As most employers with Maryland employees (hopefully) know, starting October 1, 2024, they are subject to new wage range posting and paystub notice obligations, as detailed in our April 10, 2024 E-lert on new Maryland employment laws. The Maryland Department of Labor promised to release guidance to help employers in complying with these new obligations, for which employers have been waiting with bated breath. And it is finally here! The MDOL has included this information, along with other information on existing wage laws, on a new Wage and Hour webpage.Continue Reading Maryland Department of Labor Issues Highly-Anticipated Guidance on New Wage Transparency and Paystub Notice Obligations
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The EEOC Targets the Use of AI in Employment Decisions
By Jamie Salazer on
On May 18, 2023, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued guidance on the use of software, algorithms, and artificial intelligence (AI) for employment decisions under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. This guidance comes as part of the agency-wide initiative launched by the EEOC in 2021 to ensure that the use of software and other technologies used in hiring and other employment decisions (which the EEOC calls “selection procedures”) comply with federal civil rights laws. Continue Reading The EEOC Targets the Use of AI in Employment Decisions
Have we reached the new normal? The CDC’s Revised COVID-19 Rules
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Posted in COVID-19
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to evolve, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has once again issued new guidance on August 11, 2022.
The CDC has revised its guidance several times since the start of the pandemic in March 2020. However, this time, some commentators see the latest revisions to the CDC’s updated guidance as signaling a strategic shift in the pandemic. Many also see it as reaching the new normal given the existence of vaccines, immunity, and treatments. As Greta Massetti, PhD, MPH, MMWR author stated, “[t]his guidance acknowledges that the pandemic is not over, but also helps us move to a point where COVID-19 no longer severely disrupts our daily lives.”Continue Reading Have we reached the new normal? The CDC’s Revised COVID-19 Rules