A Colorado federal judge rejected Wednesday the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's bid to enforce subpoenas seeking information from a job applicant screening company, stating the court would not grant the agency "unlimited" investigatory power when the bias probe had key deficiencies.
Artificial intelligence tools' ability to come up with assignments and review workers' performance could support findings that an independent contractor is an employee under federal law, as the labor department's new proposed rule for independent contractors puts particular emphasis on employers' control, attorneys say.
The Second Circuit will not revive a Catholic former teacher's suit claiming New York City's Department of Education violated the First Amendment by denying her exemption request to its COVID-19 vaccine mandate, ruling Wednesday that she lacked evidence that her beliefs factored into the decision.