipating. Here are four questions compliance experts have about the state's new AI laws.