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The Unlikely Marriage of Unions and Tech Employees

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Release Date: 08/18/2021

Wage + Hour Compliance in Healthcare: Particular Problems, Practical Solutions show art Wage + Hour Compliance in Healthcare: Particular Problems, Practical Solutions

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Recent federal and state requirements are creating compliance pitfalls and costly exposure around worker classification, timekeeping, meal break deductions and travel time. Drawing on their experience advising healthcare organizations, Jackson Lewis Wage and Hour Group Co-Chair Justin Barnes and his colleague Andrew Bellwoar offer practical guidance for evaluating pay practices, strengthening recordkeeping and reducing risk. 

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We Get Contracting: Episode 4 — Despite Dramatic Changes, Affirmative Action Obligations Still Exist show art We Get Contracting: Episode 4 — Despite Dramatic Changes, Affirmative Action Obligations Still Exist

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As OFCCP’s new rules and elimination of key disability data collection requirements take effect, significant affirmative action obligations remain in place. Government Contracts and Compliance Group Co-leader Scott Pechaitis speaks with Principal Laura Mitchell to discuss the changes’ impact on certain AA programs and how contractors can approach reporting responsibilities and enforcement risks to maintain compliance.

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The Next Wave of AI Regulation: What Employers Should Know About State-Level Activity show art The Next Wave of AI Regulation: What Employers Should Know About State-Level Activity

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The growing patchwork of AI laws makes maintaining consistent hiring practices and complying with notice, transparency and governance requirements more challenging for multistate employers. In this episode, We Get AI co-hosts Eric Felsberg and Joe Lazzarotti address how the latest AI laws in Colorado and Connecticut fit into the broader employment regulatory landscape.  #ArtificialIntelligence #AIRegulation #EmploymentLaw #ColoradoLaw #ConnecticutLaw

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New UK Dismissal Rules: What Raised Protections Mean for Global Employers show art New UK Dismissal Rules: What Raised Protections Mean for Global Employers

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Expanded “unfair dismissal” protections that could significantly increase potential liability for multinational employers with operations in the United Kingdom are coming. In this We Get Work episode, Jackson Lewis Principal John Sander and Rob Hill, head of employment at Clyde & Co London, discuss how organizations can strengthen recruitment, performance and related practices to prepare for upcoming UK employment law reforms. 

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AI-Powered Employee Monitoring: Navigating Privacy, Bias + Compliance show art AI-Powered Employee Monitoring: Navigating Privacy, Bias + Compliance

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Measuring what matters with AI-driven monitoring and processing tools is becoming fertile ground for legal risks in the workplace. In this We Get AI episode, co-hosts Eric Felsberg and Joe Lazzarotti examine how AI-driven productivity tools can trigger New York City's Automated Employment Decision Tool law and other privacy requirements. 

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When AI Sets the Bargaining Table show art When AI Sets the Bargaining Table

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Like any form of workplace automation, AI is accelerating employee concerns over displacement, surveillance, bias, productivity measuring and more. In this We Get AI episode, hosts Eric Felsberg and Joe Lazzarotti speak with their Jackson Lewis colleague and former NLRB Chair Marvin Kaplan to get actionable advice for employers on bargaining considerations, use-case planning and employee buy-in when deploying AI responsibly. 

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Healthcare Arbitration Agreements: The Good, the Bad and the Enforceable show art Healthcare Arbitration Agreements: The Good, the Bad and the Enforceable

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Between renewed judicial scrutiny and increased state skepticism, arbitration agreements for healthcare workforces face a number of considerations. In this episode, Healthcare Industry Co-Leader Stephanie Peet and Arbitration Principal Joe Wientge discuss ways employers can design and execute arbitration programs to withstand challenges while supporting efficient single-plaintiff and class-action dispute resolution. 

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We get Contracting: Episode 3 — EO 14398 and Federal Contractor DEI Discrimination show art We get Contracting: Episode 3 — EO 14398 and Federal Contractor DEI Discrimination

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President Trump’s Executive Order 14398 is being called “the most aggressive step” taken to target federal contractors’ assumed engagement in race discrimination via DEI programs. Jackson Lewis Government Contracting and Compliance Group Co-leader Scott Pechaitis and Principal Matt Camardella clarify the March 2026 order’s heightened requirements and provide practical ways for contractors to assess their DEI programs, manage supplier obligations, prepare for contract modifications, and monitor developments to avoid potential exposure under the FAR and False Claims Act.

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The Privacy Playbook: Navigating CCPA, GDPR & Risk Assessments show art The Privacy Playbook: Navigating CCPA, GDPR & Risk Assessments

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California and the EU’s frameworks for protecting personal information and assessing related high-risk practices raise compliance complexity for employers. In this episode, Jackson Lewis’ Mary Costigan and Michael Witteler of Pusch Wahlig Workplace Law contrast the definitions and processes in the CCPA’s new risk assessment requirements and the GDPR’s data protection impact assessments. 

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Welcome to the We Get Privacy Podcast Channel show art Welcome to the We Get Privacy Podcast Channel

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Thanks to intense listener interest, the We Get Privacy podcast series now has its own dedicated channel. This new channel makes it easier to find, follow and stay up to date on all things privacy, data protection, AI and cybersecurity.  Going forward, all new episodes of We Get Privacy will be released exclusively on this new channel.   While the channel has changed, our commitment to addressing the real-world questions we hear every day from...

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Unions are successfully targeting workers in the technology industry, even as employees transition to a more remote workplace during the pandemic. 

In this episode, we discuss the evolution of unionization in the tech space, how COVID-19 has affected organizing activity by tech workers and what employers should do in response to organizing behavior.